Danone Paris HQ: La Fayette Office Photos & Benefits

THE NEW HEADQUARTERS · LA FAYETTE · 2025

11,000 m² in the 9th arrondissement, built for meeting and recharging

Danone moved its head office to 59-61 rue La Fayette in 2025 — only its third move in more than fifty years, says CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique. The building has an auditorium, a library, a restaurant, bar, takeaway and breakfast area, and several terraces, plus breastfeeding and rest rooms, a yoga and Pilates room, a multi-purpose studio and training areas. Archimage designed the fit-out; more than 70 room-in-room booths give quiet zones inside the open-plan floors.

11,000 m² (≈ 118,400 sq ft)
800 employees every day
70+ quiet room-in-room booths
Yoga and Pilates room
Library, auditorium, terraces
Design: Archimage

La Fayette, opened 2025: meeting rooms and quiet booths

More than 70 room-in-room booths give quiet zones inside the open-plan floors of the 11,000 m² headquarters at 59-61 rue La Fayette.

Very long white-and-wood conference table with chairs on both sides and screens on the walls — Board room · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Glass door labelled Comex Board Room Antoine Riboud next to a wooden table and terracotta chairs — Comex Board Room “Antoine Riboud” · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Conference table running toward a dark wall screen, with timber wall panels — Meeting room · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Close view of curved terracotta chairs along a long wooden table — Meeting room · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Long wooden boardroom table with rows of terracotta swivel chairs and a Danone banner — Boardroom · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Two glass booths with open doors, each with blue bench seats facing a small table — Quiet booths · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Three views of glass booths with blue upholstered benches and a small round table — Inside a booth · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Row of glass room-in-room booths with frosted doors and violet light strips — Quiet booths · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Glass booths lit by violet strips next to colourful wall lockers — Booths and lockers · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Three views of a terracotta task chair and a meeting table with matching chairs — Meeting room chairs · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Three views of terracotta and blue-grey chairs in a work area and a meeting room — Work and meeting areas · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Lounges and the patio

The La Fayette building has a library, a restaurant, bar, takeaway and breakfast area, several terraces and rest rooms for its around 800 employees.

Planted inner courtyard with lounge seating, seen from above between pale stone office facades — The patio · © Danone

Three views of a small lounge with a rust-coloured sofa, armchairs and framed pictures — Lounge · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

Colourful wall lockers in red, yellow and blue beside a round table and wood flooring — Lockers and touchdown table · Photos © Jean-Marc Gourdon (horizonvertical.fr) for Sedus

The former Paris headquarters (2016 refit)

In 2016 Archimage reworked 7,000 m² of Danone's former Paris headquarters at 17 boulevard Haussmann into a flex-office “home base” and a hub with 20 types of shared workspace.

Yellow curved bench and stools facing a glazed wall, framed by grey panels marked 4 — Work nook, former HQ · © Archimage

Open office with timber slat partitions, glass meeting rooms and a potted palm — Open floor, former HQ · © Archimage

Two small phone rooms, one with a patterned wall, the other painted yellow — Phone rooms, former HQ · © Archimage

Small yellow meeting room with a bench, table and screen behind a wooden door — Small meeting room, former HQ · © Archimage

Corridor with herringbone timber screens, high tables and colourful rugs — Shared workspace, former HQ · © Archimage

Glass-block facade around an inner courtyard with potted trees on balconies — Inner courtyard, former HQ · © Archimage

Facts: Danone press release “Danone inaugurates its new La Fayette headquarters” (Sept 18, 2025) · Sedus project page “Danone HQ La Fayette” (with Archimage and Le Bureau Contemporain; photos Jean-Marc Gourdon).

Where Danone works in Paris

Building	Address
Head office “La Fayette”	59-61 rue La Fayette, 75009 Paris, France
Head-office site, Rueil-Malmaison	17-19 rue des Deux Gares, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France

Source: Danone press release, Sept 18, 2025 · Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE register of Danone SA establishments, both listed as head-office activity) · See them on the map ↓

Interior architectArchimage

Area11,000 m² (≈ 118,400 sq ft)

Completed2025

Employees on site≈ 800

FurnitureSedus, via Le Bureau Contemporain

Quiet booths70+ se:cube rooms

Source: Sedus project page “Danone HQ La Fayette” · Danone press release, Sept 18, 2025

Benefits (United States)

Parental bonding leave18 weeks

For eligible U.S. employees with at least one full year of service before the birth or custody of a new family member.

Surrogacy & adoption$5,000

Per child for surrogacy and per child for adoption ($10,000 lifetime maximum each), whatever the medical plan.

