Customer references

Aryzta Food Solutions specialises in distributing frozen and fresh food products to professionals in bakery and pastry, savoury and sweet catering, out-of-home food service, hospitality, charcuterie, bread and snacking…

Recognised internationally for its food innovation and for the excellence of its products, made from top-quality raw materials, the group is today the partner of food professionals who want to offer unforgettable taste experiences.

www.aryztafoodsolutions.fr

Founded in 1969 with a focus on chewing gum and bubble gum, Ascom expanded in 2008 to include private-label manufacturing for major international groups and German retail chains.

Boncolac makes frozen pastries and desserts (tarts, tartlets, entremets, profiteroles, kings’ cakes, floating islands…) and delicatessen products (canapés, party breads, mini toasts, cocktail bites, verrines, fish papillotes…).

Bridor is the Le Duff group subsidiary that produces raw and ready-to-bake viennoiserie, pastries and frozen par-baked breads, with a premium positioning.

Bridor has a catalogue of around 3,000 products and serves three main distribution channels of roughly equal weight in revenue:

Supermarkets and hypermarkets

Food service (restaurants, hotels)

Artisans (bakeries, pastry shops…)

In 2017, its revenue was €625 million, 72% of it from exports to more than 90 countries.

Charles et Alice specialises in fruit desserts, mainly compotes, for retail, food service and export customers. Its products are made under its own brand (Charles et Alice) or under retailer brands.

www.charlesetalice.fr

Upfield sells several margarine and spread brands, including Planta Fin, Fruit d’Or, Flora, Blue Band, Stork, Becel and I Can’t Believe! It is the world’s largest plant-based consumer products company, operating in 95 countries.

Upfield was split off from Unilever and acquired by the investment firm KKR in 2018.

Gerson is a confectionery manufacturer belonging to the Andros group. The company owns the Pierrot Gourmand brand and produces 140 million lollipops every year, as well as private-label sweets.

La Compagnie des Pâtissiers specialises in frozen tarts for retailers, restaurants and bakeries.

Its team is made up exclusively of artisan pastry chefs who mostly worked in pastry shops, and its products offer flawless quality and an authentic traditional taste.

Les Délices des 7 Vallées makes premium frozen pastries and viennoiserie to a very strict specification, drawn from French culinary heritage as well as from further afield.

Les Délices du Valplessis specialises in the design, manufacture and sale of ice creams, sorbets and frozen desserts in France and abroad.

Mademoiselle Desserts aims to be the go-to partner offering professionals the best pastry solution. Its customers include major players in retail and out-of-home food service, in France and abroad.

A permanent pastry range of more than 3,400 products!

Pastry bases, flans, tarts and tartlets, charlottes, entremets, mille-feuilles, choux pastry, puff pastry snacks, cheesecakes, traybakes, carrot cake, fudge cake and other British cakes. Traditional recipes developed by its pastry chefs to best meet market needs and trends.

Listening to the expectations and requirements of its customers and consumers, its teams drive the CLEAN M programme to make pastries that combine pleasure and responsibility. Ingredients are carefully selected and Mademoiselle Desserts is committed to reducing additives as far as possible. Raw materials come from local suppliers whenever possible and mainly from responsible supply chains, and its suppliers are assessed against CSR criteria.

Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits is an international wine and spirits group. It is positioned at the heart of the market, offering consumers trusted, bold and flavourful brands.

Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits owns several brands, including William Peel, Sobieski, Fruits and Wine, Marie Brizard, Krupnik vodka, San José tequila, Pastis Berger, Gautier cognac and many more.

Brussels factory

Its 20,000 m² production site, where chocolates have been made since 1921, is located in Brussels, at the heart of chocolate making.

MBC is an experienced and passionate team of 220 people who put their love of chocolate into creating memorable taste experiences every day.

All its products are made in its own factory, and MBC is today one of the few Belgian chocolate makers still producing praline in its own kitchens.

mbcchocolates.bewww.godiva.co.jp

Processing cereal products since 1704, Moulins de Kleinbettigen operates one of the most modern mills in Europe. These production facilities allow it to meet the highest quality standards.

