Groupe Danone
France’s largest food company, Groupe Danone operates in four product divisions: dairy , bottled water (Evian and Volvic), baby food, medical nutrition. It operates worldwide and had 2012 sales of almost €21 billion ($27 billion). Before its JV with Grameen, it had no operations in Bangladesh. In fact, it aimed most of its products, such as its Activia and Actimel brands of yogurt, at higher-end consumers.