# Panzani

> Large food manufacturer, pasta specialist

Company page on Leadbay: https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/panzani.fr · loaded 2026-10-29

## At a glance

- Website: https://panzani.fr
- Team based in: Lyon (Leadbay's record and 2 more)
- Incorporated: Lyon, France (register)
- Registry: SIREN 961 503 422
- Founded: 1946 (fr.wikipedia.org; Sources disagree: 1950 (panzani.fr))
- Industry: Food and Beverage Services
- Employees: 738 (employees and founders, investors not counted; fr.wikipedia.org; Sources disagree: 1 (panzani.fr, a company database))
- Seen in its site's code: Microsoft 365 (MX panzani-fr.mail.protection.outlook.com) (read 2026-10-30)
- Address: 141 COURS GAMBETTA, 69003, LYON, fr

## What it sells, to whom

- Large food manufacturer, pasta specialist

## Why it stands out

- OURS d’Or 2026 for best brand activation, for Panzani’s Tour de France activation with L’Uzyne. ([fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/groupe-panzani_luzyne-et-panzani-remportent-lours-dor-activity-7455556646132539392-JFeM), [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/groupe-panzani_prix-marmiton-2025-activity-7407384495684792320-0toc))
- Prix Marmiton 2025, Made in France category, for Grandes Coquillettes in the Fermes & Généreuses range. ([fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/groupe-panzani_luzyne-et-panzani-remportent-lours-dor-activity-7455556646132539392-JFeM), [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/groupe-panzani_prix-marmiton-2025-activity-7407384495684792320-0toc))
- Competes with: Casa Milo (listed by CB Insights), RJ Corp, Ajinomoto, Bel Group, Hain Celestial, Premier Foods, and Pierre Martinet (listed by Tracxn) ([cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/panzani), [tracxn.com](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/panzani/__cLRwTsUuxRcSe3n1OJ0gYNrYgiw7mdOs1FN8pqvEP2Q))

## Products and services

- Dry pasta, including classic, whole-wheat, premium Fermes & Généreuses, Les 3 Minutes, Les Créatives, Pâtes au four, and protein ranges. ([panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/), [panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/nos-pates), [backend.groupe-panzani.fr](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/09/17-09_26_Panzani_Synthese-2025-26_v10_web.pdf))
- Tomato sauces, pasta sauces, coulis and culinary bases, including Tomacouli. ([panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/), [panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/nos-pates), [backend.groupe-panzani.fr](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/09/17-09_26_Panzani_Synthese-2025-26_v10_web.pdf))
- Couscous grains and semolina. ([panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/), [panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/nos-pates), [backend.groupe-panzani.fr](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/09/17-09_26_Panzani_Synthese-2025-26_v10_web.pdf))
- B2B and food-service products under Panzani Solutions. ([panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/), [panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/nos-pates), [backend.groupe-panzani.fr](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/09/17-09_26_Panzani_Synthese-2025-26_v10_web.pdf))
- **Portfolio brands/businesses**: Panzani, Ferrero, Zakia, Le Renard, Régia, and Panzani Solutions. ([panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/), [panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/nos-pates), [backend.groupe-panzani.fr](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/09/17-09_26_Panzani_Synthese-2025-26_v10_web.pdf))

## Customers and markets

- **Customers**: French retail consumers and households; products are also sold internationally in 62 countries., B2B and food-service customers through Panzani Solutions. ([panzani.fr](https://www.panzani.fr/), [groupe-panzani.fr](https://www.groupe-panzani.fr/en/who-are-we/our-history), [backend.groupe-panzani.fr](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/09/17-09_26_Panzani_Synthese-2025-26_v10_web.pdf))
- **Markets**: Core consumer market: France; Panzani describes itself as the country’s number-one pasta brand and emphasizes French manufacturing and French wheat. ([backend.groupe-panzani.fr](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/04/Panzani-devient-Fournisseur-de-lequipe-cycliste-Groupama-FDJ-UNITED-pour-la-saison-2026.pdf), [sportbusiness.club](https://www.sportbusiness.club/pourquoi-panzani-est-partenaire-de-lequipe-cycliste-groupama-fdj/), [panzani-solutions.com](https://www.panzani-solutions.com/en/our-business/food-service))
- **Markets**: Professional foodservice: mass and commercial catering, including schools, social-care, healthcare, corporate and leisure catering, with EGalim-oriented products. ([backend.groupe-panzani.fr](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/04/Panzani-devient-Fournisseur-de-lequipe-cycliste-Groupama-FDJ-UNITED-pour-la-saison-2026.pdf), [sportbusiness.club](https://www.sportbusiness.club/pourquoi-panzani-est-partenaire-de-lequipe-cycliste-groupama-fdj/), [panzani-solutions.com](https://www.panzani-solutions.com/en/our-business/food-service))

