What GALLIANCE does

GALLIANCE S.A. is a French poultry production and processing company headquartered in Ancenis-Saint-Géréon, France, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Terrena agricultural cooperative. Positioned as the second-largest French poultry operator, the company integrates breeding, slaughter, processing, and branded distribution through 13 IFS-, BRC-, and Label Rouge-certified industrial sites and a contracted base of roughly 1,000 poultry farmers. Its product range spans whole birds, cuts, and prepared products (nuggets, cordon bleu, wings) sold across nine brands, including Père Dodu, Douce France, La Nouvelle Agriculture, Nature de France, Le Picoreur, Fermiers d'Ancenis, Royal Bernard, Volailles Champenoises, and the B2B-focused Gastronome Professionnels.

The business operates a dual-channel model: consumer brands are distributed through French mass-retail grocers and a growing network of company-operated drive-through outlets, while Gastronome Professionnels supplies food-service and food-processing customers. Quality and animal-welfare positioning is reinforced by a long-running partnership with Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) and by 70+ medals accumulated at the Concours Général Agricole. Senior leadership comprises Dominique Grasset (President, poultry farmer), Benoit Besson (Directeur Général), and Ivan Jego (Quality Director).

Revenue mechanics derive from branded packaged poultry retail sales and B2B ingredient/component supply, with no disclosed subscription or SaaS-style pricing layer. The Douce France brand alone underpins nearly 1,900 direct jobs across production, indicating significant scale beneath the corporate parent. Historical figures cited on the company's own key-figures page report €27 million in 2024 revenue for the Galliance entity, which is materially below what 2nd-ranked French poultry scale implies for the broader operating division, suggesting the figure pertains to a narrower legal entity rather than consolidated poultry operations.

Name

GALLIANCE

Legal name

Galliance

Website

https://galliance.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

GALLIANCE is the second-largest French poultry producer, supplying whole birds, cuts, and prepared products through nine brands (Père Dodu, Douce France, La Nouvelle Agriculture, etc.) to French mass retail and B2B food service via 13 certified industrial sites.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry Products

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (42444), Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (112320)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Poultry Processing & Packing (AFAKALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Broiler Processing (Whole Bird, Parts, Further Processing) (AFANACAI), Further Processed Poultry (Cooked, Breaded, Nuggets, Patties, Wings) (AFANACAC), Poultry Export & Specialty Certification Processing (Halal/Kosher, Organic, Antibiotic-Free, Traceability Programs) (AFANACAL), Poultry Cured/Smoked & Deli Products (Turkey Ham, Deli Slices, Bacon-Style) (AFANACAD)

Keywords

• Poultry production
• Chicken products
• Poultry processing
• Fresh poultry
• Prepared poultry

Headquarters

HQ city

Ancenis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Poultry Product Sales: Galliance transforms, elaborates, and commercializes a complete range of poultry products including whole birds, cuts (filets, thighs, supremes), and prepared products (nuggets, cordon bleu, wings, cheese patties) sold through retail and food service channels.
2. B2B Professional Sales: Gastronome Professionnels brand serves professional chefs and food industry operators with raw and elaborated poultry products in fresh or frozen form.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Galliance transforms, elaborates, and commercializes a complete range of poultry products including whole birds, cuts (filets, thighs, supremes), and prepared products (nuggets, cordon bleu, wings, cheese patties) under nine consumer and professional brands. The company controls the full poultry supply chain from hatchery and animal nutrition through farming, slaughter, cutting, and prepared products manufacturing, selling through retail, specialized BIO stores, and B2B food service channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Père Dodu®: Brand created in 1965, known for pané products, cordons bleus, nuggets, and roast turkey. Located in western France. Invented croque fromage in 1984, escalope cordons bleus in 1986.
• Douce France®
• La Nouvelle Agriculture®
• Nature de France®
• Le Picoreur®
• Fermiers d'Ancenis®
• Gastronome Professionnels®
• Royal Bernard®
• Volailles Champenoises®

