Estavayer Lait

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Estavayer Lait SA
legal form Corporation
founding 1955
Seat Estavayer-le-Lac FR SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Number of employees 622 (2005)
sales 657 million CHF (2005)
Branch food
Website www.elsa.ch

The Estavayer Lait SA (ELSA), headquartered in Estavayer-le-Lac is a company of the Swiss retail group Migros establishes that dairy products and groceries. In the 2005 financial year, the company had 622 employees and achieved sales of 657 million francs . The products are primarily manufactured for the Migros cooperatives and sold in their branches; some selected products are sold abroad under the Migros export label Swiss Delice .

history

In 1955, the Federation of Migros Cooperatives founded Conserves Estavayer SA (CESA), which initially produced canned peas, beans, spinach and jam. The production of dairy products began in 1960, bringing the Migros association dairies made competition. In 1968, CESA became the first Swiss company to package milk in Tetra Paks . Over the years, CESA gradually separated from practically all business areas (transfer to sister companies) with the exception of milk processing and in 1998 changed the name to Estavayer Lait SA (ELSA). The conversion was completed in 2003 with the conversion of the headquarters in Estavayer-le-Lac into the central production and logistics location of ELSA and the closure of all other locations.

In 2016 ELSA took over the majority of the Idhéa company in Hochfelden, Alsace . The production of the salad and other sauces will gradually be relocated there from Estavayer-le-Lac until the beginning of 2018. In 2017, ELSA increased its stake in Schwyzer Milchhuus AG from 34 to 60 percent and thus acquired the majority of the family-run company founded in Central Switzerland in 1899. At the end of 2017, ELSA and Migros left the Milk Industry Organization (BOM).

In mid-2019, ELSA took over SoFine Foods from the province of Limburg (Netherlands) (SoFine Foods belonged to Alpro from 2006 ). SoFine Foods produces vegan meat substitute products , including the Cornatur brand from Migros. By 2019, ELSA and the Migros Aare cooperative together with Aaremilch AG built a new milk filling plant in Diemtigtal . At the end of 2019, the IP-Suisse meadow milk, which is currently still being produced by Emmi in Suhr , will be bottled there.

Products

The ELSA product range includes milk , milk beverages , cream , yoghurts , cream cheese , quark and milk-based desserts . As the main supplier of the sister company Mifroma, ELSA is involved in the production of cheese and has also been running the Moudon cheese dairy (producing soft cheese ) since 2004 .

The “colonial goods” that ELSA manufactures include mayonnaise , salad dressings , fresh grilled and side sauces as well as vinegar .

Elsa-Mifroma group

  • Estavayer Lait SA
  • Mifroma SA
  • Mifroma France SA
  • Mifroma USA
  • Dörig Käsehandel AG
  • Bergsenn AG
  • Schwyzer Milchhuus AG
  • Idhéa

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Estavayer Lait SA. Commercial Register of the Canton of Friborg, 2019, accessed on October 14, 2019 .
  2. ^ Beat Brodbeck: Dairy. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 24, 2008 , accessed February 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Elsa strengthens her position on the sauce market in Switzerland and abroad. presseportal.ch, September 28, 2016, accessed on October 14, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Elsa takes over the majority in Schwyzer Milchhuus. bauernzeitung.ch, May 29, 2017, accessed on October 14, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Désirée Föry: Industry association fears for its future after Migros leaves. nzz.ch, July 17, 2017, accessed December 7, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Elsa strengthens her position in the field of plant-based products. migros.ch, June 13, 2019, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Migros invests in cheese dairy. schweizerbauer.ch, November 14, 2018, accessed on November 14, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Entry of "Dörig Käsehandel AG" in the commercial register of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
  9. ↑ Entry of "Bergsenn AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
  10. ↑ Entry of "Schwyzer Milchhuus AG" in the commercial register of Canton Schwyz