LDC Groupe: The latest figures, news and market research on LDC Groupe

Turnover: 6.2 billion EUR (2023)

Country: France

LDC, a listed family-owned company, specializes in the processing and marketing of poultry, as well as in the production of ready-made meals based on poultry meat. It is Europe's leading poultry processor by volume. 76% of its business comes from cut products and 15% from delicatessen products.

LDC has 72 plants worldwide, mainly in France, Spain and Poland, and employs over 25,000 people.

The group's brands include Le Gaulois, Loué, Maître CoQ, Marie and Réghalal, known for its halal-certified products. With Le Gaulois, the group is also present in the meat substitutes market with its "Le Gaulois Végétal". Loué and Le Gaulois are also present on the poultry egg market.

News

Why chicken king LDC is betting big on the delicatessen department 30/05/2024

LDC Group, known for its Loué, Maître Coq and Matines brands
Sales of 6.2 billion euros in 2023
The company has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire 100% of the capital of Pierre Martinet, one of the market leaders in delicatessen salads and number one in tabbouleh.
This family-run business generates sales of 230 million euros,
The delicatessen division will exceed 1 billion euros in 2024, compared with 911 million in 2023.
Poultry consumption continues to grow in France, up 3.4% last year.
Leader in the poultry sector with 40% market share and sales of 4.4 billion in 2023

LDC passes the €6 billion mark in sales 30/05/2024

Sales: up 6% to 6.5 billion euros.
- Net income: strong growth to 304.4 million euros.
- Poultry consumption since 2000: up 36%.
- Poultry Division France :
- - Sales: 4.4 billion euros.
- - Growth: 5.9% overall, and 2.3% on a like-for-like basis.
- Catering division :
- - Sales: 911.8 million euros.
- - Growth: 10.2%. - Volume: up 1.1%.

LDC ready to acquire caterer Pierre Martinet 29/05/2024

Pierre Martinet

- Sales in 2023: €230 million
- Number of employees: 700
- Number of sites: 5
- Markets: France, international with notable development in Spain
- Activities: Delicatessen salads, seafood salads, delicatessen products, savoury pastries
- Brands: La Belle Henriette (acquired in 2010), Maison Randy (acquired in 1997)

- LDC :

- Sales for fiscal 2023-2024: €6.2 billion
- Number of sites: 102
- Number of employees: 25,000 Sectors: Poultry (Le Gaulois, Maître Coq, Loué, Doux), fresh and frozen delicatessen (Marie, Traditions d'Asie), in negotiations to acquire Pierre Martinet

- Self-service (LS) catering market:

- Sales in 2023: €8.5 bn, up 2.9
- Sales volume: down 3.1% according to Circana to end 2023
-lDC in negotiations with the industrial division of Les Mousquetaires for the takeover of Délices de Saint-Léonard (specialized in the manufacture of fresh and frozen pizzas, quiches, crêpes and tarts), announced for October 2023
- Takeover of Routhiau (fresh and frozen charcuterie and delicatessen) announced in January 2024

Loué poultry conquers the Polish market 23/11/2023

LDC, France's leading poultry company
Acquisition of Poland's leading turkey producer, Indykpol, with Rolmex, a real estate investor, poultry exporter and wine distributor.
Poland is Europe's biggest turkey and chicken producer, exporting half of its poultry to the European Union
This operation will take LDC's total international business to over €1 billion by 2024, with total sales of over €6 billion.
The French company will then own 16 plants in Poland, with sales of 700 million euros
Indykpol achieved sales of 228 million euros in 2022, over 60% of which in the domestic market.
Poland
The aim is to establish the LDC model with poultry born, raised and processed locally, and to develop consumption with well-known brands such as Indykpol.
LDC set up in Poland twenty years ago
The devastating effects of bird flu are a thing of the recent past, and the vaccination of ducks has given new hope to the industry.

LDC negotiates the purchase of DSL (Délices de Saint Léonard), a plant in Morbihan, France 23/11/2023

LDC is France's leading player in the poultry market.
LDC aims to acquire the Les Délices de Saint-Léonard (DSL) plant belonging to Agromousquetaires.
The aim of the acquisition is to increase its market share in the delicatessen business and consolidate its territorial coverage.
DSL is based in Theix-Noyalo (Morbihan) and is part of the Les Mousquetaires cooperative, which has some sixty plants in France.
By 2022, the LDC group's sales were set to reach 5.8 billion euros.
LDC employs 23,000 people and has around one hundred sites.
The DSL plant has a turnover of 50 million euros and 265 employees.

