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Also known as Groupe Danone, The Dannon Company, Dannon Group

thumb|right|200px|Danone brand logo, used since 2004 Danone S.A. () is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris, where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company's products are branded Dannon in the United States.

Key facts

Company.name
Danone S.A.
Company.former_names
Boussois-Souchon-Neuvesel (1966–1967)BSN (1967–1973)BSN-Gervais Danone (1973–1983)BSN Groupe (1983–1994)
Company.predecessor
Gervais Danone
Company.image
Bd Haussmann, 17.jpg
Company.image_size
250px
Company.image_caption
Danone head office in Paris, July 2010
Company.type
Public company
Company.traded_as
CAC 40 component
Company.foundation
Company: (as Boussois-Souchon-Neuvesel)Brand:
Company.location
Boulevard Haussmann 9th arrondissement, Paris, France (Operational)Hoofddorp, Netherlands (Global)
Company.area_served
Worldwide
Company.key_people
Franck Riboud (honorary chairman)Gilles Schnepp (chairman) Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (CEO)
Company.industry
Food processing
Company.founder
Isaac Carasso
Company.brands
Main brands
Company.revenue
€27.619 billion (2023)
Company.operating_income
€3.481 billion (2023)
Company.net_income
€881 million (2023)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Type
Company, Funder
Founded
1919
Location
Boucherville, Canada
Status
Active

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Encyclopedic overview

46 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Name
  • Strategic reorientation (1970–2000)
  • 21st century
  • Dairy-focused business (2010–present)
  • Corporate governance
  • Head office
  • Executives and board
  • Ownership
  • Main brands
  • Joint ventures
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Israel
  • Saudi Arabia
  • China
  • Bright Dairy
  • Wahaha
  • Mengniu
  • Russia
  • Africa
  • Philippines
  • Danone Institute
  • Danone Institutes around the world
  • Danone Institute International
  • Danone International Prize for Nutrition
  • Global summit on the health effects of yogurt
  • Yogurt in Nutrition Initiative for a balanced diet
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Controversies
  • 2005–2006: the PepsiCo acquisition case
  • 2010–2013
  • India
  • China
  • Indonesia subsidiary
  • Turkey marketing campaign
  • Fonterra New Zealand alert
  • Price fixing
  • False advertising
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • Citations
  • General and cited references
  • External links

thumb|right|200px|Danone brand logo, used since 2004 Danone S.A. () is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris, where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company's products are branded Dannon in the United States.

As of 2018, Danone sold products in 120 markets, and, in 2018, had sales of €24.65 billion. In the first half of 2018, 52% of sales came from dairy and plant-based products (including yoghurt), 29% came from specialized nutritional preparations and 19% came from branded bottled water.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Danone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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