Based in Luxembourg, the company sells its products throughout Europe.

www.mkmoulin.lu

Prolainat makes frozen desserts (ice creams and pastries). Prolainat is recognised as a private-label specialist.

Specialising in cakes and biscuits made to family traditions, Pâtisseries Gourmandes now employs 700 people across five production sites in Brittany. The company was founded in 1968 and has been part of Groupe Roullier since 1996.

Its customers recognise Pâtisseries Gourmandes for production know-how rooted in artisan tradition, for the variety and quality of its ranges and for its strong capacity for product innovation.

www.patisseriesgourmandes.com

Silver Pail Dairy is located in Fermoy (Co. Cork) on the south coast of Ireland, in the heart of Ireland’s beautiful Golden Vale, a region renowned for its rolling pastures and recognised as some of the best dairy farming land in the world.

Silver Pail Dairy was founded in 1978 by Michael Murphy and has become the largest ice cream manufacturer in Ireland, with many years of experience in developing and producing high-quality ice creams and frozen desserts.

Spadel is a Belgian group that produces and sells natural mineral waters, spring waters and soft drinks made with natural mineral water. Spadel leads the natural mineral water market in the Benelux with its successful Spa and Bru brands, and in Bulgaria with the Devin brand, and has a strong regional presence in France and the United Kingdom with local brands. Its brands are Spa, Bru, Devin, Wattwiller, Carola and Brecon Carreg. Spadel focuses on strong regional brands with a low carbon footprint.

www.spadel.com/accueil

Valrhona selects, blends, makes and distributes premium chocolate.

Valrhona serves 3 main customer segments:

Artisans: chocolatiers, pastry chefs, confectioners…

Food service: gastronomic and traditional hotels and restaurants, tea rooms, caterers…

Selective channels: gourmet shops (Lafayette Gourmet, Trader Joe’s…), delicatessens, duty-free, corporate gifts

Since 1998, Atlantique Alimentaire has been creating, designing and making innovative, tailor-made frozen catering solutions.

Atlantique Alimentaire has established itself as a leading manufacturer and supplier on the French and international quality frozen food market.

Based on France’s Atlantic coast, Atlantique Alimentaire operates on 11,000 m² in the heart of the La Pallice commercial port in La Rochelle. Thanks to regular investment, its state-of-the-art production facilities allow it to make more than 300 frozen delicatessen products: quiches and savoury tarts, gratins and ready meals, sweet and savoury cakes, filled crêpes (sweet and savoury), filled galettes, bites and appetiser snacks, custard tarts, and a new snacking range.

atlantiquealimentaire.fr

Founded in 2002 by Groupe Flo and Disneyland Paris, Convergence Achats is a purchasing organisation specialising in food and beverage purchasing for the hotel, restaurant and café sector.

Today, it negotiates €220 million of food and beverage purchases a year on behalf of its clients.

Its activity also goes well beyond supporting the choice of suppliers and products. Its purchasing solution covers everything from sourcing to restaurant supply, so that the approach can be truly tailored to each client’s needs.

Given its history, Convergence Achats has a very strong restaurant culture and understands the constraints of the trade, in terms of both products and organisation. Convergence Achats was created by restaurateurs for restaurateurs.

The COVI group designs and makes ready meals in metal cans, microwaveable trays or Doypack pouches, guaranteeing long shelf life at room temperature.

Although early trials of vacuum-cooked products were presented around the 1940s, Cuisine Solutions is considered the pioneer of modern sous-vide cooking, one of the most innovative cooking techniques.

Our culinary team was among the first in the world to master and champion the sous-vide technique, which prepares ingredients with precision for tender textures and products with the authentic taste of traditional cooking.

Daunat makes convenient meal solutions such as sandwiches.

France’s leading supplier of private-label savoury biscuits, Europe Snacks makes tuiles, snacks and crackers.

Système U is a cooperative of French retailers.

The cooperative group brings together the Hyper U, Super U and U Express banners, the latter replacing Marché U, as well as Utile, a network of convenience stores in rural towns.

