Lesieur (Avril Groupe): The latest figures, news and market research on Lesieur (Avril Groupe)

Turnover: 826.7 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

Part of the Avril Group.
Founded in 1908, Lesieur is a major player in the French oil market.
Founded by Georges Lesieur and his three sons, the company opened its first factory in Dunkirk in 1911, benefiting from the boom in peanut exports from the East African coast.
The company diversified into mayonnaise, ready meals and sauces in plastic bottles in the 1960s and 1970s.
In the 1980s, the group bought out several French competitors, including William Saurin.
In the 1990s, the group launched its first low-fat oil, Isio 4, and in 2009 its first organic oil, Isio ActiStérol.

Meatless meals: Lesieur puts its plant-based cooking at the heart of meals 08/10/2023

Lesieur was created in 1908. Lesieur was acquired by the Avril Group in 2022.
Lesieur aims to capture 5% of the vegetable market within two years.
Growth in the vegetable market is 5%.
The plant-based market represents some 430 million euros, and includes sales of plant-based beverages, ultra-fresh products and fresh delicatessen products.
Lesieur plans to launch new recipes in 2024 and 2025.

Lesieur bets on 100% plant-based ready meals 28/06/2023

Lesieur, a company over 100 years old, enters the plant-based meal market with the Ma Popote brand
Objective: to conquer the fast-growing plant-based market.
The plant-based market has grown by 5% in two years and is currently estimated at over 427 million euros, two-thirds of which is generated by fresh produce.
The Avril Group, home to Lesieur, acquired Vivien Paille in 2022, a company specializing in vegetables, cereals and rice.
With the edible oil market in decline, Lesieur sees Ma Popote as a growth driver.
The company forecasts that the vegetable market will account for 5% of its sales in two years' time.

Lesieur launches plant-based ready meals 04/04/2023

Launch of Lesieur's "Ma Popote!" range in May.
Offering around ten vegetable products.
Acquisition of Vivien Paille by Groupe Avril in June 2022, a French specialist in pulses and cereals and one of the industrial partners for this project.
Launch of a pesticide-free Puget olive oil in 2023.

DUNS: 457208619

Legal Name: LESIEUR

Address: 29 QUAI AULAGNIER IMM RIVER PLAZA 25 A, 92600 ASNIERES-SUR-SEINE

Number of employees: 668 (2018)

Capital: 36 689 936 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	Turnover (€)	Net Profit (€)	Fiscal Year End	Fiscal Year Duration
2019	578 905 769 EUR	1 152 772 EUR	31/12/2019	12
2018	610 559 366 EUR	-16 196 913 EUR	31/12/2018	12
2017	657 615 148 EUR	-7 776 156 EUR	31/12/2017	12
2016	708 779 394 EUR	11 311 983 EUR	31/12/2016	12
2015	697 654 213 EUR	3 461 979 EUR	31/12/2015	12