Quadrature Restoration

Name

Quadrature Restoration

Legal name

Quadrature Restauration

Website

https://quadrature-restauration.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Catering Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (72231), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Third-Party Food Service Management & Outsourcing (EDALADAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Central Kitchen & Commissary Operations (Batch Cooking, Satellite Serving) (EDAEAEAG), Meal Distribution, Serving Lines & Point-of-Sale (Cafeteria Service) (EDAEAEAF), Menu Planning, Nutrition & Dietary Accommodation Services (Allergens, Special Diets) (EDAEAEAD)

Keywords

• School catering services
• Collective meal production
• Central kitchen operations
• Organic food supply
• Public procurement catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeneuve-sous-pymont

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. School Catering Contracts: Quadrature Restauration generates revenue through multi-year public and private procurement contracts with municipalities and schools in the Ile-de-France region. Clients (towns and school groups) pay per meal delivered. The company operates two central kitchens producing up to 25,000 meals per day.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Quadrature Restauration produces and delivers daily school meals from nursery through secondary school for municipal and private clients in the Île-de-France region and neighbouring departments. The company operates two central kitchens with a combined capacity of 25,000 meals per day, emphasising short supply chains (60%), organic sourcing (30%), and French producers (95%). Supporting offerings include a parent-facing mobile application for menu and allergen transparency, Les P'tits Toqués du Goût culinary workshops for children, and a school animation programme covering calendar, thematic, and responsible food education events.

Product overview

Quadrature Restauration operates as a collective catering company offering a unified school meal service with multiple integrated components. The core offering is daily meal preparation across two central kitchens (25,000 meals/day combined capacity). This is complemented by the Quadrature Restauration Menus mobile application (developed with QuiDitMiam!) for parent menu access and allergen management. Additional services include Les P'tits Toqués du Goût culinary workshops and a School Animation Program featuring calendar, thematic, and responsible food education activities. The company positions itself as a responsible collective caterer focused on short supply chains, organic sourcing (30%), and local producer partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Les P'tits Toqués du Goût: Cooking workshop program for children aged 8-10, led by former Air France Executive Chef Michel Nugues. Children visit local markets, prepare meals, and taste them together with parents and officials.

Products and services

• Quadrature Restauration School Catering Service Collective catering service specializing in school meals from nursery (maternelle) through higher education. Provides daily meals produced in two central kitchens with a combined capacity of 25,000 meals per day, emphasizing local sourcing, organic products, and short supply chains. Served to municipalities and private schools across Île-de-France, Oise, and Picardie.
• Quadrature Restauration Menus Mobile Application Mobile application (iOS/Android) developed with QuiDitMiam! that allows parents to access 8 weeks of menus, view dish quality and origin information via pictograms, check allergens weekly, and configure allergen alerts for each child.
• Les P'tits Toqués du Goût Culinary discovery workshop program for children aged 8-10, animated by Michel Nugues (former Air France Executive Chef, member of the Académie Culinaire de France). Children visit a local market, purchase products, prepare a complete menu, and enjoy their creation with parents and officials.
• School Animation Program Three types of in-school food education animations: Calendar animations (traditional holidays), Thematic animations (regional French cuisine, fairy tales), and Responsible animations (fair trade, freshness events, taste week). Includes annual breakfast animation and birthday cake program.
• Central Kitchen Production Service Two central kitchens (Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin: 15,000 meals/day, 2,000 m²; Fontenay-lès-Briis: 10,000 meals/day, 1,000 m²) with modern equipment including vegetable preparation (légumerie), cold preparation zones, traditional cooking equipment, and pastry sections.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% of supplies sourced via short supply chains
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

