William Saurin (French food company)

In 1898,^[1] William Saurin (1872–1937) opened a grocery store in Saint-Mandé, a suburb of Paris.^[2] The company expanded rapidly by using appertization (named after the inventor of food canning, Nicolas Appert)^[3] for the production of canned stews and jams.^[4]

In 2016, the death of founder and CEO Monique Piffaut brought to light a massive accounting fraud, triggering a race against time to prevent the liquidation of 21 industrial sites and the layoff of 3,000 employees.^[5]

On June 12, 2017, the William Saurin company was placed in receivership.^[6] On October 3, 2017, the sale plan was implemented.^[7]