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Bel Group
The Bel Group (a.k.a. Groupe Bel or Fromageries Bel in French) is a multinational cheese marketer centered in France. Overview The Bel Group is headquartered at 2 allée de Longchamp in Suresnes (near Paris). It manufactures and distributes processed and semi processed cheeses, frequently packaged in individual portions. The company “Établissements Jules Bel” was founded in 1865 in Orgelet in the Department of the Jura. The Laughing Cow, Babybel, Kiri, Leerdammer and Boursin are Bel's five core brands that are distributed on five continents. As of 2015, the Bel Group is established in thirty three countries, and its products are sold in 130 countries. History The company was founded in 1865 by Jules Bel, under the name of ''Établissements Jules Bel'' in Orgelet. By 1921, his son Léon Bel registered the ''La vache qui rit'' brand.Elsa BembaronLa Vache qui rit, héroïne de la Première Guerre mondiale ''Le Figaro'', August 10, 2012 Eight years later, in 1929, he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresnes
Suresnes () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,145 as of 2016. The nearest communes are Nanterre, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud and Boulogne-Billancourt. It is served by two stops on Île-de-France tramway Line 2 and Suresnes–Mont-Valérien station on the Transilien network, both giving access to La Défense and its RER A and Paris Métro Line 1 services. Suresnes's landmarks include the Mémorial de la France combattante and Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial below Fort Mont-Valérien, as well as Foch Hospital in the town centre. History Fort Mont-Valérien (along with its Mémorial de la France combattante) is situated in the commune, as is Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial. Suresnes has an elegant view of Paris and the Eiffel Tower, as does neighbouring Saint-Cloud. Robert Ormond Maugham, the father of W. Somerset Maugham, built a “country hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boursin (cheese)
Boursin is a brand of Gournay cheese. It is a soft creamy cheese available in a variety of flavours, with a flavour and texture somewhat similar to cream cheese. The first Boursin flavour, Garlic and Fine Herbs, was created in 1957 by François Boursin, a cheese maker from Normandy. Boursin's product was derived from a traditional party dish, fromage frais (French for "fresh cheese"); guests would take their cheese and add herbs for flavour. His recipe would be the first flavoured cheese product to be sold nationally in France. Boursin cheese was first developed in Normandy, and at one time was produced exclusively in Croisy-sur-Eure, France, by the Boursin company. In 1990, the Boursin name was acquired by Unilever, who sold it to Groupe Bel in November 2007 for €400 million. Advertising The brand was advertised on television from 1 October 1968 on, when French television allowed commercial breaks for the first time. In 1972 their iconic advertising slogan: "Du pain, du v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Rabier
Benjamin Rabier (1864–1939) was a French illustrator, comic book artist and animator. He became famous for creating '' La vache qui rit'' and is one of the precursors of animal comics. His work has inspired many other artists, notably Hergé and Edmond-François Calvo. A native of La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, Rabier started to work as an illustrator for various newspapers after meeting Caran d'Ache. His first album for children was the story of ''Tintin-Lutin'', published in 1898, which told of a young ''lutin'' or "imp"; here his main characters are human and not animals, as they came to be in later albums. His most famous creations are Gideon the duck and the characters he drew for Le roman de Renart. He died at Faverolles, Indre Faverolles-en-Berry (, literally ''Faverolles in Berry''; before 2017: ''Faverolles'') is a former commune in the Indre department in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toastinette
The Laughing Cow (french: La vache qui rit) is a brand of processed cheese products made by Fromageries Bel since 1921, and in particular refers to the brand's most popular product, the spreadable wedge. Description The cheese is a blend of cream, milk and fresh and aged cheeses, particularly comté, which are pasteurized to stop the ripening process. Versatile and portable because of its pasteurization process, Laughing Cow can remain unrefrigerated for a limited length of time. The archetypal Laughing Cow cheese comes wrapped in the individual serving-sized foiled wedges and they are packaged in a round, flat box. Consumers have to pull a little red thread around the box to open it and the foil packaging also features a red tab for opening. The company was founded in 1921. The Laughing Cow is available in these formats in different worldwide markets: * Triangles, squares or rectangles in various flavors. * Spreadable tubs and jars * The Laughing Cow Dip & Crunch (or Pik & Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Salut
Port Salut is a semi-soft pasteurised cow's milk cheese from Pays de la Loire, France, with a distinctive orange rind and a mild flavour. The cheese is produced in wheels approximately 23 cm (9 inches) in diameter, weighing approximately . Though Port Salut has a mild flavour, it sometimes has a strong smell because it is a mature cheese. The smell increases the longer the cheese is kept; this does not affect its flavour. It can be refrigerated and is best eaten within two weeks of opening. The cheese was developed by Trappist monks during the 19th century at Port-du-Salut Abbey in Entrammes. The monks, many of whom had left France during the French revolution of 1789, learned cheese-making skills to support themselves abroad, and brought those skills back upon their return after the Bourbon Restoration. The name of their society, "Société Anonyme des Fermiers Réunis" ( S.A.F.R.), later became their registered trademark, and is still printed on the wheels of Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri (cheese Brand)
Kiri may refer to: People * Kiri (given name), a given name (and list of people with the name) * Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944), New Zealand soprano * Riku Kiri (born 1963), Finnish weight lifter * Solomon Kiri ( fl. 1990s), New Zealand rugby player Places * Kiri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a community in Bandundu Province * Kiri Territory, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Other uses * , several ships * ''Kiri'' (TV series), British television drama series * Kiri Airport * Breuvages Kiri, an independent bottler of soft drinks * ''Paulownia tomentosa'', a tree * Kiri (cheese brand), a brand of cheese by Bel Group * "Kiri", a song by Monoral See also * * ''Kiri Noh'', a category of ''Noh'' * Government Seal of Japan The Government Seal of Japan, one of the country's national seals, is the emblem ''(mon)'' of paulownia used by the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Government of Japan on official documents. It is generally known as the , which has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaukauna
Kaukauna () is a city in Outagamie and Calumet counties, Wisconsin, United States. It is situated on the Fox River, approximately north of Milwaukee. The population was 15,462 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Appleton, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Kaukauna is a Native American word and in various languages means "portage", "long portage", "place where pickerel are caught", and "place of pike". This area was traditionally home to the Ho-Chunk and Menominee peoples. The first Europeans in the area were the French. The first Catholic missionary in the area, Fr. Claude Allouez, commented on the "apple trees and vine stalks in abundance" that he found the people of Kaukauna cultivating. Kaukauna became an outpost of trade in Green Bay and saw much intermarriage between French and Menominee people, leading to a Métis culture which produced local leaders such as Augustin Grignon. In 1836, following years of negotiations about how to accommodate the Onei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