## Team

- Guy Callejon, President at Panzani · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-callejon-5462759)
- Catherine Vachette, Directrice Qualité Panzani Groupe · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-vachette-3134b910)
- Elon Fontaine, Responsable QHSE · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elon-fontaine-278116111)
- Sabrina Rimauro, conductrice de ligne chez Groupe PANZANI · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrina-rimauro-b7ba4021a)
- Cyrils Pendaries · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrils-pendaries-6b8a90323)
- Amandine Garrouste, Étudiante en Master Marketing & Brand Management à l’INSEEC… · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandine-garrouste-8a0855254)
- Christofer Void, Chef Chez Panzani · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christofer-void-02637325)
- Laura Vian, Chargée de missions AMCO · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-vian-153286265)
- Thibault Ménard, Responsable Contrôle de Gestion · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thibault-ménard-079039b0)
- Aurore Badji, Compte clé régional Food service Occitanie et Nouvelle… · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurore-badji)
- Aline Puthet, Ingénieur qualité · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aline-puthet-a032667a)
- Christophe Marnas, Cadre expérimenté · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophe-marnas-83144125)

## Where to find more

- [This page in Markdown, for agents](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/panzani.fr.md)

## Decision makers

- [Guy Callejon](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/guy-callejon--panzani.fr.md), President at Panzani · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-callejon-5462759)
- [Catherine Vachette](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/catherine-vachette--panzani.fr.md), Directrice Qualité Panzani Groupe · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-vachette-3134b910)

Work emails and direct phones come with a Leadbay account: https://wow.leadbay.ai/?register=true

Where it comes from: 30 sites read (panzani.fr, groupe-panzani.fr, backend.groupe-panzani.fr, prnewswire.com, cbinsights.com, tracxn.com, spglobal.com, franceinfo.fr, …), the French register and the BODACC.

## Best angle

2026-10-08 · Product: The Marketplace Index 2026 Launch Overview (1 source)

## Best way in

- LinkedIn message to Guy Callejon: President at Panzani · profile linked from the company's record
- LinkedIn message to Catherine Vachette: Directrice Qualité Panzani Groupe · profile linked from the company's record