LDC ready to take over Délices de Saint-Léonard from Agromousquetaires 12/10/2023

France's number-one poultry company is looking to diversify into catering.
The company has entered into exclusive negotiations with Agromousquetaires for the takeover of a site in Theix (Morbihan).
The site specializes in the manufacture of fresh and frozen pizzas, quiches, crêpes and tarts.
The plant also produces club and maxi sandwiches, fresh snacks and baguette sandwiches.
The brands produced by the plant are Fiorini, Monique Ranou, Claude Léger and Top Budget.
Plant sales are 50 million euros.
The plant employs 265 people.

The man behind LDC's take-off hands over the steering wheel of the Sarthe giant 25/08/2023

Denis Lambert to step down as Chairman of the LDC Management Board in 2023
LDC was founded in 1970.
Sales in 2022 will be 5.8 billion euros.
The company employs 23,000 people at around one hundred sites.
LDC began its internationalization in 2001 with a takeover in Poland.
In 2009, it strengthened its delicatessen division with the acquisition of Marie.
In 2022, LDC acquired Matines eggs and Ovoteam.
LDC's net profit in 2022 reached almost 225 million euros.
LDC's prices rose by 40% in two years (2021-2022).
LDC carried out 40 external growth operations under Denis Lambert's management.

Loué poultry: lower prices to boost consumption 24/05/2023

Fall in volume sales of Loué poultry: -8.2% in FY 2022-2023
LDC poultry division sales: +12.2%, to 4.2 billion euros
Total LDC Group sales: +15.3%, to 5.8 billion euros
Avian flu slaughter: over 25 million birds
Import share of Ukrainian poultry fillets: 15%
Share of LDC's fast-food business: 30%

Loué poultry weather storm without damage 23/11/2022

Poultry increasingly popular with consumers
LDC succeeds in offsetting 450 million euros in additional costs over twelve months
Poultry shortage following mass slaughter due to bird flu
LDC forecasts sales of 5.8 billion euros for fiscal year 2022-23, up 14%

Poultry producer LDC is negotiating with Avril to take over Matines eggs. 08/07/2022

the company has moved from over 80% of its eggs coming from caged laying hens in 2014 to a majority of alternative eggs.
The group hopes to strengthen its leading position in free-range eggs by continuing and accelerating the Matines brand's commitments to alternative production methods.
Matines is one of the leading brands in the consumer egg market

Financial Data

DUNS: 576850697

Legal Name: SOCIETE L.D.C.

Address: Zone Industrielle Saint-Laurent , 72300 Sablé-sur-Sarthe

Number of employees: Entre 20 et 49 salariés (2020)

Capital: 7 054 173 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Turnover	16 670 714	13 369 811	13 043 969	14 263 287	14 505 000	14 360 310	13 592 680
Gross margin (€)	24 245 064	17 618 076	16 471 422	18 508 735	16 814 000	16 595 427	-
EBITDA (€)	-3 668 037	-1 207 940	641 777	-828 553	1 045 000	-25 876	-
Operating profit (€)	306 074	759 495	490 779	1 068 177	899 000	327 669	-
Net profit (€)	42 245 206	35 202 664	33 738 776	34 574 796	30 581 000	33 633 200	40 218 850
Turnover growth rate (%)	24,7	2,5	-8,5	-1,7	1	5,6	-
Ebitda margin rate (%)	-22	-9	4,9	-5,8	7,2	-0,2	-
Operating margin rate (%)	1,8	5,7	3,8	7,5	6,2	2,3	-
Working Capital (turnover days)	-23,6	-4,4	-4,8	129,3	348,5	0,4	-
Working Capital requirements (turnover days)	24	59,2	52,7	29,1	17,6	-	-
Net margin (%)	253,4	263,3	258,7	242,4	210,8	234,2	-
Added value / Turnover (%)	10,2	31,3	30,2	28,4	42,2	41,8	-
Wages and social charges (€)	7 523 895	7 389 367	6 486 852	6 395 526	7 079 000	7 356 287	-
Salaries / Turnover (%)	45,1	55,3	49,7	44,8	48,8	51,2	-

Company Managers:

Position	First Name	Last Name	Age
Président du directoire	Denis	LAMBERT	65
Président du conseil de surveillance, Membre du conseil de surveillance	André	DELION	73
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Jean-Paul	SABET	70
Membre du directoire	Thierry	LAMBERT	61
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Patrice	CHANCEREUL	63
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Laurent	GUILLET	55
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Monique	MENEUVRIER	55
Directeur général unique	Philippe	GELIN	59
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Cécile	BOUTIN	52
Membre du conseil de surveillance	Béatrice	BASTIEN	60
Membre du directoire	Stéphane Christian Léon	SALLÉ	57