CAISSE DES ECOLES DU 13E ARRONDISSEMENT

What CAISSE DES ECOLES DU 13E ARRONDISSEMENT does

Caisse des Ecoles du 13e Arrondissement (CDE13) is a municipal public institution (établissement public municipal) operating under the supervision of the City of Paris and the Mairie du 13e arrondissement. Its mandate is the provision of school catering and leisure-center meals to all public schools in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. CDE13 operates 20 on-site production kitchens using a liaison chaude (hot-meal) model, producing 2,165,331 meals and 860,448 afternoon snacks annually, served to approximately 1.8 million child meals and 191,508 adult meals per year (2023 baseline). Menus are designed by an in-house dietitian following PNNS nutritional guidelines. The organization employs 320 staff (300 kitchen agents plus 20 administrative agents), with no AI/ML or proprietary technology stack beyond a mobile app (CDE13) for family-facing administration and an online payment portal.

The business model is a hybrid of public funding and user fees. The City of Paris municipal budget covers the majority of operational costs (food procurement, staff salaries, kitchen infrastructure), supplemented by family meal fees priced on a five-tier scale via the Quotient Familial Parisien (QFP), billed bimonthly, with a €7 cap for unregistered meals. Additional co-funding flows from the EU School Fruit and Milk Programme (administered by FranceAgriMer) and, historically, from emergency grants (Fondation de France during COVID-19). From the 2026 school year, registration, tariff calculation, and billing shift to the City of Paris's centralized Paris Familles digital portal, reducing CDE13's direct administrative control but integrating it into the city-wide service ecosystem. The cooperative governance structure enables parents and teachers to become sociétaires (members), vote in the General Assembly, and elect parent representatives to the Management Committee. The organization is the exclusive school meal provider for the arrondissement, operating as a regulated public-service monopoly with no private-sector competition.

Name

CAISSE DES ECOLES DU 13E ARRONDISSEMENT

Legal name

Caisse des Ecoles du 13ème

Website

https://caissedesecolesparis13.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Caisse des Ecoles du 13e Arrondissement is a municipal public school catering service for Paris's 13th arrondissement, operating 20 on-site kitchens that produce over 2.16 million meals and 860,000 snacks annually for children aged 3-12, funded by the City of Paris budget and tiered family fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Catering Services

NAICS

Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets (722514), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

In-House Cafeteria Operations & Meal Preparation (EDAEAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Central Kitchen & Commissary Operations (Batch Cooking, Satellite Serving) (EDAEAEAG), Menu Planning, Nutrition & Dietary Accommodation Services (Allergens, Special Diets) (EDAEAEAD), Meal Program Compliance & Administration (NSLP/SBP, Reimbursements) (EDAEAEAC)

Keywords

• School meal catering
• Municipal catering services
• Child nutrition programs
• Public school food service
• Collective restaurant catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal funding and public budget allocation: As a municipal public institution, the organization is primarily funded through the Paris municipal budget and public subsidies. This covers the majority of operational costs including food procurement, staff salaries, and kitchen infrastructure.
2. Family meal fees (quotient familial-based pricing): Families pay meal fees based on the Parisian Family Quotient (Quotient Familial Parisien) system, which determines pricing tiers. Fees are billed bimonthly. For families with multiple children, a single consolidated invoice is issued to the eldest child. Unregistered meals are charged at the maximum rate of €7 per meal.
3. EU School Fruit and Milk Programme (FranceAgriMer): The organization participates in the EU 'Lait et Fruits à l'école' programme, administered by FranceAgriMer, which provides co-funding for the distribution of milk and fruit products to school children.
4. Exceptional meal basket provision (COVID-19 emergency): During the COVID-19 crisis (April 2020), the organization prepared meal baskets for distribution to disadvantaged residents, funded by the 13th arrondissement town hall in partnership with the Fondation de France. This was a temporary, project-based revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The organization prepares and serves daily school meals for children aged 3-12 across all public schools of the 13th arrondissement of Paris through 20 on-site production kitchens (liaison chaude), supported by menus designed by an in-house dietitian in line with PNNS guidelines. Beyond school lunch, it also provides afternoon snacks (goûters) for elementary after-school care, catering for Wednesday and holiday leisure centers, online menu consultation, online/SEPA payment processing, nutritional education sessions, and kitchen visits for students, while coordinating a bio-waste sorting program in school canteens.

