Tom Press

What Tom Press does

Tom Press is a French specialty e-commerce retailer headquartered in Sorèze, Tarn, distributing more than 6,000 SKUs of equipment and consumables for homemade food production, preservation, and gardening. The catalog spans glass jars (Le Parfait, Weck, Familia Wiss), vacuum sealers and sterilizers (including private-label 'Machines sous vide Tom Press' manufactured by Reber), food dehydrators, meat and fish smokers, fruit presses, sausage stuffers, dairy and cheese-making supplies, kitchen cookware (SCANPAN, Baumstal, cast iron, copper), outdoor cooking (Big Green Egg, planchas, paella equipment), juicers (Hurom, Kuving's, Juicepresso), blenders (Vitamix, Bamix, Dynamic), and gardening tools with replacement parts for cultivators and mowers. Roughly 97% of suppliers are European, with over half located in France, supporting the brand's emphasis on durable rather than disposable equipment and on long-term spare-parts availability.

The business operates a hybrid go-to-market model: direct-to-consumer sales through the www.tompress.com storefront, a physical showroom ('hall d'exposition') at the Sorèze headquarters where customers can inspect equipment and receive advice, and an annual printed catalog distributed by correspondence. Fulfillment relies on the Colissimo / La Poste network (home delivery free from €250, pickup-point delivery free from €69). Marketing combines the website, email newsletter, Facebook (Tom Press De la Terre à la table), YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram (@delaterrealatable), plus the Société des Avis Garantis verified-review program. Pricing is unit-based and varies widely (from €0.20 jar lids to €1,890 Big Green Egg units), with bulk and pallet pricing for commercial buyers.

Tom Press is a privately held, family-owned business that traces back to a 1921 hardware store (quincaillerie familiale) in Labruguière, Tarn, and has passed through four generations before relocating to Sorèze. It serves two primary segments: individual DIY enthusiasts focused on charcuterie, preserves, juices, and fermentation, and small food-trade professionals such as restaurateurs, market gardeners, arborists, guesthouse owners, charcutiers, bakers, and caterers. Its self-positioned status as France's number-one retailer for homemade food equipment, combined with 20,000+ customer reviews and a 93% satisfaction rate, underpins both its brand moat and its cross-sell across the full garden-to-table workflow.

Name

Tom Press

Legal name

Tom Press

Website

https://tompress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1921

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tom Press is a French e-commerce retailer founded in 1921 and headquartered in Sorèze, distributing 6,000+ equipment and consumable products for homemade food preservation, cooking, and gardening to DIY enthusiasts and small food-trade professionals across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sorèze

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Tom Press generates revenue through the sale of kitchen equipment, food conservation tools, gardening supplies, and accessories via its e-commerce platform and physical showroom. Products range from consumer-grade to professional equipment, with pricing from a few euros to several hundred euros per item.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Tom Press sells a catalog of over 6,000 product references for home food preservation, cooking, gardening, and outdoor cooking, including vacuum sealers, sterilizers, dehydrators, smokers, fruit presses, meat grinders, glass jars (Le Parfait, Weck), cookware (SCANPAN, Baumstal), Big Green Egg barbecues, juicers, and gardening tools. The company operates primarily as an e-commerce retailer with a physical showroom in Sorèze, France, and sells both its own branded Tom Press products and partner brands to individual DIY food enthusiasts and food-trade professionals.