Fertility & menopauseProgyny

Fertility and reproductive health coverage, plus menopause and midlife care, through Progyny.

Time offUnlimited

Unlimited time off through the flexible time off (FTO) policy.

401(k) match100% of 4%

Then 50% on the next 2% of pay; matches are 100% vested at once. Auto-enrolment at 4%, rising each year to 10%.

Medical cost sharing80 / 20

Danone pays most of the cost; all plans cover in-network preventive care at 100%.

Employee Assistance ProgramFree

For all employees and household members, whether or not they are on a Danone plan.

FitnessReimbursed

Fitness reimbursements and gym discounts.

Source: careers.danone.com/us — Family Support, Physical Wellbeing, Financial Benefits and Mental Wellbeing pages (2026). Plans may differ under collective bargaining agreements.

Why people stay: what Danone itself says

HOPEValues since 1997

Humanism, Openness, Proximity and Enthusiasm — introduced in 1997 and described as the company's moral compass.

60,000+Danoners wrote the Behaviors

The five Danone Behaviors were crafted with input from more than 60,000 employees.

Living WageCertified pay

Danone holds the Living Wage certification from Fair Wage Network.

Be WellWell-being program

In 2023 Dan'Cares added a fourth pillar, Be Well, a global program on nutrition, mental and physical well-being.

B CorpCertified worldwide

Full B Corp certification worldwide in November 2025, after a 10-year journey.

3 daysA week at the HQ

Employees typically work at the Paris headquarters three days a week.

Source: danone.com Our history · Our culture · People & Communities · Sedus project page (hybrid rhythm)

Who works here

≈ 90,000

Danoners around the world

55

countries with Danone employees

800

people work at the Paris HQ

120+

countries consume Danone products

Source: danone.com Facts & figures and People & Communities (2025) · press release, Sept 18, 2025

Pay at Danone

Base salary ranges · Danone North America job postings, 2026

Food Scientist III (Louisville, CO)$98,000 – $118,000

IT & Data Product Analyst (White Plains, NY or Louisville, CO)$93,000 – $133,000

Source: careers.danone.com postings 28066 (Sept 25, 2026) and 26934 (Oct 7, 2026). Base pay only. Danone does not publish a U.S.-style median employee pay figure on its website.

Office history: from a Barcelona yogurt to rue La Fayette

1919
Barcelona — the first Danone yogurt
Isaac Carasso, a Greek immigrant living in Barcelona, made the first Danone yogurt with ferments from the Pasteur Institute and sold it in pharmacies. He named the company after his son Daniel.
Source: danone.com, Our history

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1929
Paris — the first store, in Montmartre
Daniel Carasso took Danone to France, opening its first store in Montmartre, Paris.
Source: danone.com, Our history

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1973
BSN and Danone merge
Antoine Riboud, who had founded glassmaker BSN in 1966, and Daniel Carasso announced the merger of their companies, official in 1973. The group was renamed simply “Danone” in 1994.
Source: danone.com, Our history

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Until 2003
7 rue de Téhéran, Paris 8e
A Danone SA administrative establishment at 7 rue de Téhéran was closed on October 20, 2003 — the day 17 boulevard Haussmann was registered as the head office.
Source: Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE establishment register, SIRET 552 032 534 00414)

7 rue de Téhéran, Paris 8e · Tangopaso / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
2003
17 boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9e
Registered as Danone's head office from October 20, 2003 until August 19, 2025.
Source: Annuaire des Entreprises (SIRET 552 032 534 00646, “ancien siège social”)

17 boulevard Haussmann, 2010 · Tangopaso / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
2016
Re-thinking the Paris headquarters
Archimage reworked 7,000 m² of Danone's Paris headquarters, open-plan since 1993, into a residential flex-office “home base” and a hub with 20 types of shared workspace.
Source: Archimage project page “Danone”

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2025
59-61 rue La Fayette — the new headquarters
The teams moved into “La Fayette” in the 9th arrondissement: about 11,000 m² for around 800 employees. Danone announced the move to staff in 2024 and inaugurated the building in September 2025.
Source: Danone press release, Sept 18, 2025 · Sedus project page · Annuaire des Entreprises (head office registered Aug 19, 2025)

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Annual report	HQ space (sq ft)	m²	As described
2016	≈ 75,350	7,000	Paris headquarters refit (Archimage)
2025	≈ 118,400	11,000	La Fayette headquarters fit-out (Sedus)

Map: how the headquarters moved

From Barcelona to Montmartre, then a few streets in central Paris: rue de Téhéran, boulevard Haussmann and, since 2025, rue La Fayette.

