LE PANIER DE LA MER BRETAGNE SUD

Name

LE PANIER DE LA MER BRETAGNE SUD

Legal name

Fédération Nationale des Paniers de la Mer

Website

https://panierdelamer.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Aid and Work Integration Services

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Fresh & Frozen Seafood Fillets (Portioned, Skinless/Boneless) (AFANALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Frozen Seafood Meals & Value-Added Seafood (CRADADAG)

Keywords

• Food waste valorization
• Seafood processing
• Food aid distribution
• Professional insertion
• Frozen fish portions

Headquarters

HQ city

Lorient, Bretagne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Food Aid Distribution: Frozen seafood products are distributed free of charge to authorized food aid associations. No revenue is generated from these distributions as products are donated. The organization is funded through institutional donations, public subsidies, and private foundations.
2. Solidarity Fish Soup Sales: Fish soup products are sold to the general public to support the organization's mission. This is a solidarity purchasing model where consumers can support the cause while buying products.
3. Institutional Funding and Donations: Funding comes from public institutions (DGCS, Ministry of Labour, European funds FEAMP, regional councils), private foundations (Carrefour Foundation), corporate donations (mécénat de compétences), and individual tax-deductible donations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

LE PANIER DE LA MER BRETAGNE SUD operates a work-integration seafood processing workshop within the Fédération Nationale des Paniers de la Mer network. Each morning, unsold fish is collected from morning fish auctions, then transformed (darnes, filets), frozen, and packaged into 1kg bags and 10kg boxes for free distribution to authorized food aid associations (Restos du Cœur, Secours Populaire, Banques Alimentaires, Croix-Rouge, ANDES). The organization also sells solidarity fish soup and, since 2025, prepared dishes (Cassoulet de la Mer, brandade, frozen cooked dishes) to diversify its food aid offering under the 'Mieux Manger Pour Tous' program.

