Lesieur key figures
Lesieur is a company belonging to the Saipol group, the leading French oil-seed processer. The Saipol-Lesieur group is controlled by Sofiprotéol, the financial organisation for the oil and vegetable protein industry, in partnership with Bunge, the world’s leading oil-seed processing group.
Lesieur controls the entire oil chain, from purchase of the raw material (seeds) to bottling of the final product, via pressing and refining. This total control of all the production phases offers consumers the best possible guarantees in terms of quality.
Market share
With a turnover of 667 million euros in 2007, Lesieur is the uncontested leader in the French oils market.
Lesieur is an S.A.S. (simplified joint stock company) with a capital of 36,689,935.92 euros
Total workforce at 31.12.2006: 583
CEO: Yves DELAINE
Executive Vice-President: Romain NOUFFERT
Key figures
Market share in terms of volume: 36.9%
Market share in terms of value: 44.0%
(Source: Nielsen distributors panel - Annual 2007)
Lesieur exports to more than 60 countries around the globe.
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