Product overview

CAISSE DES ECOLES DU 13E ARRONDISSEMENT is a public catering organization operating under the City of Paris that provides comprehensive school meal services for the 13th arrondissement. Its core offering consists of daily meal preparation in 20 on-site kitchens (cuisine centrale), distributing approximately 2,165,331 meals annually to schoolchildren aged 3–12 across multiple elementary and secondary schools. The organization also serves afternoon snacks (goûters) to approximately 860,448 elementary students annually, and provides catering for Wednesday and holiday leisure centers. Supporting services include online menu consultation, online payment via the espace-citoyens portal, a dedicated mobile application (CDE13 app), and nutritional education programs led by a dietitian. In 2026, the organization integrated its registration and billing into the Paris Familles municipal portal, centralizing administrative processes for families. The organization also operates a food waste sorting program (tri des biodéchets) across equipped school canteens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restauration scolaire (School meal service) Daily school catering service providing balanced meals prepared in 20 on-site kitchens (liaison chaude) for children aged 3-12 in public schools of the 13th arrondissement, with menus designed by an in-house dietitian following PNNS guidelines. Approximately 1,826,928 child meals were served in 2023 and over 2,165,331 meals in 2025 across all schools.
• Goûter (Afternoon snack service) Daily afternoon snack provided to elementary school children enrolled in after-school care (périscolaire) activities between 16h30 and 18h; 860,448 snacks served in 2025 across the 13th arrondissement.
• Restauration des centres de loisirs (Leisure centre catering) Catering service for Wednesday and holiday leisure centres, providing meals to children during school breaks (mercredis, petites et grandes vacances) across the 13th arrondissement.
• Éducation nutritionnelle (Nutritional education service) In-class nutrition education sessions and school kitchen visits delivered by the institution's in-house dietitian, covering food origins, balanced diets, snacking habits, and meal preparation, aimed at pupils in the 13th arrondissement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 54.3% sustainable food sourcing (bio/organic, MSC label, and other quality labels)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ville de Paris (City of Paris) — Paris FamillescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 June 2026From the 2026 school year, the organization integrates with the City of Paris's 'Paris Familles' digital portal. The City of Paris takes over school meal registration, tariff calculation, and billing functions previously managed directly by the organization. The goal is to centralize and simplify all administrative procedures for Parisian families within a single digital platform.
• FranceAgriMer / European Union — Programme 'Lait et Fruits à l'école'minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The organization participates in the EU School Fruit and Milk Programme, administered at the national level by FranceAgriMer. The programme aims to develop healthy eating habits in children by distributing fruit and milk products along with educational measures. For the 2021-2022 school year, the organization distributed educational videos and table mats to teach children about seasonality of fruits and vegetables and dairy products.
• Association '13 Avenir'minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2020This local reinsertion association handled the last-mile distribution of meal baskets prepared by the organization during COVID-19. The association specializes in the fight against unemployment through reintegration programs.
• Mairie du 13ème arrondissement (13th arrondissement Town Hall)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2020The mayor's office of the 13th arrondissement requested the organization's support during COVID-19 and financed the emergency meal basket operation. The town hall is also the supervisory authority of the organization and appoints its president (Jérôme Coumet, Mayor of the 13th arrondissement).
• Fondation Nicolas Hulot and RESTAU'CO (Mon Restau Responsable)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 June 2019The organization formally joined the Mon Restau Responsable initiative in June 2019. This is a participatory guarantee system for collective catering, covering 4 domains: guest well-being, responsible eating (assiette responsable), eco-gestures, and social and territorial commitment. The guarantee is awarded for 2 years by a multi-stakeholder panel including diners, producers, distributors, associations, and elected officials.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Elior Group: Major French contract catering group operating school catering services under delegated public-private partnerships. Comparable as a potential alternative to the régie directe model, often cited in French municipal catering procurement debates.
• Sodexo (School Segment): Global facilities services and school catering giant. Competes for delegated school catering contracts in France and elsewhere, representing the outsourced alternative model to CDE13's in-house kitchen approach.
• Compass Group (France): Global contract catering major with significant French school catering footprint. Useful peer for understanding how outsourced school catering models handle QFP-equivalent subsidized tariff structures and sustainability commitments.
• API Restauration: French family-owned contract caterer specializing in school, hospital and elderly-care catering. Operating with central-kitchen satellite distribution—the structural alternative to CDE13's on-site model—and a useful benchmark for unit economics.

Others

• Ville de Paris (Direction des Affaires Scolaires): The supervisory municipal authority that sets CDE13's policies, QFP tariffs, and Paris Familles platform. Comparable not as a competitor but as the regulating principal whose decisions directly shape CDE13's operating envelope and capital program.

Direct peers

• Caisse des Écoles du 11e arrondissement de Paris: Parallel municipal establishment serving the 11th arrondissement under identical Ville de Paris governance and parent cooperative structure. Useful peer for comparing meal volumes, kitchen density, and tariff implementation across arrondissements.
• Caisse des Écoles de Paris (Centrale): Federating body coordinating all arrondissement-level Caisses des Écoles de Paris. Direct institutional peer and the channel through which Ville de Paris policy (QFP tariffs, Paris Familles, sustainability targets) flows down to CDE13.
• Caisse des Écoles du 18e arrondissement de Paris: Municipal public catering body serving a high-density arrondisement in northern Paris. Operates an analogous in-house cafeteria model under City of Paris oversight and is a natural peer for scale, cost-efficiency, and sustainability comparisons.
• Caisse des Écoles du 15e arrondissement de Paris: Sister municipal institution under Ville de Paris operating the same Caisse des Écoles model in the 15th arrondissement. Identical in-house 'régie directe' catering structure, QFP tariff framework, and Mon Restau Responsable commitments, providing a direct benchmark for CDE13's operating model.

Regional players

• Convivio: French contract caterer serving collective catering clients including schools. Comparable as an alternative provider if Paris were to outsource the 13th arrondissement's school meal service in the future.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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