<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.yoplait.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Yoplait (/ ˈjoʊpleɪ / YOH - play, (y ɔ p l ɛ)) is the largest franchise brand of yogurt, jointly owned by United States--based food conglomerate General Mills and French dairy cooperative Sodiaal . </P> <P> In 1964, 100,000 French farmers merged their regional dairy cooperatives to sell nationally . In 1965, two co-operatives, "Yola" and "Coplait", merged, becoming "Yoplait". The company's logo is a six - petaled flower designed by Philippe Morlighem, each petal representing one of the six main cooperatives' founders . A redesigned logo, which has been slowly rolled out since the late 2000s, uses a flower with only five petals . </P> <P> On May 18, 2011, General Mills announced it had agreed to purchase a controlling 51% interest in the brand's main operating company Yoplait SAS, and a 50% interest in a related company owning the brand's intellectual property, with Sodiaal retaining the remainder . The announcement of the completion of the acquisition was made on 1 July 2011.In September 2017, Yoplait launched new campaign for kids yoghurt brand, Frubes . </P>

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