Product overview

Tom Press is a French e-commerce company offering over 6,000 products for home food preservation, cooking, and gardening. The product portfolio centers on physical equipment and supplies rather than software, organized into major categories including: food conservation equipment (vacuum sealers, dehydrators, sterilizers, smokers, canning jars from Le Parfait/Weck/Familia Wiss), kitchen cookware and appliances (SCANPAN, Bamix, Vitamix, cast iron, copper), meat processing tools (Reber meat grinders, sausage stuffers), beverage production (fruit presses, juicers from Hurom/Kuving's/Juicepresso, brewing equipment), outdoor cooking (Big Green Egg ceramic grills, planchas, paella equipment), dairy and cheese making supplies, and gardening tools. The company positions itself as a specialist in traditional, durable equipment for DIY food production, with products sourced primarily from European suppliers (97%) with over half from France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Glass preserve jars and containers (Le Parfait, Weck, Familia Wiss) Glass jars and containers for canning, sterilization, and long-term storage of fruits, vegetables, juices, and prepared foods, including Le Parfait, Weck, Familia Wiss, and Comptoir de la Conserve ranges.
• Vacuum packaging machines (Tom Press and Reber) Vacuum sealers and chamber vacuum machines for food preservation, including own-brand Tom Press units, Reber branded machines, and Takaje/inox variants, plus bags, rolls, and replacement parts.
• Food dehydrators Electric dehydrators, professional cabinet dryers, charcuterie/cheese drying cabinets, and accessories for preserving fruits, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, meats, and cheeses.
• Meat and fish smokers Table-top, electric, polyvalent, and vertical suspended smokers for cold and hot smoking of meat, charcuterie, and fish, with accessories, grilles, hooks, and smoking sawdust.
• Fruit presses and meat grinders Hydraulic, manual, and electric fruit presses for juices, ciders, and wines, plus electric and manual meat grinders and sausage stuffers for charcuterie production.
• Jar sterilizers Electric and gas sterilizers in enameled steel and stainless steel for the heat treatment of canned goods, plus associated thermometers.
• Cookware (SCANPAN, Baumstal, cast iron, copper) Cookware collections spanning SCANPAN non-stick, Baumstal stainless steel, cast iron, copper, and other materials for domestic and professional cooking.
• Big Green Egg barbecues and outdoor cooking equipment Ceramic kamado barbecues (Big Green Egg Mini, Small, Large), gas/electric/cast iron/inox planchas, and accessories for outdoor cooking.
• Juice extractors (Hurom, Kuving's, Juicepresso) Cold-press vertical and horizontal juice extractors from Hurom, Kuving's, and Juicepresso for fruits and vegetables.
• Kitchen robots and blenders (Vitamix, Bamix, Dynamic) High-performance blenders and kitchen robots from Vitamix, Bamix, and Dynamic for food preparation, mixing, and processing.
• Dairy and cheese-making equipment Cheese molds, draining cloth, presses, cream separators, butter churns, yogurt makers, and aging cabinets for home dairy and cheese production.
• Gardening and earth-working equipment Gardening tools, seeds, irrigation equipment, beekeeping supplies, chicken farming equipment, garden decoration, and replacement parts for tillers and mowers.
• Paella pans and burners Paella pans from 40cm to 60cm in enamelled steel, stainless steel, and induction-compatible materials, plus gas burners and accessories for paella cooking.
• Lacto-fermentation pots and cabbage crockery Specialty crockery and accessories for sauerkraut making and lacto-fermentation of vegetables.
• Barrels, vats, cuves and demijohns Oak and chestnut barrels, stainless steel and plastic fermentation and storage tanks, demijohns, taps, and bungs for wine, cider, and brewing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93% customer satisfaction rate based on collected reviews
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Le ParfaitcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTom Press is an authorized retailer of Le Parfait brand glass jars and accessories, offering the complete range including various sizes of preserve jars and replacement rubber gaskets.
• WeckcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTom Press sells the full range of Weck glass preserve jars, replacement hooks, and accessories, including various formats (cylindrical, tulip, rustic) and sizes.
• RebercoreTechnology or IntegrationReber manufactures private-label products for Tom Press including vacuum sealer machines, tomato presses, and sausage stuffers. Tom Press serves as official SAV (after-sales service) for Reber products in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
• Reber (SAV Service)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTom Press is the official after-sales service center for Reber products in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, handling warranty repairs and non-warranty service.
• Comptoir de la ConserveminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBrand whose products Tom Press distributes including stainless steel jam basins and conserve accessories.
• Big Green EggminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTom Press distributes Big Green Egg ceramic barbecue brand products including various sizes (Mini, Small, Large).
• HuromminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKorean brand of juicers distributed by Tom Press including vertical and horizontal extractors.
• Véritables (Indoor Garden)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTom Press distributes autonomous indoor garden products including the Véritables brand with refill lingots and accessories.
• Colissimo/La PosteminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDelivery partner for order fulfillment using Colissimo Expert and Géodis services for home delivery and pickup point delivery.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cdiscount: Leading French generalist e-commerce marketplace carrying kitchen equipment, small appliances, and outdoor cooking products. Comparable because it competes for the same online home-equipment demand on price/speed, but is unspecialized versus Tom Press's curation-led model.
• La Redoute: Major French e-commerce home and lifestyle retailer with a sizable kitchen-and-housewares vertical. Comparable as a broader French home-goods incumbent competing for the same household-equipment basket but with much wider portfolio and lower specialization.
• Amazon France: Dominant general e-tailer in France, listing vacuum sealers, sterilizers, dehydrators, and outdoor cooking brands Tom Press carries. Comparable as the broadest incumbent benchmark for online specialty kitchen-equipment assortment and pricing pressure.
• IKEA France: Mass-market home furnishing retailer with a kitchenware and food-storage range. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose basic home and kitchen SKUs sit at a more accessible price tier than Tom Press's curated professional/hobbyist assortment.
• Magimix: Established French premium small-appliance brand (food processors, juicers, blenders) selling broadly into the same kitchen/food-prep space. Comparable as a bigger French incumbent whose product lines overlap Tom Press's juicer/blender category with stronger brand but narrower assortment.

Others

• Big Green Egg: Premium ceramic kamado grill brand that Tom Press distributes in France. Included because it is a connected brand/commercial partner rather than a direct competitor, sharing Tom Press's outdoor-cooking merchandising and customer.

Emerging players

• Manomano: French-specialist marketplace for DIY, home, and garden that has been expanding into outdoor cooking and food-processing categories. Comparable as an emerging French pure-play DIY/home marketplace competing for the gardening and outdoor-cooking subset of Tom Press's catalog.

Direct peers

• Weck: German glass-preserve-jar specialist whose full product line Tom Press resells in France. Comparable as both brands sell directly to canning enthusiasts and compete for the same DIY preserve-making purchase occasion.
• Le Parfait: Iconic French brand of glass preserve jars (Le Parfait/Super Jourdain) whose entire range Tom Press distributes. It is comparable because both target the same home-canning customer with overlapping jars, gaskets, and accessories — competing on curation and breadth.
• Comptoir de la Conserve: French specialty retailer of conserve-making equipment (jars, jam basins, accessories) distributed by Tom Press. Comparable as a direct niche competitor in the homemade preserve equipment category with overlapping SKUs and DIY customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCLlTGGxkEdHstNsynfff9XQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/people/Tom-Press-De-la-Terre-à-la-table/100063654137134
• Instagraminstagram.com/delaterrealatable
• Pinterestpinterest.fr/tompress
• Xx.com/tompresscom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tom-press

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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