31 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Too Good To GocoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2020Too Good To Go is an app connecting merchants, restaurateurs and citizens to save unsold food. Quadrature Restauration partnered with Too Good To Go to sell surplus meals at approximately 30% of normal price, targeting 400 meals saved per month. A first-in-France tripartite agreement (Quadrature Restauration, city of Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, and Too Good To Go) was signed in May 2021.
• GMC (Gilles Massenet Conseil)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012GMC is a collective catering consulting firm created by Jean-Marc Lamaze and Gilles Massenet in 2012. GMC conceived and developed the economic model of Quadrature Restauration and serves as its exclusive consulting partner, accompanying the company on all technical and commercial projects.
• MoulinotcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMoulinot is a social enterprise (SCOP) created by Stéphan Martinez, specialist in food waste management in Ile-de-France. It proposes a complete solution: support for setting up waste sorting, collection and recovery of food waste. Quadrature Restauration teams received a full day of training from Moulinot.
• DatamealcoreTechnology or IntegrationDatameal provides Quadrature Restauration with the Winappro production tool, which handles autonomous production management, full traceability from producer to consumer, central kitchen management, and direct connectivity with suppliers, especially local producers and processors.
• QuiDitMiam!coreTechnology or IntegrationQuiDitMiam! is an anti-food-waste digital solution that distributes Quadrature Restauration menus to clients, parents and diners, creating a link between the kitchen and the diners. Powers the Quadrature Restauration Menus mobile application.
• Green OfficeminorOthersGreen Office is a French company specializing in the design and manufacture of sorting furniture. Green Office created TRIGO, a 100% French and 100% eco-designed sorting table specifically for school restaurants.
• Miam&CominorGTM or Marketing PartnerMiam&Co is the Marketing and Communication consulting agency for Quadrature Restauration.
• Agence K2minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndependent web and print design agency that has been accompanying clients since 2004. Agence K2 designed and developed the Quadrature Restauration website.
• SNRC (Syndicat National de la Restauration Collective)minorOthersQuadrature Restauration is a member of the SNRC (National Union of Collective Catering) and actively participates in its nutrition, legal & tax, and communication & public affairs commissions.
• Bodin ProfessionnelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBodin Professionnel is a pioneer of organic farming since 1984, bringing together committed organic stakeholders to structure a coherent and controlled sector. A durable partnership agreement was signed at SIRHA in September 2021. Quadrature Restauration sources 100% of its poultry as organic (bio) through Bodin, and Bodin ensures the continued development of the organic sector.
• SICABA (Société d'Intérêt Collectif Agricole de Bourbon l'Archambault)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSICABA is a cooperative 100% owned by its member farmers, created in 1963. It is France's first Label Rouge beef abattoir and first BIO-certified abattoir. Quadrature Restauration sources 100% of its fresh labelled beef, veal, lamb, and sausages without intermediaries from SICABA. A partnership agreement was signed at the Sommet de l'Élevage in October 2022.
• AgrobiodrômcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgrobiodrôm groups approximately 280 local organic fruit and vegetable farms in Drôme, Ardèche and Provence. Quadrature Restauration sources organic produce through this cooperative.
• NorabiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorabio is a cooperative of 130 100% organic producers in the Hauts-de-France region, commercialising 20,000 tonnes of products and employing 23 people. Quadrature Restauration sources part of its organic vegetables (carrots, cabbages, radishes, etc.) directly from member producers.
• DelanchycoreOthersDelanchy is an independent family group that has been a major player in fresh product transport and logistics for 50 years, with a fleet of nearly 1,000 vehicles. Since January, Delanchy has been handling all of Quadrature Restauration's logistics (non-hazardous).
• SorepackminorOthersSorepack is France's leading manufacturer of ecological food trays for collective catering. Its Cellulogastro® and Cellucompost® trays used by Quadrature Restauration are 100% recyclable, 100% compostable, and PEFC certified.
• VestominorOthersVesto developed France's first 100%-France reconditioning channel for professional catering equipment (ovens, fryers, refrigeration, etc.). Quadrature Restauration sourced Vesto equipment for its Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin central kitchen.
• TossoliaminorOthersTossolia is a 100% organic SCOP (worker cooperative) created in 1990, producing 33 plant-based products (vegetarian/vegan) including tofu, soy-based foods. Quadrature Restauration sources plant-based proteins from Tossolia.
• La Tour en ProvencecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner4th-generation fruit and vegetable producer in Provence (apples, pears, garlic), HVE Level 2 certified. Quadrature Restauration sources 100% of its organic and non-organic apples and 100% of its pears directly from La Tour en Provence.
