The Duck Goulu

What The Duck Goulu does

The Duck Goulu (canardgoulu.com) is a privately held Canadian specialty food company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec. The company sells a focused line of French-inspired preserved duck products — including duck rillettes, foie gras sauce, cassoulet, duck confit, and whole canned duck preparations — primarily through its own direct-to-consumer website. The product portfolio centers on shelf-stable canned and jarred duck items, suggesting a traditional French charcuterie/preserve category play rather than a fresh-meat or restaurant supply model.

Operationally, The Duck Goulu is a small business with a headcount in the 11-50 range. The company is classified as for-profit and private, with no disclosed subsidiaries, parent company, or funding history in the available data. There is no evidence of management team composition, ownership structure, certifications, patents, or formal partnerships in the input. Its go-to-market appears to rely on its branded DTC website as the primary commercial surface, with no marketing channels, distribution channels, or pricing details disclosed.

Information on business model mechanics is thin: no revenue figures, pricing tiers, customer segments, named accounts, or distribution partners are available. The company's website source page returned only a verification/loading screen with no extractable company content. Consequently, assessments of revenue scale, customer concentration, growth trajectory, AI capability, and moat are necessarily limited and rely heavily on the few firmographic anchors (founding year, headcount, location, product mix) rather than on disclosed operating or financial data.

Name

The Duck Goulu

Website

https://canardgoulu.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Duck Goulu is a privately held Canadian specialty food company, founded in 1997 in Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec, that sells French-style canned and preserved duck products — including rillettes, foie gras sauce, cassoulet, and confit — direct to consumers via its own website.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Canned Foods

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (42444)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRADADAH

Frozen Meat & Poultry Meals & Value-Added Proteins

Consumer Products & Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Manufacturing & Brands/Frozen & Prepared Meals

SECONDARYAFAEADAG

Duck & Goose Production (Waterfowl)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Poultry & Egg Production

SECONDARYAFAIADAC

Poultry Wholesale (Whole Birds, Parts)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale

SECONDARYCRAHAHAD

Poultry Shops

Consumer Products & Retail/Grocery & Food Retail/Fresh Food Specialists (Produce, Meat, Seafood)

Keywords

• Canned duck products
• French duck specialties
• Foie gras sauce
• Duck confit
• Cassoulet canned

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-apollinaire

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

The Duck Goulu produces and sells canned French-style duck specialty foods, including duck rillettes, foie gras sauce, cassoulet, duck confit, and whole canned duck products. The company operates as a small Canadian food producer based in Saint-Apollinaire, offering its branded shelf-stable duck products directly to consumers through its website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Duck Rillettes Shredded duck meat spread prepared in the French rillettes style, packaged in cans for shelf-stable storage and ready-to-eat consumption. Sold to individual consumers interested in French cuisine.
• Foie Gras Sauce Canned foie gras-based sauce product intended for use as a condiment or accompaniment, targeting consumers seeking premium French duck-based culinary items.
• Cassoulet Canned cassoulet, a traditional French slow-cooked casserole containing duck among other meats and beans, packaged for shelf-stable retail sale.
• Duck Confit Canned duck confit, consisting of duck leg meat preserved in its own fat using the traditional French confit method, packaged for shelf-stable retail sale.
• Whole Canned Duck Products Whole canned duck products offered as part of the company's canned duck specialty line, sold to consumers looking for premium whole-duck preserved formats.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Maple Leaf Foods: Major Canadian poultry and prepared foods company. Operates in overlapping protein categories and Canadian retail channels, though not specializing in premium duck products the way The Duck Goulu does.
• Rougié (Euralim Group): French-owned global leader in foie gras, duck, and specialty poultry products serving foodservice and retail. Comparable in product category (rillettes, foie gras, confit) but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Grimaud / Delpeyrat (Euralim): French foie gras and duck confit specialist within the Euralim group, serving retail and foodservice across Europe. Comparable product portfolio (foie gras, confit, rillettes) at broader incumbent scale.

Regional players

• Cuisine France: French specialty food producer of cassoulet, confit, foie gras, and prepared duck dishes for retail and export. Comparable product format but with stronger presence in French domestic and European export channels.

Direct peers

• D'Artagnan: U.S.-based specialty meat company offering foie gras, duck confit, rillettes, cassoulet, and other French-style prepared meats. Closely aligned product portfolio and target customer (specialty retail, chefs, gourmet consumers) to The Duck Goulu.
• Hudson Valley Foie Gras: New York-based duck and foie gras producer selling whole duck, foie gras, rillettes, and confit direct to consumers and chefs. Comparable in product mix and small-scale specialty positioning.
• Les Canards du Lac Brome: Quebec-based duck producer and processor offering a range of duck products including magret, foie gras, and prepared duck items. Closest geographic and category peer to The Duck Goulu in the Canadian specialty duck market.
• Tournay Duck Products (Canard Tournay): French producer of duck foie gras, magret, confit, and rillettes. Closely mirrors The Duck Goulu's product mix and small-batch specialty positioning.

Emerging players

• Stoltzfus Meats: U.S.-based small-scale producer of artisanal charcuterie and prepared meats including duck and specialty proteins. Comparable in small-scale, premium positioning though broader in protein category.
• Fat Bastard Burrito / Au Canard Gourmet: Canadian gourmet duck product retailer/producer selling foie gras, duck confit, and rillettes to retail and foodservice customers in Canada. Directly overlaps in product and regional Canadian market.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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