## Signals: what happened

- 2026-10-22 · News: ESM (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/esm-supermarket-magazine_panzani-in-talks-to-merge-with-portuguese-activity-7518643157266333696-9ZS_))
- 2026-10-22 · News: Pierre-Arthur Chatard's Post (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pachatard_panzani-leader-fran%C3%A7ais-des-p%C3%A2tes-va-passer-activity-7518197367947530241-HPaV))
- 2026-10-08 · Product: The Marketplace Index 2026 Launch Overview (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sylvain-panzani_the-marketplace-index-2026-launch-overview-activity-7513604644254789633-4iPS))
- 2026-07-15 · Partnership: Podean set out to build something the industry had never seen: a truly full-funnel, global marketplace partner. Today, with the acquisition of Social Commerce Club, the final pillar is in place. Proprietary … (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sylvain-panzani_podean-set-out-to-build-something-the-industry-activity-7483186524889493504-WvZH))
- 2026-04-03 · News: 💡Découvrez la fabrication des pâtes 3 Minutes Panzani, à travers ce reportage France 2 tourné dans notre usine de Nanterre ⬇️ (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/audrey-luc-94a4a6108_d%C3%A9couvrez-la-fabrication-des-p%C3%A2tes-3-minutes-activity-7445795833695928320-UiLx))
- 2026-04-01 · Events: Panzani and L’Uzyne won the OURS d’Or for best brand activation for the Tour de France campaign (4 sources: [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/panzani-et-cerealis-sassocient-pour-creer-un-grand-groupe-alimentaire-europeen-302911313.html), [rse-magazine.com](https://www.rse-magazine.com/panzani-mise-sur-une-politique-parentalite-pilotable-pour-fideliser-ses-salaries-parents/), [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/groupe-panzani_luzyne-et-panzani-remportent-lours-dor-activity-7455556646132539392-JFeM))
- 2026-03-26 · News: 𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐙𝐀𝐍𝐈 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐑 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐒! (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/groupe-panzani_panzani-recrute-activity-7442886542626353153-JAcy))
- 2026-02-01 · News: Panzani expanded a universal parental-support policy across its workforce and sites; reporting described more than 850 employees at the time (4 sources: [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/panzani-et-cerealis-sassocient-pour-creer-un-grand-groupe-alimentaire-europeen-302911313.html), [rse-magazine.com](https://www.rse-magazine.com/panzani-mise-sur-une-politique-parentalite-pilotable-pour-fideliser-ses-salaries-parents/), [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/groupe-panzani_luzyne-et-panzani-remportent-lours-dor-activity-7455556646132539392-JFeM))
- 2025-06-26 · Events: Ravie d’accompagner le Groupe Panzani dans son premier Tour de France en orchestrant et produisant l’ensemble des contenus social media à venir 🚴🏻♀️🇫🇷 (2 sources: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vincent-bouteiller_lets-gooooooo-activity-7343990521284968448-oqC5), [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/aliciatreguer_panzani-socialmedia-tourdefrance-activity-7343901232253530113-uPr_))
- 2025-06-04 · Interviews: Stratégies à impact de Panzani… ‑ La Squad RSE ‑ Apple Podcasts (3 sources: [podcasts.apple.com](https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/interview-dexpert-c%C3%A9cile-renault-directrice-qualit%C3%A9/id1720348941?i=1000711133615), [podcasts.apple.com](https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/strat%C3%A9gies-%C3%A0-impact-de-panzani-avec-c%C3%A9cile-renault/id1720348941?i=1000712715606), [podcasts.apple.com](https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/comment-panzani-a-repens%C3%A9-son-marketing-mix-avec/id1720348941?i=1000714462011))
- 2025-04-24 · News: “Pepper”: Different Spices, One Name—Analysis of Sensory and Biological Aspects (1 source: [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30091891))
- 2024-02-19 · Interviews: Panzani (1 source: [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx_lDGiU4vk))

## Solvency

From the national register (INSEE, INPI) and the BODACC, read 2026-10-30. SIREN 961503422.

- Status: active, registered 1961-01-01 · SAS
- Procédures collectives: none in the BODACC (no sauvegarde, redressement or liquidation judiciaire)
- Revenue (chiffre d'affaires) 2024: €662,288,000
- Net income (résultat net) 2024: €35,586,000
- Accounts filed (comptes déposés): 2025-12-31, 2024-12-31, 2023-12-31
- Legal officers: Sebastien Beauquis, Administrateur; Guillaume De La Rochette De Rochegonde, Administrateur; ERNST & YOUNG ET AUTRES, Autre; PIMENTE INVESTISSEMENT, Président de SAS
- Grade (Jev): C, moderate risk
- Risk of failure within 12 months (Jev, read 2026-10-25): 8%
- Risk of paying 90 days late within 12 months (Jev): 17%
- Pays its invoices (Jev): In 30 to 60 days
- Cash on hand (Jev): 3 to 12 months of spending
- Debt (Jev): Moderate
- What Jev read: Active, created 1961-01-01; Profitable in 2024 (résultat net); No procédure collective in the BODACC; Accounts filed for the year closed 2025-12-31 (comptes déposés)

## Working on now

- France-first brand and supply chain: Panzani remains France’s number-one pasta brand, manufactures in France and uses 100% French durum wheat; its stated focus includes preserving the agricultural sector.
- Premiumization: the Fermes & Généreuses range, launched in 2025, is positioned as premium, made in France with 100% French-origin wheat and bronze dies.
- Regenerative agriculture: Panzani and Axéréal are scaling a durum-wheat program combining Panzani’s Blé Responsable Français specification with Axéréal’s CultivUp Régénératif, with a stated horizon toward 2030.
- Consumer transparency: from January 2026, Panzani says its pasta and sauces display agricultural-product origins online, with 100% of products intended to provide this information on packaging by 2027.
- Brand activation and nutrition: Panzani is using cycling to reinforce proximity with French consumers and substantiate the nutritional role of its pasta.

