Lactalis Rotten Score Breakdown

In March 2015, France's Autorité de la concurrence sanctioned a nationwide cartel involving producers of fresh dairy products sold under retailers' own brands. The authority said the secret arrangements operated between 2006 and 2012 and involved price coordination and other anticompetitive conduct. Lactalis Nestlé Ultra Frais MDD received a €56.1 million sanction and Lactalis Beurres & Crèmes received €4 million. The authority specifically identified Groupe Lactalis among the companies concerned and increased the Lactalis sanction because of the group's economic power. Source: Autorité de la concurrence https://www.autoritedelaconcurrence.fr/fr/communiques-de-presse/lautorite-de-la-concurrence-sanctionne-hauteur-de-1927-millions-deuros-une

In December 2019, France's Autorité de la concurrence sanctioned manufacturers for a cartel involving compotes sold under retailers' own brands and to out-of-home catering. The authority found secret horizontal agreements on prices and volumes and exchanges of commercially sensitive information. Délis and Vergers de Châteaubourg, jointly with Groupe Lactalis and B.S.A., were fined €9.466 million. The authority described price and volume agreements as among the most serious competition-law infringements. A later appeal partially reformed the decision, and the Cour de cassation rejected a further appeal in January 2025. Source: Autorité de la concurrence https://www.autoritedelaconcurrence.fr/fr/decision/relative-des-pratiques-mises-en-oeuvre-dans-le-secteur-des-fruits-vendus-en-coupelles-et