La Manne

What La Manne does

La Manne is a French non-profit association founded in 1986 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, Grand Est region), formally designated as a 'Centre d'Entraide alimentaire et de Soutien par le travail' (Food Aid and Work Support Center). It operates an integrated portfolio of social services addressing food insecurity and professional exclusion: (1) weekly food parcel distribution providing 5 meals per person to beneficiaries holding vouchers issued by social workers; (2) the 'Épicerie Sociale Rebond' social grocery selling food at 15% of real cost and hygiene products at 30%; (3) a social restaurant serving hot meals to homeless and housing-insecure individuals; (4) zero-interest loans (Prêt à 0%) for essential household purchases and debt consolidation; and (5) Chantiers d'Insertion employing ~50-60 beneficiaries annually under CDDI contracts across food handling, restaurant operations, and green space maintenance. The organization also runs a commercial landscaping service (Entretien des Espaces Verts) as a revenue-generating adjunct staffed by insertion employees.

The organization's underlying 'technology' is operational rather than digital: cold storage and food distribution infrastructure at its 23 rue du Galtz headquarters, a board of 8 volunteer members setting strategic direction, and a staff of 9 permanent employees plus 30 insertion-salaried employees supported by approximately 62 volunteers contributing over 6,400 hours annually. There is no proprietary software platform, mobile application, or AI/ML system; the only third-party digital integration is the HelloAsso donation widget. Service access is gated through formal referral pathways involving CCAS Colmar, Foyer Schoelcher, SIAO, France Travail, and DDETSPP.

La Manne's business model is a hybrid non-profit funding structure with three streams: 63% from public partners (European Union/FSE, French Ministry of Justice, Allocations Familiales, Conseil Départemental du Haut-Rhin, Ville de Colmar, Préfecture du Haut-Rhin, Préfecture du Grand Est, Région Alsace), 33% from own resources (social restaurant fees, green space service revenue, nominal beneficiary participation fees of €1 per adult and €0.50 per child for food parcels), and 4% from private donations. Beneficiary-facing pricing is nominal or subsidized rather than market-rate, consistent with its mission d'utilité publique status (recognized 2014) and Agrément entreprise solidaire d'utilité sociale certification. Key supply partners include the Banque Alimentaire du Haut-Rhin and major retailers (E.Leclerc, Metro, Cora, Monoprix, Grand Frais, Promocash, Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar). In 2022, the organization served 1,283 families (3,402 individuals) through food parcels, distributed 199,640 meal equivalents, served 2,965 meals at the social restaurant plus 42,623 delivered meals, and supported 124 families through the social grocery.

Name

La Manne

Legal name

SARL La Manne

Website

https://lamanne.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Manne is a Colmar-based French non-profit founded in 1986 that delivers an integrated suite of social services — food parcel distribution, a subsidized social grocery, a social restaurant, zero-interest loans, and supported employment workshops — to food-insecure and professionally excluded individuals and families in the Haut-Rhin region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Colmar

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: La Manne is primarily financed by public partners including the European Union, French Ministry of Justice, Allocations Familiales, Conseil Départemental du Haut-Rhin, Ville de Colmar, Préfet du Haut-Rhin, Préfet du Grand Est, and Région Alsace. This represents 63% of total funding.
2. Own Resources: Self-generated revenue through social restaurant services, space rental for green space maintenance services, and nominal participation fees from beneficiaries. Represents 33% of total funding.
3. Private Donations: Donations from individuals and businesses, including corporate sponsorship and skills-based volunteering. Represents 4% of total funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

La Manne is a charitable association that recovers surplus food from supermarkets and wholesalers to provide weekly food parcels, operates a subsidized social grocery store where beneficiaries pay 15% of real cost, runs a social restaurant serving hot meals to people in housing difficulty, manages insertion workshops for professional reintegration, and grants zero-interest loans for essential household purchases or debt consolidation. All services are accessed through social worker referrals and serve residents of the Colmar area in France.

Product overview

La Manne is a charitable association founded in 1986 operating as a 'Centre d'Entraide alimentaire et de Soutien par le travail' (Food Aid and Work Support Center). The organization offers a portfolio of social support services including: food aid distribution (Aide alimentaire), a social grocery store (Épicerie Sociale 'Rebond'), a social restaurant, integration workshops (Chantier d'insertion) with three support areas (food aid, restaurant, green spaces maintenance), and 0% interest loans (Prêt à 0%). These services work together to support people in difficulty: food aid provides immediate relief, the social grocery enables debt repayment through savings, the restaurant offers meals to the homeless, and insertion workshops provide employment pathways while generating revenue through green space services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Epicerie Sociale Rebond: Social grocery store where beneficiaries pay only 15% of actual cost for food and 30% for hygiene products