Products and services

• Père Dodu® Consumer brand offering pané and elaborated poultry products including cordons bleus, nuggets, croque fromage, and roast turkey, sold through mass retail channels for everyday family meals.
• Douce France® Consumer brand of French-origin poultry products from chickens born, raised, and prepared in French regions, featuring eco-designed packaging and supporting regional development.
• La Nouvelle Agriculture® Consumer brand from new generation farmers promoting modern, natural, and responsible agriculture with animal welfare focus and full traceability to the breeder level.
• Nature de France® Specialist organic poultry brand for health-conscious consumers, offering free-range products raised without antibiotics and fed with organic, non-GMO ingredients, distributed in large retail and drive stores.
• Le Picoreur® Organic poultry brand sold exclusively in specialized BIO stores since 1984, sourced directly from 130 breeders in western France.
• Fermiers d'Ancenis® Premium Label Rouge free-range poultry brand from the Loire Valley, recognized with over 70 medals at the Concours Général Agricole de Paris over more than 25 years.
• Gastronome Professionnels® B2B professional brand offering quality raw and elaborated poultry products in fresh or frozen form to professional chefs and food industry operators.
• Royal Bernard® Regional poultry brand since 1955 from the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region, featuring an integrated and controlled supply chain with 100% vegetable, mineral, and vitamin feed.
• Volailles Champenoises® Regional poultry brand from the Champagne region established in 1959, recognized for consistent quality with regular medals at the Concours Général Agricole.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13 industrial sites certified IFS (International Food Standard)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CIWF (Compassion in World Farming)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGalliance works with animal welfare associations including CIWF on common reference frameworks for animal welfare labeling. This partnership supports the company's commitment to advancing farming practices and transparent welfare labeling from farmer to consumer.
• Terrena (Parent Cooperative)coreOthersGalliance is the poultry division of Terrena cooperative group. Terrena is a major agricultural cooperative headquartered in western France, providing strategic direction, resources, and integration across the agricultural supply chain.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pilgrim's Pride: Pilgrim's is a top-3 global poultry processor (and owner of Moy Park) operating across the US, UK, Ireland, and continental Europe. Comparable as a large, publicly-listed, multi-geography poultry processor, useful for benchmarking on margin, capex, and welfare-investment trajectories.
• Tyson Foods: Tyson is the largest US poultry processor and a global animal-protein incumbent with branded prepared chicken products sold through retail and food-service. Comparable on scale, vertical integration, and channel strategy, though operating in a different geography with different retailer dynamics.

Direct peers

• Doux (relaunched): Doux is the historic French poultry exporter that, in its prior form, was the entity whose Pèr Dodu brand was combined with Gastronome to create Galliance in 2016. After restructuring, the revived Doux competes in similar export and processed-poultry categories, sharing heritage and overlapping customer bases.
• Moy Park (Pilgrim's Pride): Moy Park is the UK and Ireland's largest poultry processor, owned by Pilgrim's Pride, supplying retail and food-service with fresh and further-processed poultry. Comparable to Galliance in vertical integration (breeding to processing), branded product portfolio, and retail-channel dependency.
• Plukon Food Group: Plukon is one of Europe's largest poultry processors with operations across the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, and Poland. It produces fresh, frozen, and further-processed poultry products for retail and food-service, making it a direct cross-border comparable to Galliance in scale, channel mix, and product portfolio.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: 2 Sisters is a major UK-based poultry and prepared-food manufacturer serving the top UK grocers with branded and private-label poultry. Similar in being a private-equity-influenced, multi-site, multi-channel poultry operator focused on UK retail — a useful comparator on private-label exposure and channel economics.
• LDC Group (Lambert Dodard Chancereul): LDC is France's #1 poultry processor and Galliance's principal domestic competitor. Both operate vertically integrated poultry value chains in France, serve overlapping retail and food-service channels with branded processed poultry (LDC owns Maître CoQ, Le Gaulois, Loué), and compete head-to-head for GMS shelf space and Label Rouge supply.
• Maître CoQ (LDC subsidiary): Maître CoQ is a flagship mass-market poultry brand owned by LDC, sold in GMS and freezer aisles with a similar product mix to Père Dodu (nuggets, cordon bleu, breaded items). Head-to-head brand competitor within the same retailers and consumer occasions.

Emerging players

• Bell & Evans: Bell & Evans is a US-based premium chicken producer focused on 100% air-chilled, organic, and animal-welfare-certified poultry. Comparable as an emerging premium/welfare-led brand that has grown above category averages, providing a relevant analog for Galliance's La Nouvelle Agriculture and Nature de France brand trajectories.
• Fermiers de Loué: Lou is a French farmer cooperative producing Label Rouge and organic poultry with strong brand recognition in premium retail. Overlaps with Galliance's Fermiers d'Ancenis on Label Rouge positioning and with Le Picoreur on organic — a niche competitor rather than full-line rival.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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