Back in flavor

Liban Lait had established itself as a leading competitor in the Lebanese dairy industry by the time bombs began to rain down in 2006. Considering it had only been formed in 1997, and built its own factory in 1999, the company was brimming with confidence.   But on July 17, 2006, two Israeli missiles demolished their processing plant in the Bekaa valley, throwing Liban Lait’s very existence into doubt. Five years later, the business has finally returned to capacity, and it is intent on fighting its way back onto the winners’ podium.  Production Manager Houssam Zein-Eddine has been working at the Bekaa plant since day one. “I saw our dream underground. For all of us here, Liban Lait was like our baby. We had grown little by little and, once we were stable in the market and we had developed everything, it was bombed,” he said. Along with many of the