L Alsacienne de Restauration

Name

L Alsacienne de Restauration

Legal name

Elior Participations

Website

https://alsaciennederestauration.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

L'Alsacienne de Restauration is a French collective catering subsidiary of Elior Group, serving institutional clients across the Grand Est region in four segments — early childhood, education, corporate, and healthcare — plus commercial event catering under the Du Côté Traiteur brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Catering Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (722310), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Catering Coordination & Bar Service Management (Non-restaurant) (HSACAAAH)

Keywords

• Collective catering services
• Institutional food service
• Contract catering management
• School meal catering
• Healthcare food services

Headquarters

HQ city

Schiltigheim

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Collective Catering Services: L'Alsacienne de Restauration generates revenue through long-term catering contracts with institutions including schools, healthcare facilities, and corporate clients. They provide both on-site food service management (Gestion) and delivered meal services (Livré). The company operates as a subsidiary of Elior Group.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

L'Alsacienne de Restauration is a regional collective (institutional/contract) catering company operating under two service models — Gestion (on-site restaurant management) and Livré (delivered meal services) — for schools, healthcare facilities, corporate clients, and event organizers across the Grand Est region of France. The company runs HACCP-compliant in-house kitchens, dietitian-developed age-appropriate menus, and dedicated culinary workshops for early-childhood meals, complemented by the Du Côté Traiteur sub-brand for commercial event catering.

Product overview

L'Alsacienne de Restauration is a regional collective catering company (restaurant collective) and the N°1 operator in Alsace, now expanded across the Grand-Est region. The company operates as a unified platform offering catering services across four distinct market segments: early childhood (with dedicated culinary workshops and Super Miam concept), education (maternelle/primaire with Mon Super Resto, and collège/lycée with Forum concept), enterprise (corporate dining), and healthcare (elderly care and disability services). A key sub-brand, Du Côté Traiteur, provides event catering services. The company emphasizes local sourcing, seasonal cooking, and sustainable practices across all offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Petite Enfance Catering (Early Childhood) Dedicated catering services for childcare facilities and preschools, with menus developed by culinary experts and dietitians to meet nutritional needs, digestive capabilities, and psychomotor development specific to toddlers. Meals are prepared in HACCP-compliant dedicated culinary workshops.
• School Catering - Maternelles et Primaires (Kindergarten and Primary) Daily school meal services for kindergarten and primary schools, focused on teaching children proper eating behaviors and educating their taste through creative homemade recipes with seasonal, local, and bio products. Includes educational food activities with dietitians.
• School Catering - Collège et Lycée (Secondary Education) Secondary school catering with menus adapted to teenagers' expectations and tastes, featuring the Forum concept focused on waste reduction and use of fresh, local, and seasonal products.
• Corporate Catering (Entreprise) Corporate catering services including corporate restaurants, self-service, culinary animations, table service, business meals, and click&collect offerings focused on transparency, traceability, and local sourcing from Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne, and Ardennes.
• Healthcare Catering (Établissement de santé) Catering for healthcare facilities focused on elderly and disabled persons, offering traditional regional dishes, adapted textures, personalized balanced meals following GEMRCN guidelines, festive meals, and team training on disability typologies.
• Du Côté Traiteur (Event Catering) Sub-brand event catering service operational since 1978, providing complete event organization for private and corporate functions including weddings, receptions, galas, cocktails, buffets, and corporate seminars, with seasonally renewed menus.
• On-site Catering Management (Gestion) On-site restaurant management service where L'Alsacienne de Restauration operates the catering facility directly within the client institution, managing culinary production, service, and operations.
• Delivered Catering (Livré) Delivered meal service where L'Alsacienne de Restauration prepares meals at central kitchens and transports them to the client location, used particularly for early-childhood meals prepared at dedicated Erstein and Longwy workshops.