• Les Vergers de la Garenne / Ghis-Car FruitscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFruit producer in Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues (Provence), certified HVE and GLOBALGAP. Quadrature Restauration sources 90% of its apricots, peaches and nectarines, and 50% of its cherries directly.
• Quart de LaitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuart de Lait is a food-tech startup in Argenteuil (Val d'Oise) producing organic yoghurts using milk from bio farms in the Pays de Bray, 90 km from Paris. Quadrature Restauration sources organic natural yoghurt directly from Quart de Lait.
• Guillot JouanicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDairy products specialist since 1968, owned by the Maîtres Laitiers du Cotentin cooperative (1,129 dairy farmer members). Quadrature Restauration sources butter, dairy products, and AOP/IGP cheeses directly from Guillot Jouani.
• Coopérative Endives du ValoiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural cooperative created in 1983 by 9 farmers, now 15 farmers on 300 hectares. Produces 6,000 tonnes of endives per season. Quadrature Restauration sources 100% of its endives directly from Endives du Valois without intermediaries.
• Réart ValléecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily fruit farm in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), 600 ha, committed to eco-responsible orchards. Quadrature Restauration sources peaches and nectarines directly from Réart Vallée.
• Mas de ServillecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily fruit and vegetable producer in Chateaurenard (Provence), certified Global Gap and HVE Level 3. Produces tomatoes (summer) and salads, turnips, fennel, kohlrabi (winter).
• Le Verger Bio de VéroniquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily organic fruit farm in Rivesaltes (Roussillon), HVE3 certified. Quadrature Restauration sources organic apricots directly without intermediaries.
• Racines CarréescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganisation of 17 organic market gardening farms, 100% organic, 100% French, producing over 40 different vegetables. Quadrature Restauration sources organic radishes directly from Racines Carrées.
• Vie VegcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganic vegetable producer in Hauts-de-France (young shoots, rocket, spinach, green beans, potatoes). Quadrature Restauration sources organic seasonal vegetables from Vie Veg.
• Novofood / Boulogne SeafoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNovofood (founded 2006) and Boulogne Seafood (acquired 2018) supply frozen and fresh fish. Quadrature Restauration sources MSC-certified cod, haddock and hake directly from Novofood.
• Boulangerie CardosominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily bakery in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt founded in 1989 by José Goncalves Cardoso, now run by sons Victor and Eduardo. Supplies approximately 750 baguettes/day to schools in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt and Montmorency.
• BrientcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraditional charcuterie company from Brittany since the 1950s, recognised for its quality charcuterie. Quadrature Restauration sources Label Rouge pork ham from Brient directly without intermediaries.
• Atelier Sarrasin (Groupe Buffon&Co)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProducer of buckwheat-based products (crêpes, biscuits, snacks, kasha, vegetable steaks). Labelled Bio Entreprise Durable since February 2019. Quadrature Restauration sources crêpes from Atelier Sarrasin.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Newrest: French-origin international contract caterer serving remote sites, travel catering, and education/collective markets. Comparable as a French-headquartered caterer operating a central-kitchen-style outsourcing model across multiple verticals.
• Elior Group: Major French-headquartered contract caterer with significant school catering exposure through its Ansamble education brand in France. Closely comparable business model serving schools, universities, healthcare and corporate clients.
• Compass Group: World's largest contract food services group with French operations (including Chartwells in education). Represents the upper bound of multinational competition Quadrature faces in major metropolitan tenders.
• Sodexo: Global French-origin contract catering and facilities management leader. Operates a broad school catering vertical alongside corporate, healthcare and remote-site services - the dominant incumbent Quadrature competes against in French municipal tenders.

Direct peers

• Ansamble (Elior France education brand): Elior's French education-focused catering brand serving primary and secondary schools nationwide. Near-perfect functional analogue to Quadrature at much greater scale, with similar focus on local sourcing and parental engagement.
• API Restauration (formerly Dupont Restauration): One of the largest French family-owned school and corporate contract caterers, operating central kitchens across France. Directly comparable to Quadrature's third-party school catering model with similar short-supply-chain and ESG positioning.
• Convivio: Independent French collective caterer specializing in school, healthcare and corporate accounts with a regional footprint. Closely matches Quadrature's school-catering specialization, central-kitchen model and family/Mid-cap positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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