What Maison Delpeyrat does

Maison Delpeyrat is a French gastronomic producer founded in 1890, headquartered in Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, France, with a 135-year operating history. The company manufactures and sells premium French gourmet food products organized into four core categories: Foie Gras (the signature offering), Magrets & Aiguillettes (duck breast products), Saumon & Truite fumés (smoked salmon and trout), and Confits & Plats cuisinés (preserved and ready-made dishes). The portfolio emphasizes natural ingredients with no preservatives. Specialty and limited-edition items include the Michel Sarran chef-collaboration foie gras, gravlax-style marinated salmon, and a Mexican-style dried duck breast edition. Distribution operates through a dual-channel model: a proprietary direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront at delpeyrat.com and traditional retail presence in France. Marketing is content-driven, leveraging a recipe portal, tasting advice, chef tips, and plating ideas to drive consumer engagement. Headcount is reported at 251-500 employees; the company is private and appears family-owned within a traditional French culinary house structure.

There is no proprietary technology platform or AI/ML capability disclosed; Maison Delpeyrat operates as a traditional artisanal food producer whose primary assets are heritage, brand recognition, supply-chain rigor, and culinary craftsmanship. Pricing is not publicly disclosed on the website, with customers directed to retail partners or company contact channels. The customer base is broad-based individual gourmet consumers targeting premium dining occasions, festive meals, gifting, and everyday gourmet consumption. The website also features an English-language version and a recruitment link to recrutement.maisadour.com, suggesting affiliation with the Maïsadour cooperative group, a major French agricultural cooperative — though this corporate relationship is not explicitly confirmed in the source material.

No revenue figures, funding rounds, M&A activity, or leadership team information is disclosed. Revenue model is one-time transactional sales through both e-commerce and retail channels, with the Michel Sarran chef partnership representing the most prominent recent commercial collaboration. The company's strategic posture is best characterized as heritage-defending with selective product innovation and digital channel expansion rather than aggressive growth or transformation.

Name

Maison Delpeyrat

Legal name

Maison Delpeyrat

Website

https://delpeyrat.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1890

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Maison Delpeyrat is a 135-year-old French gastronomic producer of premium foie gras, duck products, smoked salmon and trout, confits, and prepared dishes, selling via direct-to-consumer e-commerce and retail channels primarily in France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Premium French Gourmet Food

NAICS

Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116), Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Deli & prepared foods (retail/foodservice pack) manufacturing (AFAKAHAF)

Keywords

• Gourmet food production
• Foie gras products
• Smoked fish products
• Duck confits
• French gastronomy

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-pierre-du-mont

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct-to-consumer gourmet food sales: Maison Delpeyrat sells its range of gourmet food products (foie gras, duck magrets, smoked salmon and trout, confits, and prepared dishes) directly to end consumers via its e-commerce website. Products are also distributed through retail channels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Maison Delpeyrat is a traditional French food producer that manufactures and sells premium artisanal gourmet products — foie gras, duck magrets and aiguillettes, smoked salmon and trout, confits, and prepared dishes — formulated without preservatives. Products are sold directly to consumers via the company's e-commerce website and through retail/physical store distribution primarily in France.

Product overview

Maison Delpeyrat is a gourmet food company founded in 1890, offering a portfolio of French culinary products organized into four core categories: Foie Gras (the signature offering), Magrets & Aiguillettes (duck breast products), Saumon & Truite fumés (smoked fish), and Confits & Plats cuisinés (preserved products and ready-made dishes). The company also produces specialty and limited-edition products including the Michel Sarran collaboration foie gras, gravlax-style salmon, and Mexican-style dried duck breast. All products emphasize natural ingredients without preservatives, with a focus on authentic French gourmet flavors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Foie Gras: Foie gras products, including a collaboration with Michelin-starred chef Michel Sarran
• Magrets & Aiguillettes
• Saumon & Truite fumés
• Confits & Plats cuisinés

Products and services

• Foie Gras

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Michel SarrancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChef Michel Sarran collaborates with Maison Delpeyrat on a signature foie gras product line, promoted under the campaign 'MICHEL SARRAN & DELPEYRAT, EXCELLENT CHOIX'. The partnership features a dedicated product page and highlights exceptional flavor recipes developed in collaboration with the chef.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Petrossian: French premium gastronomy maison specializing in caviar, smoked fish, foie gras, and gourmet gift assortments. Closely comparable premium positioning, heritage, and DTC retail model in French gourmet.
• Rougié: Iconic French foie gras specialist (part of Euralis) supplying both foodservice and retail. Direct head-to-head competitor with Delpeyrat in the foie gras category and adjacent duck/specialty preparations.
• Labeyrie: French premium food brand best known for foie gras and smoked salmon. Direct overlap with Maison Delpeyrat's signature categories (foie gras, smoked salmon and trout), similar retail and gifting distribution, similar premium positioning.
• Feyel: French foie gras and Alsatian specialty food producer with deep heritage. Closely comparable product mix (foie gras, charcuterie, smoked specialties) and customer overlap in French gourmet retail and gifting.
• Comtesse du Barry: French gourmet maison specializing in foie gras, duck products, and gift-basket premium assortments. Highly comparable DTC/retail gifting model and premium positioning to Maison Delpeyrat.
• Ducs de Gascogne: Southwestern French gourmet producer (foie gras, duck, regional specialties) operating in the same terroir and product categories as Delpeyrat, with comparable retail distribution and gifting channels.

Others

• Bonduelle: Large French food producer focused on canned/frozen vegetables and prepared plant-based meals. Different product category but comparable in being a heritage French food-manufacturing peer with retail distribution across Europe.

Broad incumbents

• Fleury Michon: French listed prepared-foods producer across charcuterie, ready meals, and seafood. Overlaps with Delpeyrat in packaged/prepared specialty foods but operates at much broader scale and mass-premium positioning.
• William Saurin: Established French prepared-meals and specialty food brand with a much broader portfolio across canned and ready-to-eat categories. Comparable in 'Confits & Plats cuisinés' category but wider mass-market positioning than Delpeyrat.
• Herta: Major French processed-meat brand (sausages, hams, deli meats) under Nestlé. Adjacent in prepared deli-style meats and duck-based charcuterie, but with much broader and mass-market assortment than Delpeyrat.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MaisonDelpeyrat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/delpeyrat1890

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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