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.