Turnover: 566.8 million EUR (2020)

Country: France

Lactel is a brand of the Lactalis food group, which distributes its dairy products.

News

Milk consumption falls, but the market appreciates 17/03/2023

  • Milk sales volume down 3.5% and sales value up 4.2
  • - Producer price increases at an all-time high
  • - Milk prices up 8.4
  • - Lactel number one with 18.2% of sales
  • - Candia (Sodiaal) at 14% of sales
  • - C'est qui le patron" brand at 2.8% of sales
  • - Organic milk down 10% by 2022
  • - Lactose-free milk controls almost 80% of the market
  • Lactel, which chose to segment the market early on, claims to be the leader in lactose-free milk, with Matin Léger accounting for nearly 80% of the market

Lactel is the best-selling milk brand in France 09/11/2022

  • Market leader in value and volume for 10 years
  • Market share of 22.2% in 2022 (13.8% in volume)
  • 6-point lead over Candia
  • On average 28 liters of milk consumed per household in 2022
  • The Lactel ½ skimmed milk bottle is the best-selling reference in France

Lactel aims to remain France's leading dairy producer 23/03/2022

  • Lactel to capitalize on organic whole milk in 2022
  • Lactalis aims to double its organic milk production by 2022
  • French milk market down 22% since 2010

Bought out in 1984, Lactel is now a brand of the French food group Lactalis. Lactalis markets its products in over 150 countries, with employees in around 90. Europe accounts for around 60% of sales.

Its main products are cheese (34% of sales) and drinking milk (25% of sales). Ingredients and family powders account for only 11% of sales. Lactel's main product is milk (light morning, for example). The group has been suffering from an image deficit since the contaminated milk scandal in 2017.

Financial Data

DUNS: 402751036

Legal Name: LACTEL

Address: BD ARAGO ZI DES TOUCHES, 53810 CHANGE

Number of employees: Entre 100 et 199 salariés (2020)

Capital: 64 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Turnover 538 368 166 566 835 483 552 502 484 556 067 325 540 074 123 548 178 263 554 997 563 580 642 756 562 656 176 526 098 482
Gross margin (€) 143 235 975 146 132 295 149 952 168 153 004 975 150 557 964 169 033 442 147 386 085 120 616 464 130 792 950 106 643 361
EBITDA (€) 13 590 719 21 044 553 20 943 389 15 057 000 6 393 202 21 921 693 11 653 082 -7 617 932 -4 555 812 -18 753 369
Operating profit (€) 13 235 719 19 641 363 20 127 962 14 799 995 6 176 824 21 725 794 11 446 054 -7 928 365 -4 832 731 -18 758 278
Net profit (€) - - - - - 556 405 745 - - - -
Turnover growth rate (%) -5 2,6 -0,6 3 -1,5 -1,2 -4,4 3,2 6,9 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 2,5 3,7 3,8 2,7 1,2 4 2,1 -1,3 -0,8 -3,6
Operating margin rate (%) 2,5 3,5 3,6 2,7 1,1 4 2,1 -1,4 -0,9 -3,6
Working Capital (turnover days) 1 1 10,2 0,2 0,2 -0,4 -1,7 -0,6 -1,6 2,5
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) -34,1 -25,6 -26,3 -30,1 -40 -37,7 -9 -42,4 -4,1 -51,6
Net margin (%) - - - - - 101,5 - - - -
Added value / Turnover (%) 5,8 7 8,2 7 5,5 7,9 5,8 2 2,4 -0,4
Wages and social charges (€) 9 070 617 9 481 582 9 202 158 9 039 568 9 055 261 8 531 489 8 266 874 7 815 946 7 842 974 7 545 028
Salaries / Turnover (%) 1,7 1,7 1,7 1,6 1,7 1,6 1,5 1,3 1,4 1,4

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Gérant non associé Anne PINAULT 50

Studies mentioning this company

The Milk Market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Savencia Fromage & Dairy groupe
  • La Fermière
  • Even Groupe
  • Lactalis Groupe
  • Biolait
  • Laïta Regilait
  • Les Maitres Laitiers du Cotentin
  • Danone Groupe
  • Yoplait France (Sodiaal Groupe)
  • 56 le marché du lait et des produits laitiers en France
  • Sill Entreprises
  • LSDH Laiterie de Saint Denis de l'Hôtel - L'Abeille
  • Rians - Laiteries H . TRIBALLAT
  • Coopérative Laitière Prospérité Ingredia
  • Lactalis Nutrition Santé
  • Terra Lacta Cooperative
  • Lactel (Groupe Lactalis)
  • Lact’Union Coopérative
  • Odéon (Maitres Laitiers du Cotentin Coopérative)
  • Le Gall Laiterie (Sill Groupe)
  • Laiterie de Montaigu
  • Yogourmand - Yeo Frais - Maîtres Laitiers du Cotentin
  • Pechalou Laiterie
  • LaÏta Coopérative - Mamie Nova
  • Laiterie du Périgord Péchalou
  • Laiterie Collet
  • Ermitage - Union Laitière Vittelloise
  • La Laitière (Nestlé)