From: [Panzani devient Fournisseur de l'équipe cycliste Groupama-FDJ UNITED pour la saison 2026](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/04/Panzani-devient-Fournisseur-de-lequipe-cycliste-Groupama-FDJ-UNITED-pour-la-saison-2026.pdf), [Blé dur : Panzani renforce sa filière régénératrice avec Axéréal - Agro Matin](https://www.agromatin.com/agrostrategie/debouches-filieres/panzani-decarboner-notre-filiere-une-demande-de-la-grande-distribution-charles-neron-bancel.html), [Toujours plus de blé dur responsable du Loiret pour cette célèbre marque de pâtes](https://actu.fr/centre-val-de-loire/trinay_45330/toujours-plus-de-ble-dur-responsable-du-loiret-pour-cette-celebre-marque-de-pates_64687443.html), [PANZANI - fabricant de pâtes & sauces depuis 1950](https://www.panzani.fr/), [Origin’Info - Panzani](https://www.panzani.fr/nos-engagements/origin-info)

## Summary

Panzani is a leading French food company specializing in dry pasta, semolina, couscous, and sauces [1][2]. It sells these products to individual consumers through retail channels and to professional clients in the food service and industrial sectors [1][2]. Its primary competitors include the Italian manufacturer Barilla and various private label brands [5]. As of October 2026, Panzani has entered exclusive negotiations to be acquired by the Portuguese company Cerealis to form a larger European pasta group [6].

[1]: https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2024/10/241021_Ddp_PANZANI_Synthese-Rapport.pdf "Présentation de Panzani et de ses engagements RSE"
[2]: https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2025/07/BD_FR_PANZANI_Rapport-RSE_2024.pdf "Rapport de Responsabilité Sociale d’Entreprise 2024"
[3]: https://www.groupe-panzani.fr/en/who-are-we "Who are we? - Panzani Group"
[4]: https://www.groupe-panzani.fr/en/who-are-we/our-history "Our Story - Panzani Group"
[5]: https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/es/regulatory/article/-/view/type/HTML/id/2757785 "France-Based Consumer Foods Producer Panzani Assi | S&P Global Ratings"
[6]: https://www.franceinfo.fr/economie/entreprises/la-marque-francaise-panzani-s-apprete-a-passer-sous-pavillon-portugais-pour-former-un-geant-europeen-des-pates_8240968.html "La marque française Panzani s'apprête à passer sous pavillon portugais pour former un géant européen des pâtes – franceinfo"
[7]: https://www.groupe-panzani.fr/qui-sommes-nous/notre-histoire "Notre histoire - Groupe Panzani"
[8]: https://www.groupe-panzani.fr/fr "Panzani Groupe"

## Sources

- [Panzani's website](https://panzani.fr)
- [PANZANI - fabricant de pâtes & sauces depuis 1950](https://www.panzani.fr/)
- [Panzani devient Fournisseur de l'équipe cycliste Groupama-FDJ UNITED pour la saison 2026](https://backend.groupe-panzani.fr/app/uploads/2026/04/Panzani-devient-Fournisseur-de-lequipe-cycliste-Groupama-FDJ-UNITED-pour-la-saison-2026.pdf)
- [Blé dur : Panzani renforce sa filière régénératrice avec Axéréal - Agro Matin](https://www.agromatin.com/agrostrategie/debouches-filieres/panzani-decarboner-notre-filiere-une-demande-de-la-grande-distribution-charles-neron-bancel.html)
- [Toujours plus de blé dur responsable du Loiret pour cette célèbre marque de pâtes](https://actu.fr/centre-val-de-loire/trinay_45330/toujours-plus-de-ble-dur-responsable-du-loiret-pour-cette-celebre-marque-de-pates_64687443.html)
- [Origin’Info - Panzani](https://www.panzani.fr/nos-engagements/origin-info)