Cantine et Gamelle

Name

Cantine et Gamelle

Legal name

MAJAX SARL

Website

https://cantine-gamelle.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Quick-Service Restaurant

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Caterers (722320)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFABAA

Burger Fast Casual

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Fast Casual Restaurants

Keywords

• Quick-service restaurant
• Meal formula catering
• Corporate lunch delivery
• Franchise restaurant chain
• Shipping container kitchen

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Food Sales: Direct food sales to consumers at restaurant locations with dine-in and takeaway options. Online ordering via website with in-store pickup.
2. Enterprise/Group Catering: Corporate meal programs where companies receive discounted pricing for employees. The remaining cost is billed to the company monthly.
3. Franchise Fees: Initial franchise fees including apport (contribution) of €40,000 and entry fee of €25,000, with total investment of €250,000.
4. Third-Party Delivery Commission: Orders fulfilled through UberEats and Deliveroo platforms, likely with commission fees to delivery partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cantine & Gamelle operates a chain of quick-service lunch restaurants built inside repurposed shipping containers and placed at the feet of office zones in the Toulouse metropolitan area. It sells fresh homemade-style meals through two formulas (Formule Cantine: dish + drink; Formule Gamelle: dish + drink + dessert) across burgers, salads, bowls, daily specials, sandwiches, and boxes, complemented by corporate group catering (minimum 20 orders) and a franchise program requiring a €250,000 total investment per new location.

Product overview

Cantine & Gamelle is a French quick-service restaurant chain operating as a franchise model with 5 locations in the Toulouse area (Balma, Basso Cambo, Cité de l'Espace, Route d'Espagne, and Vauquelin). The company operates from converted shipping containers positioned near office zones, offering fresh, generous lunches Monday through Friday from 8am to 3pm. The core product portfolio centers around two meal formula tiers: Formule Cantine (dish + drink) and Formule Gamelle (dish + drink + dessert), available across six main food categories: Burgers (beef, chicken, specialty), Salades, Bols (poke bowls, pasta bowls), Plats (daily rotating specials), Sandwiches, and Box items. Additional offerings include à la carte desserts, beverages, and breakfast service at select locations. The company also offers corporate/group catering with minimum 20-person delivery and a franchise expansion program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Formule Cantine

Quantifiable outcome

• Group delivery available for 20+ orders
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UberEatscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDelivery partnership for C&G Route d'Espagne location enabling third-party food delivery to customers who prefer ordering through the UberEats platform.
• DeliveroocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDelivery partnership for C&G Route d'Espagne location providing additional delivery channel options for customers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Pomme de Pain: French quick-service chain focused on sandwiches, salads, viennoiseries and formules, heavily present in train stations, airports and business districts. Comparable on French quick-service lunch positioning, formule pricing, and transit/office catchments, though with a different real estate model.

Broad incumbents

• McDonald's France: Dominant French QSR incumbent with strong office-zone footprint and breakfast/lunch daypart dominance. Comparable as the price/value benchmark for French fast-casual lunch, and a direct competitor for office-worker traffic.
• Subway France: Global sandwich-focused QSR/franchise model with significant French presence and franchise-led growth. Comparable on sandwich-led menu, franchise unit economics, and concentration around office and convenience catchments.
• Brioche Dorée: Established French quick-service café/restaurant chain with broad breakfast and lunch offerings including sandwiches, salads, and formules. Comparable on French lunch/petit-déjeuner daypart, formule pricing, and presence in transit/office locations, though at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Pitaya: French fast-casual chain specializing in Thai-inspired poké-style bowls with a franchise model and rapid multi-site rollout. Comparable on container/compact unit economics, urban office-zone siting, franchise expansion strategy, and bowl-led menu architecture.
• Eat Salad: French fast-casual chain built around made-to-order salads, bowls and healthy formules, with a corporate catering arm and rapid urban expansion. Directly comparable to Cantine & Gamelle on customer (urban office workers), service model (formule pricing, D2C + delivery + B2B), and target daypart (lunch).
• O'Tacos: Large French fast-casual franchise built around a signature folded-tacos product, with strong office-worker and late-night demand. Comparable on French franchise-led growth model, compact urban units, fast-casual pricing, and concentration in office/transit catchments.
• Big Mamma: France-headquartered fast-casual/trendy restaurant group with multiple concepts across Paris and other French cities. Comparable on the French fast-casual positioning, mid-premium lunch pricing, and multi-brand/unit scaling playbook.
• Frichti: French prepared-meal delivery and corporate catering operator (now part of Gorillas/Quick Commerce). Comparable on lunch-focused B2B + B2C model targeting office workers, subscription/recurring meal programs, and French urban geographies.
• Class'Croute: French quick-service restaurant and corporate catering chain focused on sandwiches, salads, and daily formules delivered to office workers. Closely comparable to Cantine & Gamelle on B2B corporate meal programs, sandwich/salade/burger-led menu, and lunch daypart concentration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cantineetgamelle
• Instagraminstagram.com/cantineetgamelle/?hl=fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cantine-et-gamelle

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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