AGRAF

What AGRAF does

AGRAF (Action Sociale Finances Restauration) is a French social action association (Association loi 1901) founded in 1983, headquartered in Paris, that operates subsidized catering services for employees of the French Ministry of Finance. The organization runs three self-service restaurants in the Paris metropolitan area — BEURET (Paris 15th, 15 Rue du Général Beuret), BLANQUI (Montreuil, 10 Rue Auguste Blanqui), and CHAMPIGNY (Champigny-sur-Marne, 13 Boulevard Gabriel Péri) — plus Le Club, a members-only restaurant and event venue at 139 Rue de Bercy, Bâtiment Colbert, 75012 Paris. Service hours are concentrated around the lunch window (typically 11:30-14:00), reflecting the institutional lunchtime service model.

The organization's product mix comprises three core offerings: physical restaurant operations (self-service cafeterias with seasonal, organic, and regional menus), the Le Club membership venue with reservation services, and Prestation catering services for public sector social action programs. AGRAF also maintains a mobile application on iOS and Android (app ID: com.agraf) and an email newsletter, used primarily to communicate menu updates, seasonal events (e.g., summer July organic produce, Tuesday plancha grills, regional cycling-themed menus), and engagement content. No proprietary technology platform, software products, or AI capabilities are disclosed.

AGRAF is funded through French public social action budgets and operates as a designated provider within the Ministry of Finance's broader Action Sociale Finances ecosystem, alongside partner organizations ASF Logement (housing) and ASF Vacances (vacation/leisure). Its customer base is exclusively French Ministry of Finance civil servants and affiliated personnel, with no publicly disclosed pricing. With 51-100 employees and operations confined to Île-de-France, AGRAF is a small, institutionally embedded catering operator rather than a commercially scaled enterprise.

Name

AGRAF

Legal name

AGRAF (Action Sociale Finances Restauration)

Website

https://agraf-asso.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AGRAF is a French social action association operating subsidized restaurant and catering services for French Ministry of Finance employees across three Paris-area locations plus Le Club at Bercy. Founded in 1983, it is publicly funded through government social action budgets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Employee Catering Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Food Service Contractors (72231), Caterers (72232)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFAIAE

Institutional Catering (Schools, Hospitals, Government)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Catering & Banquet Foodservice

SECONDARYTHAFACAJ

All-Day Dining Restaurants

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Full-Service Restaurants (Casual & Fine Dining)

SECONDARYHSACAGAA

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise)

Home & Personal Services/Event & Personal Concierge Services/Catering Coordination & Food Service (Non-restaurant)

SECONDARYHSACAAAH

Catering Coordination & Bar Service Management (Non-restaurant)

Home & Personal Services/Event & Personal Concierge Services/Event Planning & Coordination

Keywords

• Catering services
• Subsidized meals
• Government dining
• Corporate restaurants
• Social action catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Restaurant and Catering Services: AGRAF operates restaurants providing meals to Ministry of Finance employees. As an Action Sociale (Social Action) organization under the French Ministry of Finance, the organization is funded through public social action budgets to provide subsidized restaurant services to civil servants.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AGRAF operates self-service restaurants and catering services delivering subsidized daily lunch meals to French Ministry of Finance civil servants and affiliated personnel across multiple locations in the Paris metropolitan area (Paris 15th, Montreuil, Champigny-sur-Marne). It also manages Le Club, a members-only restaurant facility at Bercy, and provides catering prestations under the public social action framework.

Product overview

AGRAF (Action Sociale Finances Restauration) is a social action and catering organization serving the French Ministry of Finance and affiliated entities. The organization operates a network of self-service restaurants across the Paris region (including BEURET, BLANQUI, and CHAMPIGNY locations) and manages Le Club, a membership-based restaurant facility. The offering is structured around three core components: physical restaurant operations providing daily lunch services, the Le Club membership service with reservation capabilities, and catering prestations for social action programs. Current news articles highlight seasonal offerings such as organic fruits and vegetables and summer grilling events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Self-Service Restaurants Network of self-service restaurants (BEURET in Paris 15th, BLANQUI in Montreuil, CHAMPIGNY in Champigny-sur-Marne) providing subsidized daily lunch meals to French Ministry of Finance employees and affiliated personnel during designated lunch service hours.
• Le Club Members-only club and restaurant facility located at 139 Rue de Bercy, Bâtiment Colbert, 75012 Paris, offering reservation services for members of the AGRAF community.
• Prestations (Catering Services) Catering and hospitality services offered by AGRAF to public-sector employees, including social action programs and restaurant operations support across the ministry's social action framework.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ASF Logement (Action Sociale Finances Logement)minorOthersPartner organization under the Action Sociale Finances umbrella providing housing-related social services to Ministry of Finance employees. ASF Logement offers housing assistance and support services.
• ASF Vacances (Action Sociale Finances Vacances)minorOthersPartner organization under the Action Sociale Finances umbrella providing vacation and leisure-related social services to Ministry of Finance employees. ASF Vacances offers holiday support and recreational services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Restalliance: Restalliance specializes in collective catering for healthcare, seniors, and public-sector facilities across France. While its primary verticals differ, its operational model of running in-house subsidized dining for captive institutional populations is comparable to AGRAF.
• API Restauration: API Restauration is a French family-owned contract caterer focused on collective and institutional food services for companies, schools, and government. Its operating model — running on-site subsidized restaurants for a defined captive audience — maps directly to AGRAF's Ministry of Finance food service.
• Ansamble: Ansamble is a French contract caterer focused on school, workplace, and institutional dining for public-sector entities. Its reliance on on-site restaurant operations for captive employee or student populations closely mirrors AGRAF's ministry of Finance delivery model.
• Dupont Restauration: Dupont Restauration is a French collective catering operator serving corporate, public-sector, and healthcare clients through on-site restaurants and vending. Its institutional dining model and focus on serving captive employee populations makes it a direct functional peer to AGRAF.
• SHCB (Société Hôtelière et de Café Brasserie): SHCB operates collective catering and brasserie-format restaurants for public institutions and private clients in France, including on-site employee dining. AGRAF's ministry-of-Finance restaurants are comparable in service model and customer type.
• Convivio: Convivio is a French collective catering and on-site restaurant operator serving companies, government, and educational institutions. Its focus on subsidized workplace dining and event catering is closely aligned with AGRAF's three-pillar offering of restaurants, Le Club, and Prestations.

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo: Sodexo is the world's largest contract foodservice and facilities management operator, including significant institutional and government-account work. AGRAF functions as the in-house ministry-of-Finance equivalent of what Sodexo does for many other public and private institutions, making it a broad-incumbent comparator despite AGRAF's smaller and more specialized footprint.
• Compass Group: Compass Group is the largest global contract foodservice company with deep government, workplace, and institutional dining exposure. Like AGRAF, Compass serves captive employee populations through subsidized on-site restaurants, though at vastly larger scale and across many sectors.
• Elior Group: Elior is a major French-headquartered contract catering and food services group with strong institutional, public-sector, and corporate dining exposure. AGRAF operates in the same broader institutional catering category from which Elior draws a large share of its French revenue, with both serving workers via subsidized workplace meals.
• Eurest (Compass subsidiary): Eurest is the French workplace and institutional catering arm of Compass Group, focusing on employee dining and corporate catering solutions. It competes in the same workplace-meals category AGRAF serves, albeit with a commercial rather than social-action mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agraf_restau
• Facebookfacebook.com/restaurantsagraf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agraf-asso

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