About Us
Focusing on cheese specialties and high value added dairy ingredients, Savencia Fromage & Dairy is among the world’s leading milk processors, the No. 2 cheese group in France and the No. 5 worldwide. Savencia Fromage & Dairy is an independent family group listed with Euronext Paris.
#1 Worldwide for Cheese Specialists
Products Sold in 120 Countries
22,751 Employees in 31 Countries
Net Sales of €7.1 Billion
Five Billion Liters of Milk Purchased
The Quest for Sustained Performance
Our shared total quality management approach focuses on satisfying our customers and respecting the expectations of other stakeholders. Through economic and social development, respect for people and the environment, the Group and its staff are committed to sustainable performance.
Our action principles and rules of conduct are included in an Ethical Charter, “The Group and its culture”, available in the main Group’s languages and provided to all employees. This Ethical Charter underlines operating principles, ethics and behaviours that apply within each subsidiary of the Group and highlights the Ten Fundamental Principles of the UN Global Compact.
Culture & Values
Leading the way to better food, innovating, promoting quality and respect for nature, developing and promoting our staff, investing to ensure growth and long-term stability, contributing to the common good: it’s on the respect and application of these values that our Group has always been committed to deploying its responsible and sustainable strategy.
Single common base for life at work, the Group Culture inspires, guides and unites all Savencia employees in their actions. At its heart, the vocation of “Leading the way to better food” is more than ever relevant and lays the foundations of the responsible and sustainable strategy that the Group has implemented since its creation.
Our Savors are Globe Trotters
In each of the countries where we are present, we offer consumers products designed for them and backed by premium brands which are often part of their national heritage. Our development is built on an intimate knowledge of local tastes and habits, a wealth of cheese-manufacturing know-how, an extensive mastery of cheese-making and dairy technologies and cutting-edge research into milk’s constituents.
We Support the UN Global Compact
Since 2003, the Group is a signatory to the UN’s Global Compact scheme, and therefore committed to upholding to its ten fundamental principles in the areas of Human Rights, labour, environment and anti corruption. This is covered each year in the Group’s Progress Report.
#PositiveFood
#PositiveFood is Savencia’s corporate stance for a positive food transition. We believe that we can choose a healthy and responsible diet without giving up on pleasure.
Our Heritage
The history of Savencia Fromage & Dairy began in France in 1956 with “Caprice des Dieux” – a soft ripened cheese that revolutionized the market. Today, Savencia is one of the leading cheese and dairy companies, and a leader in high-quality chocolate specialties, fine meats and fish products. Savencia Cheese North America story began in the early ‘70’s when the renowned French cheese maker Jean-Noel Bongrain decided it was time to bring his passion and skill for French specialty cheese to the States. In 1974, Alouette Spreadable Cheese was born and has grown to become the leader in soft spreadable cheese. Today, Savencia Cheese North America has 4 manufacturing locations across the United States and is an importer of a carefully selected portfolio of France’s finest specialty cheeses.