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Groupe Dijon Céréales
A focus on tomorrow’s agriculture and food industry
Dion Céréales is one of Burgundy and Franche-Comté’s main agricultural cooperatives. It builds its future through investing in sustainable and responsible agriculture and in product innovation and processing.
Dijon Céréales groups together a dozen companies and takes part in several unions of cooperatives, based around the 5 following areas of activity :
• Grain (harvest and supply)
• Milling
• Onions and other vegetables (harvesting, packing and processing)
• Distribution (landscaping , viticulture, stock breeding)
• Logistics (transport and stocking).
The group employs more than 700 people for the whole of its varied activities. Its total revenue was over 400 M€ for 2007-2008.
Dijon Céréales is:
• the 12th largest French agricultural cooperative (SCA Dijon Céréales)
• the 5th largest French milling company (Dijon Céréales Meunerie)
• France’s largest producer of stone-milled organic flour (Decollogne)
• the 2nd largest operator in Europe for the dehydration of onions and vegetables (STL)
On a daily basis, as well as through the company’s large projects, Dijon Céréales takes into account the following points:
• Agricultural production respectful of the environment through technical research (Damier Vert - Technopôle Agri-Environnement Dijon Bourgogne)
• Sustainable development with a company-wide plan for 2008-2009
• Quality of production, food safety and product innovation through R&D (Dijon Céréales Meunerie, Gustalis, LCN-Trilégumes actively involved in Vitagora Taste-Nutrition-Health), ISO-HACCP standard and production charters…
• A response to market globalisation through the development of interregional unions such as Cérévia (4 cooperatives, 3 regions of the Saône-Rhône Axis)…
Key figures 2007-2008
• Total revenue: 405 M€
• Production of cereals : 791,000 tonnes
• 3900 member producers
• 700 employees
Website: www.dijon-cereales.fr |
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