| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founder | Jean-Paul Bigard |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of employees | 17,000 (2014)  |
| Website | www.bigard.fr |
Groupe Bigard is a French meat processing company. It owns half of all slaughterhouses in France. It processes beef, mutton, and pork. Its best-known brandname is Charal.
The company was founded as Société commerciale des viandes by Jean-Paul Bigard in 1968. [1] It became known as Groupe Bigard six years later, in 1974. [1]
The company's headquarters are in Quimperlé, France. [1] It owns half of all slaughterhouses in France. [2] It sells meat under the brandnames of Charal, D'Anvial, Tendre et Plus, and Shems. [2] Its best-known brandname is Charal. [2]
As of 2015, Jean-Paul Bigard owns 90% of the company, [3] with an estimated wealth of 350 million Euros. [4] He serves as the President of the Syndicat National de l'Industrie des Viandes (SNIV) and the Syndicat National du Commerce du Porc (SNCP). [2]
In August 2015, both Groupe Bigard and its competitor, Cooperl Arc Atlantique, refused to accept the price set at the Marché du Porc Breton in Plérin, which is used as the norm across France, on the basis that it was too high in comparison with the price set by other European countries like Germany, where both companies also sell pork. [5]
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