La Vie Claire (company)

La Vie Claire is a French chain of health product stores. It sponsored one of the strongest cycling teams of all time called La Vie Claire with Bernard Hinault.{{Cite web|url=http://listverse.com/2009/05/08/top-10-best-road-cycle-racers-of-all-time/|title = Top 10 Best Road Cycle Racers of All Time|date = 9 May 2009}}

Description

The company was founded by Henri-Charles Geffroy. The La Vie claire magazine he founded in 1946 to spread his ideas on healthy eating met with such success that, in 1948, he set up the very first French organic farming store in Paris, a cooperative to provide subscribers with "healthy food"{{cite web|access-date=21 August 2016|title=Une histoire singulière|url=http://www.lavieclaire.com/la-vie-claire/notre-histoire.html|website=lavieclaire.com}} (in fact, it was to be the first store in the future Maisons de La Vie claire network).{{cite book|access-date=21 August 2016|author=Olivier Lepiller|date=2011|format=pdf|editor1=Bruegel M|title=Le choix des aliments. Informations et pratiques alimentaires|chapter=Chasser le naturel : l’évolution de la notion de naturalité dans l’alimentation à travers les livres français de diététique « naturelle » depuis 1945|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olivier_Lepiller/publication/278380400_Chasser_le_naturel_l%27evolution_de_la_notion_de_naturalite_dans_l%27alimentation_a_travers_les_livres_francais_de_dietetique_naturelle_depuis_1945/links/5610f0ba08aec422d115823a.pdf?origin=publication_detail}} In 1951, l'Aliment sain was founded, and the cooperative wound up. In 1965, this company became the Société française d'alimentation saine.{{cite web|access-date=21 August 2016|author=Association les Guides de la Nature, de la Vie et de la Santé|title=Biographie d'Henri-Charles Geffroy (1895-1981)|url=http://agnvswebmestre.free.fr/biographie_nadh.html}}

In 1980, it was bought by Bernard Tapie with a 200 million francs turnover (30 million Euro) through 250 stores. In 1996, it generated only 10.6 million euros turnover with 120 stores. It was sold through Crédit Lyonnais (CDR) to Distriborg for 10 million francs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lexpansion.com/economie/actualite-entreprise/que-sont-devenues-les-entreprises-rachetees-par-bernard-tapie_180939.html|title=Actualité économique}}

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External links

[http://www.lavieclaire.com/ official website]

Category:Retail companies of France

Category:French companies established in 1948