Lactalis is a French multinational dairy company founded in 1933 by André Besnier in Laval, France. It has grown into one of the world’s largest dairy producers, making a wide range of products including milk, butter, yogurt, and many well-known cheeses such as Président, Galbani, and Parmalat. The company operates in dozens of countries and supplies dairy products to consumers and food industries worldwide, with a strong focus on traditional cheese-making alongside large-scale global production.

I had never heard of the company, Lactalis until I bought a slice of their “Brie de Paris” at Whole Foods yesterday. I actually at some of the cheese for lunch, while sitting in my car in the Whole Foods Parking Lot, just off of Wade Avenue in Raleigh. After I selected the cheese, I went over to their olive bar and selected some Castelvetrano olives, some Dolce “K” Sweet mix, and some pickled peppers. I then rolled my cart around to their bread section and bought a “French Demi Baguette.” I took this up the the register, paid for it with my credit card and took my bag of grocery items out to my car. *I then tried the cheese, and the bread and the olives & peppers for an impromptu lunch in the parking lot. *Not the first time I’ve done this, and with the right selection just as enjoyable as any meal in a restaurant.

A French demi-baguette is simply a half-size baguette. In French, demi means “half,” so bakeries use the term for a shorter version of the classic long baguette.

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This morning I went into IGA to buy some pork rinds but as I walked around I noticed some Easter items on the shelves. I took a couple of pictures of some toy ducks, had the AI change them into cartoons, and then had the AI place them in a bathtub with water. Could you not have fun with this and your child or children? On the way back home, I passed by a local church and took a picture of it. I then told the AI to put a flooded street in front of the church and have the two duck floating near the car.

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And another thought… Why not have your child take pictures of First Responder vehicles, cartoon them and then create a story.

Or, take pictures of delivery trucks at a grocery store and then maybe picture of the products on the store shelves inside and make a story about how groceries actually work.