The Jackfruit Company’s mission is to transform healthy eating, farmers’ livelihoods and humanity’s environmental footprint for the better. We strive to offer you the highest-quality jackfruit foods, ethically and sustainably sourced, and to be the global leader in jackfruit supply chains sourced directly from farms, growing our large community of farmers, partners and loyal consumers every day.

www.jackandannies.comthejackfruitcompany.com

Jean Floc’h is a Breton food group that has been processing pork for more than 40 years: slaughtering, cutting, prepared meats, charcuterie, freezing and canning.

Today, the Jean Floc’h brand is present nationwide and beyond France’s borders, with almost a third of its revenue coming from exports. Mastery of its core business has allowed it to broaden its range of activities by adding a fifth division: culinary solutions.

In 2015, the group had 12 production sites, employed 1,800 people and generated revenue of €500 million.

With production of 200,000 t of pork and 60,000 t of processed products, combined with very rapid commercial growth, the Jean Floc’h brand has established itself in its main markets: food service, industry, export, retail and specialist shops.

The group has always remained true to the values of its founder, Jean Floc’h: a visionary industrialist and a leader of people who instilled strong values in the teams who succeeded him and who are proud to carry his name.

KellyDeli is an innovative, fast-growing food company committed to bringing the best of Asia to Europe. KellyDeli is the leader in supermarket sushi kiosks (Sushi Daily) and also runs 2 other food concepts focused on Indian cuisine, Korma Kitchen, and Asian cuisine, Bam’Bu. In Europe, the company has opened nearly 800 kiosks in eleven countries, including France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Sweden.

kellydeli.com

The La Belle-Iloise cannery is a family business founded in 1932 that has never stopped growing. The company chose to target a niche market: premium canned fish. It also stands out for its 2 businesses:

Manufacturing: the La Belle-Iloise cannery produces its canned goods in keeping with tradition and showcasing the quality of its products. Innovation is at the heart of its strategy to offer customers new recipes.

Distribution: the company sells its products directly through 3 channels:

A network of 87 fully owned shops

Distance selling: mail order and the e-commerce website

B2B: selected resellers, corporate gifts

The vast majority of revenue comes from the shop network.

www.labelleiloise.fr

Lœul et Piriot implements beCPG to manage its product lifecycle

Innovation is the key to the future of the food industry: it means new products and ever more frequent range changes. On top of that, growing regulatory requirements and customer demands call for greater rigour from manufacturers and make the innovation process heavier. All these reasons are leading companies in the sector to invest in MasterData or PIM (Product Information Management) tools to centralise their data, and to implement PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software to design new products.

Yann Pilpré (Head of Information Systems, ALPM group): “We had to respond to the growing volume of product data by consolidating it, which led us to look at MasterData solutions to complement our VIF ERP. We also needed software to boost innovation, able to adapt to our business constraints and internal processes.”

Lœul et Piriot is a food company specialising in rabbit meat processing, with roots going back to the early 20th century. Headquartered in Thouars in the Deux-Sèvres department, the company operates in France and Europe and sells 300 tonnes of rabbit a week. In 2011 it generated revenue of €117 million and employed nearly 500 people. Lœul et Piriot belongs to the ALPM group, created in 2012 when Lœul et Piriot joined forces with Multilap. The group relies on 650 people across 6 sites in France. Following the takeover of Bretagne Lapins on 1 January 2013 and the alliance with the Terrena cooperative group, ALPM, already the leader in France, strengthened its position on the European market.

beCPG: data management and the innovation process

PLM, PIM, MasterData: behind this IT jargon usually lie the same challenges for manufacturers:

• structuring and consolidating data
• sharing information
• boosting and simplifying the innovation process

Beyond data management, developing a food product requires taking regulatory aspects into account and being highly responsive. The INCO regulation (which came into force on 13 December 2014), for example, standardises the calculation and display of nutritional values, allergens, claims and ingredients. As R&D and Quality work becomes ever longer and more costly, manufacturers need the right tools to reduce time to market.

According to Yann Pilpré, “Until now, software handled only one issue (formulation, workflow, MasterData or project management) and was often far removed from the food business. The best-of-breed approach (editor’s note: one tool per issue), long to implement and complex for users, rarely delivers a fast and satisfactory return on investment.”

