Lactalis: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 10:59 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Breakstone's Large Curd 4% Milkfat Cottage Cheese 16 oz** (00021000122813) from the wanted list (old 2007 title "Breakstone Large Curd Smooth & Creamy Cottage Cheese, 16 oz"). - **Identity** . Current is v2.

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1	1		# Lactalis <!--company-->
2	2
3	3		## Identity <!--identity-->
4	4		name: Lactalis
5	5		disambiguation: the French dairy group headquartered in Laval
6	6		legal_name: Groupe Lactalis
7	7		country: FR
8	8		register_ids: FR-SIREN:331142554, LEI:9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67
9	9		<!--/identity-->
10	10
11	11		## Relations <!--relations-->
12		−	\| role \| target \| market \| from \| until \| ended \| status \| source \| note \|
13		−	\| ---- \| ------ \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \| ----- \| ------ \| ------ \| ---- \|
	12	+	\| role \| target \| market \| from \| until \| ended \| status \| source \| note \|
	13	+	\| -------- \| ------------- \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \| ----- \| ------- \| ------------- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
	14	+	\| owned_by \| company/b-s-a \| \| 1985 \| \| \| sourced \| ^gleif-parent \| GLEIF names B.S.A (LEI 969500FMGKO0JI5SLP61, SIREN 557350253) as both the direct and the ultimate parent of GROUPE LACTALIS; the relationship record dates the relationship period from 31 December 1984, that is 1 January 1985 in Paris, the day this company itself was created. Sourced rather than verified: GLEIF corroborates the relationship from the entity's own accounts filing and both the B.S.A. LEI registration and this relationship registration are lapsed, per ^gleif-rel and ^gleif-bsa. \|
14	15		<!--/relations-->
15	16
16	17		## Aliases <!--aliases-->
17	18		\| name \| type \| locale \| from \| until \|
18	19		\| --------------- \| ------ \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \|
19	20		\| Groupe Lactalis \| legal \| fr \| \| \|
20	21		\| Lactalis USA \| search \| en \| \| \|
21	22		<!--/aliases-->
22	23
	24	+	## Meta <!--meta-->
	25	+	title: Lactalis (Groupe Lactalis)
	26	+	description: French dairy group registered in Laval as Groupe Lactalis, held by the family holding company B.S.A. SAS; buyer of the Kraft Heinz US natural cheese business in 2021 and, under an agreement announced on 14 August 2026, of Saputo's UK dairy division.
	27	+	<!--/meta-->
	28	+
23	29		## References <!--references-->
24		−	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
25		−	\| -------------- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| ----------------------- \| ------------ \| ---------- \| -------------------- \| ------- \| ------- \| ----------- \| -------- \|
26		−	\| gleif-lactalis \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67 \| GLEIF LEI record: GROUPE LACTALIS \| 2026-09-13 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67 \| \| CC0 \| \| \|
27		−	\| kh-sale \| https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2021/Kraft-Heinz-Completes-Sale-of-Natural-Cheese-Business-to-an-Affiliate-of-Groupe-Lactalis/default.aspx \| Kraft Heinz Completes Sale of Natural Cheese Business to an Affiliate of Groupe Lactalis \| 2026-09-13 \| The Kraft Heinz Company \| manufacturer \| 2021-11-29 \| \| \| \| \| \|
28		−	\| fooddive \| https://www.fooddive.com/news/kraft-lactalis-cheese-cracker-barrel-acquisition/712345/ \| How Lactalis brought new life to Kraft natural cheese after $3.2B purchase \| 2026-09-13 \| Food Dive \| publication \| 2024-05-30 \| \| \| \| \| \|
	30	+	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
	31	+	\| -------------- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| ----------------------------------------- \| ------------ \| ---------- \| -------------------- \| ------- \| --------------- \| ----------- \| ----------- \|
	32	+	\| gleif-lactalis \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67 \| GLEIF LEI record: GROUPE LACTALIS \| 2026-09-14 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67 \| \| CC0 \| \| \|
	33	+	\| gleif-parent \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67/direct-parent \| GLEIF: direct parent of GROUPE LACTALIS (B.S.A) \| 2026-09-14 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 969500FMGKO0JI5SLP61 \| \| CC0 \| \| \|
	34	+	\| gleif-rel \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67/direct-parent-relationship \| GLEIF relationship record: GROUPE LACTALIS is directly consolidated by B.S.A \| 2026-09-14 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| \| \| CC0 \| \| \|
	35	+	\| gleif-bsa \| https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/969500FMGKO0JI5SLP61 \| GLEIF LEI record: B.S.A \| 2026-09-14 \| GLEIF \| registry \| \| 969500FMGKO0JI5SLP61 \| \| CC0 \| \| \|
	36	+	\| insee-bsa \| https://recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/search?q=557350253 \| Annuaire des Entreprises: B.S.A, SIREN 557350253 \| 2026-09-14 \| Direction interministerielle du numerique \| registry \| \| 557350253 \| \| Licence Ouverte \| \| INSEE, INPI \|
	37	+	\| prsale \| https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/14/3345243/0/en/saputo-enters-agreement-to-sell-its-united-kingdom-operations.html \| Saputo Enters Agreement to Sell its United Kingdom Operations \| 2026-09-14 \| GlobeNewswire \| publication \| 2026-08-14 \| \| \| \| \| Saputo Inc. \|
	38	+	\| uksale \| https://uk.saputo.com/en/news/saputo-enters-agreement-to-sell-its-united-kingdom-operations \| Saputo Enters Agreement to Sell its United Kingdom Operations \| 2026-09-14 \| Saputo Dairy UK \| manufacturer \| 2026-08-14 \| \| \| \| \| \|
	39	+	\| kh-sale \| https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2021/Kraft-Heinz-Completes-Sale-of-Natural-Cheese-Business-to-an-Affiliate-of-Groupe-Lactalis/default.aspx \| Kraft Heinz Completes Sale of Natural Cheese Business to an Affiliate of Groupe Lactalis \| 2026-09-13 \| The Kraft Heinz Company \| manufacturer \| 2021-11-29 \| \| \| \| \| \|
