What Sogeres SAS does

Sogeres SAS is a French B2B contract catering company founded in 1934, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sodexo Group since 2001. The company operates 960 on-site restaurants serving approximately 360,000 meals per day across six verticals: corporate dining (Signature offer), schools (Inspiration offer), EHPAD/senior residences (Emotion offer), medico-social and rehabilitation facilities, disability-adapted services, and senior residence services. Revenue is generated through bespoke multi-year managed-service contracts negotiated per client segment, with no publicly disclosed pricing.

The operating platform rests on culinary training infrastructure (100% of cooking staff trained annually at École Lenôtre, plus the Académie des Chefs specialized curriculum) and a digital layer that includes the SoHappy mobile app for parents (school menus and invoicing) and the Toqla platform for digital ordering and reusable container tracking. Supply chain is structured around short circuits, with 60% of purchases sourced through local producers under partnerships averaging 10 years in duration. The company holds the first ISO 9002 certification in healthcare catering (1998) and operates from headquarters in Guyancourt, France.

Customer acquisition runs through dedicated enterprise, healthcare, school, and spontaneous-application contact forms supported by a direct B2B sales motion; reference clients include Danone France (nearly 20-year relationship), Editis, Louvre-Saint-Honoré (SFL), Havas Village, and several school and medico-social accounts across France. The recent strategic emphasis has been on social-inclusion initiatives (Kawafuté, voluntary handicap network), sustainable sourcing (legume-sector partnerships, reusable packaging with Bibak/Pyxo), and digital tooling, while remaining within the parent's Sodexo governance perimeter.

Name

Sogeres SAS

Legal name

Sogeres SAS

Website

https://sogeres.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Sogeres SAS is a French B2B contract caterer (founded 1934, Sodexo subsidiary) operating 960 on-site restaurants serving 360,000 meals daily across corporate, school, senior, healthcare, and disability segments through bespoke multi-year managed-service contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Catering Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (72231), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Foodservice Management (Outsourced Catering) (THAFAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA), FSMS Documentation & Process Design (HACCP Plans, SOPs, Prerequisite Programs) (AFALANAB)

Keywords

• Contract catering services
• Corporate food service
• Institutional meal management
• School cafeteria catering
• Senior residence dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulogne-billancourt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Corporate Catering Services: Full-service catering for businesses, schools, healthcare facilities, and senior residences. Revenue generated through meal service contracts with organizations including enterprises, EHPADs, schools, and medical facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sogeres SAS provides contract catering and food service management to organizations across France, operating on-site restaurants and central kitchens for enterprises, schools, healthcare facilities, senior residences, and rehabilitation centers. The company delivers tailored culinary offers (Signature for corporate, Inspiration for schools, Emotion for seniors) along with nutrition planning, supply chain management, and digital tools such as the SoHappy parent app and Toqla reusable container tracking platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Signature Offer (Adultes au travail) Corporate catering offer featuring French bistronomy, vegetarian and plant-based options, seasonal local products, salad bars, and pastries, designed for employees at enterprise worksite restaurants.
• Inspiration Offer (Scolaires) School catering offer emphasizing healthy eating, taste discovery, and environmental awareness for children, including ludo-pedagogical animations, waste-awareness tools (gâchimètre), and the SoHappy parent app for menus and invoice payment.
• Emotion Offer (Personnes âgées en EHPAD) Catering for elderly residents in EHPADs offering traditional, family-style cuisine, texture-modified meals adapted to chewing/swallowing difficulties, and personalized menus supported by the Académie des Chefs training program.
• Patients en Soin de Suite et Rééducation Offer

Quantifiable outcome

• 360,000 meals served daily with 90% consumer satisfaction
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AfutécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025Association loi 1901 developing pedagogical methods for neuro-atypical people (Down syndrome, autism, 'dys' disorders) using FUTÉ visual guides. Partnered with Sogeres on the Kawafuté inclusive cafeteria project.
• FACE (Fondation Agir Contre l'Exclusion)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1993Sogeres has been member of FACE since 1993, initially with 15 French companies, now with over 3,500 local and national companies. Supports Job Academy workshops and mentorship programs.
• Danone FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNearly 20-year partnership between two RSE-committed companies. Co-constructed catering offer at Danone France's Rueil-Malmaison site, combining food quality with sustainability commitments.
• France TravailminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding body for POEI (Préparation Opérationnelle à l'Emploi Individuelle) program providing 420 hours of training for future Kawafuté employees.
• Fondation Pierre BellonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistoric supporter of Afuté association, backing the neuro-atypical employment inclusion initiative.
• Fileg AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation working for legume sector development in Occitanie region. Sogeres partners to encourage legume cultivation and sustainable sourcing.
• Leggo AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation working for legume sector development in Brittany, Centre Val-de-Loire, Pays de Loire, and Normandy. Sogeres partners to develop regional legume supply chains.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Catering International & Services (CIS): French-headquartered international contract caterer primarily serving remote sites, energy, and defense clients in emerging markets. Comparable in contract foodservice model, but with a different geographic and vertical mix than Sogeres' French institutional focus.

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group: UK-listed global contract foodservice and support services leader. Comparable in business model (B2B contract catering to workplaces, education, and healthcare) and target segments, though operating at much larger global scale.
• Aramark: US-listed global contract foodservice and uniform services provider. Comparable in institutional contract catering across corporate, education, healthcare, and sports/entertainment venues, with overlapping client profile.
• Sodexo Group: Global contract foodservice and facilities-management conglomerate and Sogeres' parent company since 2001. Operates overlapping contract-catering services worldwide and competes in many of the same international tenders, providing scale and best-practice benchmarking to Sogeres.

Direct peers

• Elior Group: Major French-listed contract catering group serving corporate, education, healthcare, and senior-living clients across France and internationally. Closely comparable to Sogeres in vertical mix and B2B contract-catering model, and competes for the same institutional tenders.
• Restalliance: French specialist in healthcare, senior-living, and medico-social contract catering. Highly comparable to Sogeres' EHPAD and health segments (Emotion offer, Alaph Polygone client type), and a direct competitor in the French healthcare catering vertical.
• Newrest Group: French-headquartered international contract caterer with strong presence in remote-site, travel, healthcare, and senior-living catering. Comparable in multi-segment B2B catering model and French operational footprint.
• Dupont Restauration: Independent French regional contract caterer serving corporate, healthcare, and education clients. Directly comparable to Sogeres in B2B contract model, segment mix, and multi-site on-site operations.
• Convivio (formerly API Restauration): Major French regional contract caterer focused on corporate, school, healthcare, and senior-living clients. Directly comparable to Sogeres in vertical mix and on-site managed-service model.
• Ansamble: Elior Group subsidiary specializing in French school and local-authority contract catering. Directly comparable to Sogeres' school catering (Inspiration offer) and competes for the same school and collectivité tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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