Product overview

LE PANIER DE LA MER BRETAGNE SUD (PLM 29/56) is a work integration workshop within the Fédération Nationale des Paniers de la Mer network. The organization collects unsold fish from fishing ports, transforms them into frozen portions (1kg bags, 10kg boxes), and distributes to food aid associations across France. In 2024, over 400 tonnes of seafood products were redistributed. Since 2025, the offering has expanded from traditional frozen fish to cooked dishes including Cassoulet de la Mer (canned, produced with ESAT Alter Ego and La Belle-Iloise), brandade, frozen prepared meals, and fish soups for consumer sale. The organization also operates cooking workshops and uses the internally-developed REMORA traceability software.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Frozen Fish Portions (Poisson surgelé) Unsold fish collected from morning fish market sales, transformed into portions (darnes, filets), frozen, and packaged in 1kg bags and 10kg boxes for free distribution to authorized food aid associations across France.
• Solidarity Fish Soup (Soupe de poissons) Fish soup sold directly to the general public as a solidarity product to support the organization's social mission.
• Cassoulet de la Mer Sea cassoulet in canned format produced with ESAT Alter Ego d'Hennebont and La Belle-Iloise, distributed to food aid associations as a ready-to-eat prepared dish.
• Brandade de lieu noir parmentière Frozen prepared saithe brandade with parsley, produced in partnership with Jean Hénaff SAS and distributed to food aid associations.
• Plat cuisiné surgelé lieu noir farfallines fondue de poireaux Frozen cooked dish combining saithe, farfalline pasta and leek fondue, produced with Celtigel and distributed to food aid associations.
• Effiloché de raie / Poêlée de lieu noir aux légumes et polenta Shredded skate or saithe cooked with vegetables and polenta, prepared by the Saint-Malo workshop kitchen and distributed to food aid associations.
• Cooking Workshops (Atelier cuisine) Cooking workshops offered by PLM workshops (Boulogne-sur-Mer and Penmarc'h) to food aid associations as part of the 'Mieux Manger Pour Tous' program, providing ready-to-heat meals with nutritional balance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ tonnes of fish redistributed annually, representing 2.68 million meals
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Quimper Cornouaille DéveloppementcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal development agency supporting the FEAMP DLAL program since 2014 for Cornouaille territory. Provides technical assistance and project management support for workshop diversification.
• Conserverie La Belle-IloisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily cannery in Penmarc'h providing skills sponsorship (mécénat de compétences) through their R&D team for recipe development, particularly for Cassoulet de la Mer and other prepared dishes.
• ESAT Alter-Ego Hennebont (ADAPEI Morbihan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSheltered workshop providing work integration for disabled workers. Partner in production of Cassoulet de la Mer canned dishes, combining social insertion with product development.
• Entreprise Jean Hénaff SASminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood processing company producing brandade de lieu noir parmentière in partnership with Paniers de la Mer for the cooked dishes product line.
• CeltigelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompany producing frozen cooked dishes (lieu noir, farfallines et fondue de poireaux) in partnership with Paniers de la Mer.
• IUT de QuimpercoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnical university providing sensory analysis laboratory for product testing and development. Partner in the HALIOKER project for valorizing lesser-known fish species.
• HALIOKER Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-partner project including IUT Quimper, ESIAB, Lycée Chaptal, LUBem, LBCM, LEGO, AMURE, Aux Goûts du Jour, and Technopole de Cornouaille. Focused on valorizing underutilized fish species through research, training, and product development.
• Aquafish 0.0 ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Interreg Atlantic project on marine coproducts valorization and underutilized marine resources. 10 partners from France, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal.
• Fishinn ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean project bringing together Portuguese, Irish, and Spanish partners with Paniers de la Mer to share best practices on small fishing port dynamism and insertion workshop operations.
• PoiscailleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompany providing fish from sustainable fisheries that Paniers de la Mer processes into fish soup, with 50% of production donated to food aid associations annually.
• Panier de la Mer Bretagne SudcoreOthersThe local workshop in Lorient co-financing the new freezer equipment alongside the federation and other institutional partners.
• Pôle Mer Bretagne AtlantiqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional maritime competitiveness cluster coordinating European project partnerships and supporting network development.
• NorfrigominorOthersCold storage and logistics partner for frozen product storage and distribution operations.
• AquadisminorOthersWater and aquatic resource management company listed as a supporting partner.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Secours Populaire Français: French food aid and solidarity association that receives Paniers de la Mer fish donations. Comparable end-customer of the federation, operating food distribution programs across France for vulnerable populations.
• Croix-Rouge Française: French Red Cross food aid programs receive Paniers de la Mer donations. Operates comparable food distribution infrastructure serving food-insecure populations across France.
• Réseau Cocagne: French network of insertion-by-agriculture farms (jardins de Cocagne) that combines social insertion with food production for food aid. Highly comparable mission model (insertion + food aid) with a different production channel (organic agriculture vs. seafood recovery).
• ANDES (Association Nationale de Développement des Épiceries Solidaires): National network of solidarity grocery stores in France that receives frozen fish products from Paniers de la Mer. Operates as a downstream food aid distributor with similar mission focus on food access for vulnerable populations.
• Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires: French food bank federation that receives donations from Paniers de la Mer and serves a near-identical end population through food aid distribution. Both organizations operate at the intersection of food waste reduction and food insecurity response.
• Restos du Cœur: Iconic French food aid charity that receives frozen fish from Paniers de la Mer. Comparable as a major national food aid distributor with a similar beneficiary base, though Restos operates a broader meal program.

Broad incumbents

• Too Good To Go: Pan-European anti-food-waste platform with major operations in France. Addresses food waste through consumer surplus-meal marketplace; tangential competitor for the attention of retailers, regulators, and food aid funding.

Emerging players

• Phenix: French anti-food-waste startup connecting retailers with consumers and food aid organizations. Operates in the same food waste reduction space but with a tech-enabled B2B/B2C marketplace model rather than physical processing workshops.

Regional players

• Poiscaille: French sustainable fishery direct-to-consumer platform that supplies fish to Paniers de la Mer for fish soup production. Comparable in French sustainable seafood sourcing but operates a commercial D2C subscription model.
• La Belle-Iloise: Family-run Breton cannery partnered with Paniers de la Mer on Cassoulet de la Mer production. Comparable in seafood processing geography (Brittany) but operates a commercial premium canned seafood business rather than food aid.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@federationpanierdelamer6945
• Facebookfacebook.com/FederationNationaleDesPaniersDeLaMer
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-panier-de-la-mer-bretagne-sud
• Instagraminstagram.com/lespaniersdelamer

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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