	40	+	\| fooddive \| https://www.fooddive.com/news/kraft-lactalis-cheese-cracker-barrel-acquisition/712345/ \| How Lactalis brought new life to Kraft natural cheese after $3.2B purchase \| 2026-09-14 \| Food Dive \| publication \| 2024-05-30 \| \| \| \| \| \|
29	41		<!--/references-->
30	42
31	43		## About <!--about-->
32		−	Lactalis is a French dairy group. Its parent company, Groupe Lactalis, is registered at 10 rue Adolphe Beck in Laval under SIREN 331142554 with LEI 9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67.[^gleif-lactalis] In November 2021 an affiliate of the group completed its purchase of the Kraft Heinz natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese business in the United States, including the Breakstone's, Cracker Barrel, Knudsen, Athenos, Polly-O and Hoffman's brands.[^kh-sale] In the United States the acquired brands form Lactalis USA's Heritage Dairy division.[^fooddive]
	44	+	Lactalis is a French dairy group. Its parent company, Groupe Lactalis, is registered at 10 rue Adolphe Beck in Laval under SIREN 331142554 with LEI 9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67.[^gleif-lactalis] Above it sits the family holding company B.S.A. SAS, which GLEIF records as the direct and ultimate parent of Groupe Lactalis.[^gleif-parent] In November 2021 an affiliate of the group completed its purchase of the Kraft Heinz natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese business in the United States, including the Breakstone's, Cracker Barrel, Knudsen, Athenos, Polly-O and Hoffman's brands.[^kh-sale] In the United States the acquired brands form Lactalis USA's Heritage Dairy division.[^fooddive]
	45	+
	46	+	The group contracts through that holding company. On 14 August 2026 the Canadian group Saputo Inc. announced a definitive agreement with B.S.A. SAS, which it identifies as Lactalis, to sell its Dairy Division (UK) at an enterprise value of approximately 988 million pounds; the transaction covers five manufacturing facilities and the Cathedral City, Wensleydale, Davidstow, Clover and Country Life brands, and closing is expected by the end of the first quarter of calendar 2027 subject to customary conditions including the receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.[^prsale][^uksale] Saputo put the division's revenue over the preceding four quarters at about 1.2 billion dollars, roughly 7 per cent of its consolidated revenues.[^prsale] The business being bought is Dairy Crest Limited, trading as Saputo Dairy UK, which has its own page here and still records Saputo Inc. as its owner; no ownership row is entered here until the sale completes. B.S.A. is registered in France under SIREN 557350253 with LEI 969500FMGKO0JI5SLP61 and now has its own page, so the buyer named in the agreement is linked rather than only described.[^gleif-bsa][^insee-bsa] The GLEIF parent relationship is dated from 1985 and is corroborated by the entity's own accounts filing, and both the B.S.A. LEI record and the relationship record carry a lapsed registration status, so the ownership row is recorded as sourced and not verified.[^gleif-rel]
33	47		<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# Lactalis <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Lactalis
disambiguation: the French dairy group headquartered in Laval
legal_name: Groupe Lactalis
country: FR
register_ids: FR-SIREN:331142554, LEI:9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------ | ------ | ---- |
<!--/relations-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name            | type   | locale | from | until |
| --------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Groupe Lactalis | legal  | fr     |      |       |
| Lactalis USA    | search | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref            | url                                                                                                                                                                  | title                                                                                    | accessed   | publisher               | kind         | published  | record_id            | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| gleif-lactalis | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67                                                                                                        | GLEIF LEI record: GROUPE LACTALIS                                                        | 2026-09-13 | GLEIF                   | registry     |            | 9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67 |         | CC0     |             |          |
| kh-sale        | https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2021/Kraft-Heinz-Completes-Sale-of-Natural-Cheese-Business-to-an-Affiliate-of-Groupe-Lactalis/default.aspx | Kraft Heinz Completes Sale of Natural Cheese Business to an Affiliate of Groupe Lactalis | 2026-09-13 | The Kraft Heinz Company | manufacturer | 2021-11-29 |                      |         |         |             |          |
| fooddive       | https://www.fooddive.com/news/kraft-lactalis-cheese-cracker-barrel-acquisition/712345/                                                                               | How Lactalis brought new life to Kraft natural cheese after $3.2B purchase               | 2026-09-13 | Food Dive               | publication  | 2024-05-30 |                      |         |         |             |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Lactalis is a French dairy group. Its parent company, Groupe Lactalis, is registered at 10 rue Adolphe Beck in Laval under SIREN 331142554 with LEI 9695001K2B8Q8CDK6H67.[^gleif-lactalis] In November 2021 an affiliate of the group completed its purchase of the Kraft Heinz natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese business in the United States, including the Breakstone's, Cracker Barrel, Knudsen, Athenos, Polly-O and Hoffman's brands.[^kh-sale] In the United States the acquired brands form Lactalis USA's Heritage Dairy division.[^fooddive]
<!--/about-->