Products and services

• Aide alimentaire (Food Aid Parcel Distribution) Food aid program that recovers surplus food from supermarkets and wholesalers to redistribute as weekly food parcels containing 5 meals per person. Distribution occurs Monday to Friday from 1pm to 3pm, with access granted via vouchers issued by social workers. Nominal participation fee of €1 per adult, €0.50 per child under 15; parcels are free for beneficiaries with no resources.
• Épicerie Sociale 'Rebond' (Social Grocery Store) Social grocery store allowing beneficiaries to purchase food items at 15% of real cost and hygiene products at 30%, with savings channeled toward debt repayment or necessary purchases. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday by appointment. Enrolled via 3-month renewable contracts up to 1 year maximum, with a minimum disposable income threshold of €200 per person.
• Restaurant Social (Social Restaurant) Social restaurant providing hot, balanced meals to people experiencing severe housing difficulties. Open year-round Monday to Friday, 11:30-13:15 in winter and 11:30-12:30 in summer, serving meals prepared by association employees and volunteers. Access requires referral from CCAS, Foyer Schoelcher, or SIAO emergency housing service.
• Chantier d'insertion (Integration Workshops) Integration through economic activity program with three workshops — food aid (receiving, sorting, storing donations), restaurant (meal preparation), and green spaces maintenance (landscaping, lawn care, pruning, planting). Hires people via CDDI (Contrat à Durée Déterminée d'Insertion) contracts to facilitate return to traditional employment. Partnered with France Travail and DDETSPP. 50-60 participants per year.
• Prêt à 0% (Zero-Interest Loan Program) Zero-interest loan program helping people in difficulty access financing for essential household items (refrigerator, washing machine, bedding, baby equipment) or to avoid over-indebtedness through debt consolidation. Loan committee meets every second Monday of each month; applications submitted via social assistants. No interest or charges applied.
• Entretien des espaces verts (Green Space Maintenance Services) Commercial landscaping and green space maintenance services provided by insertion workshop employees, including lawn maintenance, brush clearing and weeding, bed cleaning, tree and shrub pruning (including fruit trees), and planting services. Offered to the public for fees that support the association's charitable mission.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,283 families served with food parcels (3,402 individuals, 199,640 meals equivalent in 2022)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Banque Alimentaire du Haut-RhincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary partner supplying food donations to La Manne. The Banque Alimentaire collects surplus food from manufacturers and distributors and redistributes to member associations like La Manne.
• E.LeclerccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupermarket partner donating surplus food products through daily collection.
• Metro FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWholesale partner supplying food donations.
• CoracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupermarket chain partner for food collection and donations.
• MonoprixminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRetail partner donating surplus food.
• Grand FraisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFresh produce retailer partner for food donations.
• France TravailcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic employment service partner for insertion program coordination, referring job seekers to Chantier d'Insertion.
• CCAS ColmarcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMunicipal Social Action Center acts as prescriber and referral partner, issuing food vouchers and restaurant access authorizations.
• Foyer SchoelchercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHomeless shelter partner referring residents to social restaurant services.
• PromocashminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCash-and-carry wholesaler partner supplying food donations.
• Hôpitaux Civils de ColmarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal hospital providing food donation support.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Major French foundation addressing housing insecurity and poverty; adjacent to La Manne on homelessness and food-insecurity beneficiaries served via the social restaurant and food parcel programs.
• Caritas France: Caritas France runs food aid, social grocery, micro-credit and insertion programs through its diocesan network. Overlaps La Manne across food parcels, social grocery and micro-loans, but operates at national scale across a much wider portfolio.
• Emmaüs France: Federation of Emmaüs groups running second-hand resale, housing and inclusion activities plus food assistance. Comparable on social-inclusion and insertion-by-work logic, broader portfolio than La Manne's food-centric model.

Direct peers

• Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires: National network of food banks (including Banque Alimentaire du Haut-Rhin, La Manne's primary upstream partner). Operates the same surplus-food redistribution model from retailers to member associations serving people in need.
• ANDES: National network of solidarity grocery stores (épiceries sociales et solidaires) in France. Directly comparable to La Manne's 'Rebond' social grocery on subsidized grocery model for low-income beneficiaries.
• Secours Populaire Français: National French association providing food aid, social grocery access and integration support to vulnerable populations. Comparable to La Manne across food parcel distribution, social-grocery model and insertion support activities.
• Croix-Rouge française: French Red Cross operates food distribution, social restaurants, épiceries sociales and insertion programs nationally. Directly overlaps with La Manne on food aid, social restaurant, social grocery and emergency relief services.
• Restos du Cœur: France's largest food-aid association, distributing free food parcels and meals to people in need via a national volunteer network. Directly comparable to La Manne on core food-distribution mission, volunteer model and beneficiary profile.

Others

• Médecins du Monde: Medical humanitarian organization operating in France that also runs programs reaching people experiencing poverty and homelessness — adjacent to La Manne on beneficiary profile and referral networks, though primary mission is healthcare.

Emerging players

• ATD Quart Monde: International movement focused on extreme poverty in France, with local projects overlapping La Manne's food aid and integration workshops but emphasizing long-term advocacy and family-based accompaniment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/lamannecolmar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-manne

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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