Quantifiable outcome

• Display of Nutri-score and Carbon-score for all recipes in restaurants
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Green PhoenixminorOthers · 1 January 2023Strasbourg-based startup collecting organic waste from professionals and individuals using cargo bikes, transforming it locally into compost and biogas. Expanded to Metz.
• SikleminorOthers · 1 January 2021Non-profit social enterprise acting for ecological transition through collection and local valorization of organic waste.
• Un Demain VertminorOthers · 1 January 2019Organization helping organizations with ecological transition projects, specifically accompanying L'Alsacienne in food waste reduction and vegetarian training for chefs.
• Federation Francaise des Banques AlimentairesminorOthers · 1 January 2019First food aid network in France for over 35 years, collecting and distributing food to those in need.
• CREPIminorOthers · 1 January 2018Network of Regional Clubs of Business Partners for Integration helping people find employment through sustainably engaged companies in their territories.
• Alsace ExcellencecoreOthers · 1 January 2016ADIRA label bringing certification on RSE commitments, performance economic, innovation and continuous improvement. The label forms a network of certified companies sharing experiences and best practices. L'Alsacienne was certified in 2016 and renewed in 2023.
• Chambre d'Agriculture AlsaceminorOthers · 1 January 2015Partnership convention signed in 2015 and renewed in 2022 with Alsace Chamber of Agriculture representing agricultural and rural actors.
• Initiatives DurablesminorOthers · 1 January 2014Regional network in Grand Est committed to economic, societal and environmental responsibility. Provides animation of networks and advisory services to economic actors in the region.
• 100 Chances 100 EmploisminorOthers · 1 January 2013Network of companies offering tailored programs for young people aged 18-30 from priority urban areas, with sponsorship and support to help them find employment.
• Les Entreprises pour la CiteminorOthers · 1 January 2011Network inspiring and supporting over 700 organizations committed to social innovation for over 30 years.
• Charte de la DiversitecoreOthers · 1 January 2011Charter of commitment for employers to promote diversity and go beyond legal requirements in fighting discrimination. Signed in 2011 and renewed in 2023.
• BIO en Grand EstminorOthers · 1 January 2010Regional organization defending and promoting organic production in Grand Est region, formed after the territorial reorganization merging Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne in 2016.
• ESAT Nouveaux HorizonsminorOthersPartnership for the culinary workshop at Erstein where teams accompany workers with disabilities in the kitchen. Also includes restaurant Horizons Gourmands open to external visitors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Newrest: French-headquartered international catering group with strong institutional and concession operations in France. Competes with L'Alsacienne across corporate, healthcare, and education catering, with broader geographic reach.
• RestAlliance: French independent contract caterer focused on healthcare and silver economy segments. Highly comparable in institutional B2B collective catering and event services, particularly in the elderly care niche that L'Alsacienne also addresses.
• Dupont Restauration: Independent French regional contract catering company serving schools, businesses, healthcare, and local authorities. Mirrors L'Alsacienne's institutional, multi-segment B2B catering approach within French regional markets.
• Sodexo: Global French-headquartered contract catering and food services company operating across institutional segments (education, healthcare, corporate, defense). Directly comparable to L'Alsacienne's collective catering model, though at vastly greater scale and geography.
• Compass Group: UK-listed multinational contract food services and support services group with significant French operations (including Eurest and Medirest brands). Competes head-to-head with L'Alsacienne for French institutional catering contracts.
• Sogeres: French contract caterer (subsidiary of Sodexo) specializing in collective catering for schools, healthcare, senior care, and corporate clients in France. Directly comparable customer base and service model to L'Alsacienne.
• Ansamble: Elior Group brand formerly responsible for collective catering in Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne, replaced by the L'Alsacienne de Restauration brand extension in 2023. Direct precedent and operational twin for the same client base now consolidated under L'Alsacienne.
• API Restauration: French regional contract caterer serving schools, healthcare, corporate, and local authority clients across multiple French regions. Closely comparable in service model, client mix, and reliance on local/seasonal sourcing.
• Convivio: French regional contract caterer focused on collective catering for schools, healthcare, corporate, and medico-social clients. Closely comparable operating model and segment mix to L'Alsacienne de Restauration.

Broad incumbents

• Elior Group: Publicly-listed French contract catering parent company of L'Alsacienne de Restauration (Euronext Paris: ELIOR). Operates broader collective catering and concession services across multiple countries and is the natural broad incumbent benchmark for the business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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