Turnover: 1.475 billion EUR (2023)
Country: France
The Maïsadour group (4,300 employees) is a key player in the French and European agri-food sector. It is a cooperative group owned by its 8,000 farmer-members. The group has nearly 160 production sites (silos, abattoirs, manufacturing sites, seed plants, etc.), mainly located in south-west France, but also internationally.
The cooperative group's activities are structured around four divisions:
- Agriculture (51%): cereals, fertilizers, seeds, vegetables, nutrition and animal production
- Gastronomy (31%): foie gras, salmon, caviar
- Poultry (15%): slaughtering, cutting and marketing
- Garden centers and motorcycles (3%): network of garden centers and motorcycle outlets
Present in 80 countries, the group generates 19% of its sales abroad.
In particular, Maïsadour owns foie gras specialist Delpeyrat, which has been operating the world's largest foie gras production site since 2013. In the foie gras sector, the group also owns Comtesse du Barry and Excel. The avian flu episodes that hit southwestern France in 2015, 2016 and 2017 particularly impacted the company's production.
In 2018, Delpeyrat announced the opening of a sales subsidiary in Japan. The company also plans to establish its Sarrade brand in Vietnam and Thailand.
Avian flu forced the group to announce in summer 2017 the closure of the cannery it operated in Lauzerte under the Auguste Rey brand.
News
Foie gras: Maïsadour and Euralis abandon plans to merge 04/09/2023
- Euralis and Maïsadour intended to merge their activities in the foie gras sector.
- The French competition authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) has opened an in-depth review of the transaction in 2022.
- The two cooperatives own four major brands: Delpeyrat and Comtesse Dubarry for Maïsadour, and Maison Montfort and Rougié for Euralis.
- A third cooperative, Lur Berri with its Labeyrie brand, is considered to be a competitor of comparable size.
- More than 20 million ducks were slaughtered last year due to various avian flu pandemics.
- Foie gras production was forecast at 12,000 tonnes in 2021, compared with almost 20,000 tonnes in normal times.
- Each company is owned by around 5,000 farmer-members, and each employs around 1,000 people in its respective subsidiary: Euralis Gastronomie and Delpeyrat for Maïsadour.
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