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1 · 1919Barcelona — The first Danone yogurt (city only; no street address published)
2 · 1929Montmartre, Paris — The first Danone store in France (district only)
3 · –20037 rue de Téhéran, Paris 8e — Administrative establishment closed in 2003
4 · 200317 boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9e — Registered head office, 2003–2025
5 · 202559-61 rue La Fayette, Paris 9e — Today's headquarters, “La Fayette”

Addresses: danone.com Our history · Danone press release (2025) · Annuaire des Entreprises · Coordinates: eciffo from the street addresses

What Danone does

Danone began as a yogurt sold in Barcelona pharmacies in 1919. Today it calls itself “the global leader in health through food”, with three categories: dairy and plant-based products, waters, and specialized nutrition for babies and patients.

Three categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition.

Where the money came from · Share of group sales by category, 2025

Dairy & plant-basedNo. 1 worldwide in fresh dairy and in plant-based foods and drinks (Activia, Actimel, Alpro, Silk)

48%

Specialized NutritionNo. 2 worldwide in early life nutrition, No. 4 in adult medical nutrition

34%

WatersNo. 2 worldwide in packaged waters (evian, Volvic, Aqua)

18%

Source: danone.com Facts & figures (2025)

Sales, FY2025€27.3B€27,283m, up 4.5% like-for-like

Recurring operating margin13.4%up 44 basis points

Free cash flow, FY2025€2.8Breported

Dividend proposed€2.25per share, up 4.7%

Source: Danone full-year 2025 results press release · Danone Overview (figures as of Dec 31, 2025)

Chief executives

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2021 – today

Antoine de Saint-Affrique

Chief Executive Officer since September 15, 2021; previously CEO of Barry Callebaut (2015–2021) and earlier at Unilever.

Founder: Isaac Carasso (Barcelona, 1919). Daniel Carasso took Danone to France and the U.S.; Antoine Riboud founded BSN, which merged with Danone in 1973.

Source: danone.com Governance (Antoine de Saint-Affrique bio) · Our history

Danone's official social accounts

Accounts linked from the footer of danone.com.

LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/danone ↗X (Twitter)@Danone ↗Instagram@lifeatdanone ↗YouTubeyoutube.com/Danone ↗

Danone: questions people ask

Where is Danone's headquarters?

At 59-61 rue La Fayette in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, known as “La Fayette”. Danone's teams moved there in 2025 from 17 boulevard Haussmann.

Source: Danone press release, Sept 18, 2025 · Annuaire des Entreprises

When did Danone move to rue La Fayette?

The move was announced to employees in 2024, the head office was registered there on August 19, 2025, and Danone inaugurated the building in September 2025. The CEO called it only the third move in more than fifty years.

Source: Danone press release, Sept 18, 2025 · Annuaire des Entreprises

Who designed Danone's new headquarters?

The fit-out was developed by the architecture firm Archimage with dealer Le Bureau Contemporain and furniture maker Sedus.

Source: Sedus project page “Danone HQ La Fayette”

How big is Danone's headquarters?

About 11,000 m² (≈ 118,400 sq ft), for around 800 employees who work there every day.

Source: Sedus project page · Danone press release, Sept 18, 2025

What is inside Danone's headquarters?

An auditorium, a library, a restaurant, bar, takeaway and breakfast area, several terraces, breastfeeding and rest rooms, a yoga and Pilates room, a multi-purpose studio, training areas, planted areas and more than 70 quiet room-in-room booths.

Source: Danone press release, Sept 18, 2025 · Sedus project page

Does Danone allow hybrid work?

Yes. Employees typically work at the Paris headquarters three days a week, and Danone North America's hybrid policy lets corporate employees work from home and the office.

Source: Sedus project page · careers.danone.com/us Mental Wellbeing

What benefits does Danone offer in the U.S.?

18 weeks of parental bonding leave after one year of service, up to $5,000 per child for adoption and for surrogacy, unlimited flexible time off, a 401(k) match of 100% on the first 4% and 50% on the next 2%, and a free Employee Assistance Program.

Source: careers.danone.com/us benefits pages

How many people work at Danone?

About 90,000 Danoners in 55 countries.

Source: danone.com Facts & figures · People & Communities

Where was Danone founded?

In Barcelona, where Isaac Carasso made the first Danone yogurt in 1919. His son Daniel took the company to Paris in 1929, opening a first store in Montmartre.

Source: danone.com, Our history

Who is Danone's CEO?

Antoine de Saint-Affrique, Chief Executive Officer since September 15, 2021.

Source: danone.com Governance

Danone Headquarters & offices · Paris, France

A library, a yoga and Pilates room, terraces and more than 70 quiet booths for the 800 people at Danone's new Paris headquarters.