After comparing several solutions, Lœul et Piriot chose the “beCPG for Food” software.

Philippe Quéré (beCPG): “Unlike our competitors, beCPG follows an all-in-one policy with no paid modules, and constant innovation redistributed as open source, so that we can offer a turnkey solution at a competitive price.”

The “beCPG for Food” solution is made up of several modules for the food industry:

• A product repository to manage finished products, raw materials, packaging and the characteristics required by the IFS and BRC standards and the INCO regulation
• A formulation module to calculate allergens, ingredients, nutrients, costs and claims
• Generation of product specification sheets
• A project management module to drive new product development from idea generation to market launch
• Customer complaint management

Yann Pilpré: “What attracted us to beCPG was the attractive price and its open, interoperable nature (editor’s note: the ability to work with other software and share information). We were impressed by the wealth of features and the modern, intuitive interface.”

beCPG: a fast return on investment and easy to learn

Lœul et Piriot wanted a solution able to cover the lifecycle of its products, from the sales request to the end of the product’s life, making it easier to collect and update product data. It also had to make it easier to feed third-party applications and guarantee the validity of this data across the whole information system. Finally, the solution had to produce the reference documents used internally and by customers (sales and internal specification sheets, logistics sheets, weight-price and case labels).

Yann Pilpré: “With beCPG, we were surprised by how quick and easy the data migration was. We went from a multitude of databases, often in Excel, to a single, consistent, centralised database. The fast project roll-out made adoption easier and increased the ROI.”

The different product views make data easier to access: sales staff consult the sales specification sheets directly and production consults the internal specification sheets. The time savings are significant, because updating products is easier and the tool can update several products at once following a change of raw material or packaging.

Some testimonials:

Flora Derouineau (Marketing Manager): “It is now easier to create a product while guaranteeing that the information is valid.”

Francine Lair (Packaging Product Manager): “Document management lets me store food-contact certificates as well as the complete history of our packaging. The image library and sales data are linked directly to the product.”

Magali Diard (Product Coordinator): “Replacing a tray across all products now takes just a few minutes and guarantees up-to-date specification sheets and the distribution of changes.”

Magda® is recognised as France’s no. 1 in frozen wild mushrooms and offers you the most authentic and refined that nature has to offer. Magda’s aim: to introduce you to the captivating, wild flavours of the forest and surprise you with bold recipes and original tastes.

Maurer Tempé produces and sells Alsatian charcuterie and pastry-wrapped charcuterie.

Monique Ranou (Intermarché group), based in Finistère, specialises in ham and charcuterie made from pork and chicken.

Formed through successive mergers, Saint Jean has made its people one of its main differentiating assets. A regional company, Saint Jean moves forward thanks to skilled teams who bring ideas and constantly work together.

We now employ nearly 400 people and are an innovative and responsible company.

We are strongly committed to safety, hygiene and the environment at each of our production sites.

Our identity has been built around one core value: the quality of our products.

Our goal: to continue growing by constantly innovating with new products, relying on our people and our high-performance production facilities, while affirming our attachment to our region.

Sicarev is a regional cooperative group with a European reach, founded more than 50 years ago in the Charolais area, a region synonymous with quality. Sicarev operates slaughterhouses and makes meat-based products (beef, veal, pork, lamb and prepared products).

The Snellman group is made up of the parent company Oy Snellman Ab and 5 subsidiaries. It sells products in two business areas: meat processing and ready meals.

SVA Jean Rozé operates slaughterhouses and makes meat-based products (beef, pork, mutton, horse).

A leader in animal nutrition

Adisseo is a global leader in animal nutrition, with revenue of €1.22 billion and more than 2,600 customers. Its mission is to offer products and services on the animal feed additives market with the best guarantee of safety for people and the environment. In 2006, Adisseo joined the Chinese Bluestar Group.

The group has more than 1,800 employees worldwide and generates 90% of its sales from exports.

A consultancy working in food product innovation and formulation.

Agrostis provides user training on the beCPG solution. It supports food manufacturers in implementing the INCO regulation and setting up their innovation process.

