Who owns Marie?
Marie is owned by LDC (France, EPA: LOUP).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: LDC annual report 2025-2026 (rapport annuel, financial year ended 28 February 2026). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- LDC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Sablé-sur-Sarthe
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Category
- Food › Frozen food › Frozen meals & pizza
- Parent ticker
- EPA: LOUP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Marie
Marie is the prepared-meals brand of LDC's Traiteur division, described on the group's brand page as the brand of culinary know-how for cooked dishes made with carefully chosen ingredients. LDC's annual report places Marie in chilled and frozen ready meals and lists Marie Professionnel and Marie Export ranges; the operating companies Marie and Marie Surgelés are consolidated subsidiaries.
Ownership timeline of Marie
Where Marie sits in LDC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by LDC
LDC controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in frozen meals & pizza, and who owns them
The 39 brands in frozen meals & pizza on Brandtree belong to 29 owners. The largest is Nomad Foods, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banquet | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hot Pockets | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Aunt Bessie's | Nomad Foods | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Crepini | Cal-Maine Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Authentic Asia | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Chicago Town | Dr. Oetker | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Bagel Bites | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| LaMasă | AQUILA | 🇷🇴 Romania |
About the owner: LDC
LDC is a publicly listed company headquartered in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: LOUP.
LDC is a French poultry and prepared-meals group listed on Euronext Paris, with its registered office at Sablé-sur-Sarthe. Its 2025-2026 annual report describes Loué, Le Gaulois and Maître CoQ in poultry and Marie and Pierre Martinet in prepared foods as its main brands, and shows the Polish company Drosed as a wholly owned subsidiary. The Fermiers de Loué cooperative (CAFEL) is a shareholder with 9.35 per cent of the capital and the group's long-standing partner for label-quality poultry. The Pierre Martinet group joined on 1 June 2025 and is not listed here because its brand is not described on the group brand page.
🇫🇷 Marie and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Marie is not one of them.
- Actimel — Danone 🇫🇷
- Babybel — Bel Group 🇫🇷
- Bonduelle — Bonduelle 🇫🇷
- Béghin Say — Tereos 🇫🇷
- Candia — Sodiaal 🇫🇷
- Caprice des Dieux — Savencia Fromage & Dairy 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Marie?
The parent company of Marie is LDC, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Marie French?
Yes. Marie originated in France and its owner, LDC, is also headquartered in France.
Is Marie still owned by LDC?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Marie is still owned by LDC. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] LDC annual report 2025-2026 (rapport annuel, financial year ended 28 February 2026) — LDC, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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