Lesieur to buy Puget olive oil brand from Unilever

French vegetable oil maker Lesieur is set to buy French olive oil brand Puget, part of Unilever. The financial details of the deal have not been made public, but Puget has annual sales of about EUR115 million. Olive oil accounts for 11 percent of Lesieur's annual sales and olive oil consumption in France has quadrupled over the last 20 years.