Antartic II

Created in 1986 to take over Antartic’s spice and starch packing business, Antartic 2 now specialises in sweet and savoury dry products.

The plant produces breakfast cereals, savoury snacks and technological ingredients and additives (manufacturing and packing), as well as spices and culinary aids, rice, semolina, pulses and baking aids (packing).

Aymard, a family business founded in 1981, originally specialised in selling and then producing special products for charcuterie making. Spices soon proved to be an essential complement to the original business. Initially focused on meat, its spices are now opening up new horizons by heading for the fish counter.

As an international group of companies, Bakels manufactures and distributes a wide range of innovative ingredients and application solutions. Our ingredients are tailored to the markets they serve, covering the bread, pastry, patisserie and confectionery sectors.

www.bakelssweden.se/en

Founder of the British Mediterranean food revolution, The Belazu Ingredient Company has been supplying the food industry with a unique range of authentic, premium ingredients for almost 30 years. Our product range includes olives, olive oils, vinegars, pestos and antipasti, among many other Mediterranean specialities. We are proud to bring a passion for product, know-how and fanatical attention to service detail to an unrivalled customer base that includes the best restaurants, hotel kitchens, premium food manufacturers, caterers and independent retailers, both in the UK and abroad.

Founded in 1872 in Paris, France, Biospringer is a long-standing key player and a global producer of yeast extracts and yeast-derived ingredients. Biospringer is a taste expert. It aims to bring more taste and pleasure by offering the food and beverage sector a unique range of yeast extracts and yeast derivatives, from dried yeasts to natural flavours and much more.

Biospringer also benefits from the expertise of its parent company: the Lesaffre Group is the world’s leading yeast producer and an expert in fermentation. The Lesaffre Group designs and produces innovative solutions for baking, taste and nutrition, health and biotechnology.

Diana Food

Selecting, securing and enhancing the best of nature through our technological and scientific know-how.

Diana Food supplies high value-added natural ingredients to its food industry customers around the world.

From a natural range of fruits, vegetables, meat and seafood products processed into concentrates, powders, flakes, pieces and sheets, Diana Food offers solutions with sensory benefits (taste, colour, texture, appearance) and nutritional benefits (health and nutrition, food preservation).

Holding a unique position in its markets, Diana Food relies on strong expertise in biosciences, reinforced by multi-sector expertise from plants to meat, to guarantee traceability and food safety.

Founded in 2003 by a management team with more than 15 years’ experience in natural products, Laboratoires INELDEA, located in the Mediterranean basin, have recognised technical and scientific expertise in the formulation, development and marketing of particularly innovative natural food supplements and cosmetics.

Juva Santé is an independent French laboratory founded more than 30 years ago. It is an expert in over-the-counter parapharmacy and natural health solutions, with the brands Laboratoires Juvamine, Laboratoires Mercurochrome, Intimy and Marie-Rose.

It promotes a new vision of health: responsible health, in which each of us can take charge of our own health and has a role to play in preserving it. At Juva Santé, we are convinced that being healthy starts with being aware of it.

Juva Santé is part of a French family group, the Urgo group (www.urgo-group.fr), with which it shares its values by putting entrepreneurship at the heart of its businesses.

Milne AgriGroup and its shareholder Liveringa Pastoral Co. form one of the largest integrated agricultural groups in Western Australia. They own livestock (sheep and cattle), free-range pigs and Mt Barker chickens, and operate in animal feed (Liveringa).

Milne AgriGroup owns the Mount Barker Chicken brand, a range of free-range chickens available in butchers’ shops and supermarkets across Western Australia.

With more than 20 years’ experience, Paladone is the UK’s leading wholesale gift supplier. Its commitment to fantastic products, outstanding service and customer care is why it is the trusted supplier of the world’s largest gift retailers as well as thousands of independents worldwide. Paladone works with more than 50 of the world’s biggest brands, from Disney™ to Nintendo™, Harry Potter™ and Star Wars™. Paladone has left “novelty” behind and offers innovative, beautifully designed and packaged, trend-led gifts and merchandise in more than 80 countries around the world. From its offices in the UK, the US and Hong Kong, it designs and distributes directly from Brighton (UK), Maryland (US) or the Far East. Its mission is to create the best gifts and deliver them to customers with unrivalled customer service.

