【新唐人2011年3月18日讯】中国国有企业—-上海光明食品集团，正在竞购法国优诺（Yoplait）公司股权。国际媒体认为，中国“三聚氰胺毒奶”丑闻，以及法国“达能”公司与中国“娃哈哈”合作受挫，都对光明食品集团的竞购产生不利影响。
：《法国国际广播电台》报导，4月7号是购买法国优酪乳制造商—-优诺50%股权，提交第二轮竞购价格的最后期限。在第一轮的竞购中，中国光明食品集团以17亿欧元的最高竞价进入第二轮竞购。
法国“优诺”优酪乳，1965年由法国奶农合作社（Sodiaal）创建，营业额达35亿欧元，是全球第二大优酪乳品牌，占9%的全球市场份额。优诺曾一度以高端形象进入过中国市场，但难被消费者接受，2003年黯然退出中国。
不过，现在“优诺”进军中国似乎出现了转机。据法国财经大报《回声报》的报导透露，目前，上海光明集团正在像嘴上抹了蜜似的到处游说，以便在竞争中脱颖而出。
《回声报》报导说，光明食品集团负责人最近在法国展开了魅力行动，他们不仅会见了法国奶农合作社的领导人，而且还向法国总统府、法国财政部，以及法国农业部都递交了他们竞购的材料。除此之外，“光明集团”许诺帮“优诺”打开中国市场。
“光明”乳业总裁向法国经济《回声报》表示，中国市场每年增长10%以上，“光明食品”可以让“优诺”优酪乳进入这个市场。他表示，中国的市场正在吞噬大量进口乳制品。
由于“三聚氰胺毒奶粉”的影响，稍微有条件的中国家庭，都尽其所能的给新生儿买进口奶粉，致使去年的奶粉进口量一下子猛增了68%。
那么，法国媒体对“光明集团”收购“优诺”是什么反应呢？
法国的《回声报》曾经刊出文章，题目是“优诺能不能够是中国企业？”读者们的回馈显示，中国的“三聚氰胺牛奶事件”在法国仍反响极大，所以读者担心，如果法国“优诺”被中国的乳制品企业收购，恐怕中国的毒牛奶就像中国廉价的纺织品那样，销售到法国来。
法国媒体所表现的一个担忧是，一个对农业合作社的运作没有经验的中国企业，能够和持有“优诺”一半股权的法国农业合作社愉快合作吗？
另外，《法广》表示，法国“达能”公司与中方合作伙伴—-娃哈哈、光明、蒙牛、汇源等，先后分道扬镳，甚至与“娃哈哈”长期的纠纷中，中共地方法庭在民族主义压力下断案不公，也会给“光明食品集团”的海外扩张带来困难。
英国《金融时报》则质疑“光明集团”的可信度：这家中国乳制品公司最近不止一次在最后一刻放弃交易的行为，使它已经丧失了一定的可信度。最近“光明集团”突然中断了对英国“联合饼干”(United Biscuits)和美国维他命连锁企业GNC的收购。
新唐人记者 宋风、王雨晴综合报导。
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French Yoplait to become Chinese?
Chinese state-owned Shanghai Bright Food Group
is bidding for the French company Yoplait’s stocks.
International media believes that
the scandals of melamine-tainted milk
and the failed joint venture between
the French Danone and China’s Wahaha group
will have negative impacts
on Bright Food Group’s bid.
According to Radio France Internationale,
April 7 is the deadline to submit
the 2nd round of bidding price
for a 50% stake in yogurt maker Yoplait.
In the first bidding round, China Bright Food Group
made the highest bid offer of 1.7 billion euros.
The French Yoplait was founded in 1965
by French dairy farmer co-operative group, Sodiaal.
Its sales reached 3.5 billion euros.
It is the world’s 2nd largest yogurt maker,
accounting for 9% of the global market share.
Yoplait once entered China with a high-end image
but not being accepted by consumers,
it left China in 2003.
Now, there seems to be a turning point for Yoplait.
The French financial newspaper, Les Echos,
reported that Bright Food Group
claims to be able to help Yoplait.
According to Les Echos,
the executives of Bright Food Group launched
recently a campaign to charm the French.
They met with the leaders
of French dairy cooperatives
and submitted their bidding materials
to the French presidential palace, Finance Ministry
and Agriculture Ministry. They promised
to help Yoplait enter the Chinese market.
The President of Bright Dairy told Les Echos
that the Chinese market grows over 10% annually.
Bright Food can help Yoplait enter the market.
He said the market needs
a lot of imported dairy products.
Due to the melamine-tainted milk scandal,
wealthier Chinese families buy
imported powder milk, the import of which
increased suddenly by 68% in 2010.
What are the responses of French media regarding
Bright Food Group’s proposed purchase of Yoplait?
Les Echos has published an article entitled
“Can Yoplait be a Chinese company?"
The negative impact of the melamine-tainted
milk scandal has made the readers worry that
if Yoplait is acquired by Chinese dairy companies,
China’s tainted milk will be sold in France.
Another concern of the French media
is that Bright Food doesn’t have the experience
of working with agricultural cooperatives.
Will they be able to collaborate well
with the other shareholders of Yoplait?
Radio France Internationale reported,
that the French company Danone’s
joint ventures in China with Wahaha, Bright Food,
Mengniu, etc. all failed.
In resolving its long-time disputes with Wahaha,
CCP’s local court ruled unfairly due to nationalism.
These will make
Bright Food’s overseas expansion difficult.
UK Financial Times questioned
Bright Food’s credibility: It gave up
transactions several times at the last minute
and lost some credibility.
Bright Food abruptly ended its acquisitions of
UK’s United Biscuits and U.S. vitamin retailer GNC.
NTD reporters Song Feng and Wang Yuqing
