À LA PART

What À LA PART does

À La Part is a privately held French restaurant group founded in May 2016 by Maxime Lucas in Vitré, operating a network of 9 owned cafeteria-style restaurants concentrated in industrial zones across Brittany and Mayenne (Vitr\u00e9, \u00c9trelles, Fougères, Cesson-Sévigné, Noyal-sur-Vilaine, Vern-sur-Seiche, Dinan, Laval, Miniac-Morvan). The core product is a lunch-only, made-from-scratch self-service offering (Monday–Friday, 8h–16h) targeting employees of surrounding businesses who lack nearby dining options during a typical French 30-minute lunch break, with an average ticket around €10 and approximately 150 customers served per lunch service. The operational backbone is deliberately low-tech: daily in-house preparation, a cafeteria line, customer self-bussing, and a reusable glass consigne (deposit) system that doubles as a sustainability differentiator versus single-use packaging.\n\nThe business model combines four revenue streams: (i) on-site lunch dining at owned restaurants, (ii) takeaway and meal-tray (plateaux-repas) orders placed 48 hours in advance via commandes.alapart.fr with a 4-tray minimum, (iii) catering and event services including venue privatization for corporate clients, and (iv) franchise entry fees of €30,000 plus a 5% royalty on franchisee revenue. The franchise channel, marketed via a dedicated portal on alapart.fr, projects €300K in first-year unit revenue and €450K by year three. Two on-site corporate catering engagements (CF GROUP France - DEL SAS in Brécé and Sulky Burel in Châteaubourg) extend the brand into dedicated client sites.\n\nThe company is bootstrapped with no disclosed institutional funding, funding rounds, parent company, or M&A activity. Marketing is conducted primarily through per-restaurant Facebook pages, a loyalty card program, and word-of-mouth. With 17 employees plus 3 open front-line hires, the group remains a small, founder-led operation whose strategic optionality rests on converting the proven industrial-zone unit economics into franchise-led expansion across the broader Grand Ouest region.

Name

À LA PART

Legal name

A La Part

Website

https://alapart.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

À La Part is a French cafeteria-style restaurant group founded in 2016 by Maxime Lucas, operating 9 owned lunch-only locations in industrial zones across Brittany and Mayenne, serving ~150 customers per service at an ~€10 average ticket, with a new franchise channel and on-site corporate catering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurants

NAICS

Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets (722514), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFACAB

Casual Dining Restaurants

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Full-Service Restaurants (Casual & Fine Dining)

Keywords

• Cafeteria restaurant service
• Industrial zone dining
• Corporate catering services
• Meal tray delivery
• Restaurant franchise

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitré

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. On-site Restaurant Dining (Lunch Service): Revenue from lunch-only dining at 9 owned/operated restaurant locations in industrial zones, serving an average of 150 clients per lunch service at approximately €10 per ticket.
2. Takeaway and Meal Tray Service: Revenue from takeaway meals and prepared meal trays (plateaux-repas) ordered in advance (48h notice), delivered or collected from any of the 9 restaurant locations.
3. Catering / Events: Custom catering services for corporate events, group meals, and business lunches, including amuse-bouche, starters, hot dishes, desserts, and full meal tray solutions. Privatization of restaurant spaces for corporate events.
4. Franchise Fees and Royalties: Franchise entry fee of €30,000 (DROIT D'ENTRÉE DE 30K€) plus 5% royalty on annual revenue (REDEVANCE DE 5% HT DU CA). Franchisees receive full support including market analysis, administrative assistance, architectural and accounting support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

À LA PART operates a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants in industrial zones across western France, serving made-from-scratch lunches Monday through Friday from 8h to 16h. The company offers dine-in self-service meals, takeaway, custom catering for corporate events, and meal tray delivery, with an average ticket around €10 and approximately 150 customers served per lunch service. The business also sells franchise licenses (€30,000 entry fee plus 5% royalty) to expand its footprint in the Grand Ouest region.

Product overview

À La Part is a restaurant chain operating 9 cafeteria-style locations across Brittany and Mayenne, offering made-from-scratch lunches Monday through Friday with a self-service model. The company provides a vertically integrated offering: the core restaurant service with dine-in and takeaway options, supplemented by catering/traiteur services for corporate events, and meal tray delivery. The business also offers a franchise model for expansion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• À La Part Cafeteria Restaurant Service Cafeteria-style restaurant offering made-from-scratch lunches Monday through Friday from 8h to 16h, with a self-service distribution model featuring salads, sandwiches, entrées, hot dishes, and desserts all prepared daily in-house. Serves approximately 150 customers per lunch service at an average ticket of around €10 to employees in industrial zones across western France.
• Catering / Traiteur Service for Corporate Events Custom catering service offering amuse-bouches, entrées, hot dishes, desserts, and venue privatization for corporate events, group meals, and business lunches across À La Part restaurant locations.
• Meal Tray Delivery (Plateaux-Repas) Meal tray delivery service offering Plateau Chaud (hot tray) and Plateau Froid (cold tray) options ordered with 48-hour advance notice, customizable with meat/fish/vegetarian entries, fish main courses, and fruit/chocolate desserts plus water. Minimum 4 trays for delivery from any of the 9 restaurant locations.
• On-site Corporate Catering On-site restaurant and catering service delivered directly at corporate client facilities, providing fresh made-from-scratch daily meals to employees at the client's own industrial site.
• À La Part Franchise Program Franchise program offering entrepreneurs the right to open and operate À La Part restaurants under the brand, with full operational support including market analysis, site visits, administrative assistance, and access to franchise network architects and accountants.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~150 customers served per lunch service
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• CF GROUP France - DEL SAS (Brécé)minorOthersÀ LA PART provides on-site restaurant/catering services at the CF GROUP France - DEL SAS facility in Brécé, delivering fresh, made-from-scratch meals directly to the corporate client site.
• Sulky Burel (Châteaubourg)minorOthersÀ LA PART provides on-site restaurant/catering services at Sulky Burel in Châteaubourg, delivering meal solutions directly to the corporate client site.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Speed Burger: French fast-food burger chain with regional presence in western France — overlaps with À LA PART on affordable, quick-service lunch to a similar regional customer base and ~€10 ticket size.
• Bistro Régent: French casual-dining bistro chain with standardized formula and affordable lunch menus — comparable casual French chain structure with per-location revenue similar in magnitude to À LA PART's standalone restaurants.
• Buffalo Grill: Largest French casual-dining steakhouse chain with national presence including locations near retail/industrial areas — comparable as a French casual chain operator with standardized unit economics, though full-service dinner-oriented.
• Hippopotamus: French casual-dining steakhouse chain operating standardized grills across France — comparable as a national-scale French casual chain, though with dinner-led model rather than À LA PART's lunch-only format.
• Courtepaille: Established French casual-dining grill chain with a national footprint of affordable full-service restaurants — comparable on accessible lunch pricing and chain operating model, though broader menu and full-service format.

Emerging players

• Eat Salad: French fast-casual salad and bowl chain targeting urban office workers with customisable lunch formats — overlaps with À LA PART on the lunch-focused, made-to-order, value-priced segment, but concentrated in cities rather than industrial zones.

Direct peers

• Class'Croute: French workplace-focused sandwich, salad, and hot-meal restaurant chain serving business districts and corporate sites — directly comparable B2B-leaning lunch model with daily-prepared food and delivery/takeaway offerings.
• Flunch: Long-established French cafeteria-style restaurant chain offering self-service affordable meals — closely mirrors À LA PART's cafeteria distribution format and ~€10 value positioning, though at larger scale and broader locations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alapartrestaurants

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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