Pancosma is one of the leaders in the market for animal nutrition ingredients and additives.

The Prodalim group, founded 30 years ago, provides a complete supply chain solution for the beverage sector. The group sources, processes, develops, blends and distributes fruit juices, concentrates, blends, compounds and essential oils from various plants around the world.

The group is the world’s 4th largest supplier of orange juice concentrate and the largest supplier of tropical juices and concentrates.

Prodalim serves more than 250 customers in more than 50 countries worldwide, including the world’s biggest bottling brands (Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, etc.). The group operates 4 production sites and 5 sales offices and is implementing a significant expansion plan.

Schneider Electric develops products, solutions and services to make its customers’ ecosystems safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. The group invests heavily in technology to support innovation and differentiation, with a strong commitment to sustainable development.

One of its subsidiaries uses beCPG.

Founded in June 2012, Synutra France International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Synutra International Inc., which ranks 3rd among Chinese companies in maternal and infant nutrition.

Synutra France makes three product families, mainly for the Chinese market:

0% and 26% milk powders;

Whey powders (skimmed and fat-filled);

Infant formulas: first stage (0–6 months), second stage (6–12 months) and third stage (12–36 months);

Van Hees develops additives and spices for meat-based products. Van Hees currently supplies products to more than eighty countries around the world.

www.van-hees.com/fr/fr

Celluloses de Brocéliande

Celluloses de Brocéliande develops, manufactures and sells single-use baby and feminine hygiene products. It develops and produces for French, European and global retailers, wholesalers, importers/exporters and hygiene professionals. Its products are sold to nurseries, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and parapharmacies, as well as specialist childcare shops. Thanks to regular investment, Celluloses de Brocéliande is today France’s leading producer of baby nappies and feminine hygiene products.

Founded in 1942, Eczacıbaşı is a leading Turkish industrial group with 40 companies, more than 11,300 employees and combined net sales of TL 9.5 billion in 2019.

For more than 70 years, Eczacıbaşı consumer products have offered consumers in Turkey new and innovative hygiene and personal care solutions. Today, Eczacıbaşı consumer products also serve neighbouring markets through the manufacture, marketing and distribution of tissue paper products, wet wipes, personal care and cosmetic products, baby care, home care products and away-from-home cleaning solutions.

Initially focused on the Middle East, Eczacıbaşı Consumer Products now exports to more than 80 countries on 5 continents.

Founded in 1860, McPherson’s is a major supplier of health, wellness, beauty, household and personal care products in Australia. It operates in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. McPherson’s markets and distributes ranges of beauty, hair care, skincare and fragrance products, household essentials such as baking paper, cling film and aluminium foil, and personal care items such as facial wipes, cotton pads and foot comfort products.

In addition, by managing and representing major international brands as well as private labels, we are able to give retail customers a unique opportunity to manage entire product categories, from product innovation and range development to in-store range presentation.

McPherson’s manages major brands for overseas agencies, such as Trilogy Skincare, Dr Wolff and Karen Murrell. Most of its revenue, however, comes from the company’s diversified portfolio of market-leading brands, including Manicare, Lady Jayne, Dr. LeWinn’s, A’kin, Glam by Manicare, Swisspers, Moosehead, Maseur and Multix.

McPherson’s has a large customer base serving around 10,000 points of sale, including most of the region’s major retailers: supermarkets, discount department stores, department stores, pharmacies and independent homeware stores.

McPherson’s is proud to be a signatory of the Australian Packaging Covenant, a sustainable packaging initiative that aims to change business culture so as to design more sustainable packaging, increase recycling rates and reduce packaging waste.

Founded in 1945 as Muller & Koster Industrie Chimiche S.p.A., the company was born in Geneva before moving its headquarters to Milan. Initial production was geared entirely towards the soap industry, mainly making essences for soap manufacturers; the range then expanded with fragrances for household, personal care and body hygiene use.

Thanks to excellent-quality products and a serious, rigorous working method, the company quickly won national and international markets, with offices in MILAN, Italy, and GRASSE, France.