Founded in 1933 by André Besnier in Laval, the Lactalis Group is a family business anchored in rural areas, which has become the world's leading dairy group and a major player in employment. Faithful to its original profession, cheesemaker, the Lactalis Group, the leading producer of AOP cheeses, contributes to the development of a rural economy open to the world. Today present in around a hundred countries, the Group has 85,500 employees and 250 production sites.