For General Manager Arnaud Prévéraud, the scale of that operation reflects two decades of investment, adaptation and development rather than a single point of transformation. “The transformation resulted from continuous investment, adaptation and development of people and capabilities,” he says. “Between 2006 and today, Rigaud progressively evolved its industrial model toward frozen prepared meals, adapting products, equipment and processes to airlinecatering requirements, while investing in production capability, teams, culinary development and industrial know-how.” FROM ACQUISITION TO SPECIALIZATION The 2006 acquisition provided Fleury Michon with a manufacturing platform from which to expand its North American presence. Leveraging more than a century of expertise in prepared meals, the familyowned French company steadily transformed the Rigaud operation into a highly specialized producer serving the airline industry. “The 2006 acquisition of Delta Dailyfood in Quebec was an important strategic step for the Fleury Michon Group, a French family-owned company dating back to 1905, to build a sustainable North American presence and bring its prepared-meal expertise to the Canadian market,” Prévéraud says. 59 OCT 2026 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA
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