Regroupement Des Cuisines Collectives Du Québec

What Regroupement Des Cuisines Collectives Du Québec does

Regroupement Des Cuisines Collectives Du Québec (RCCQ) is a Montreal-based non-profit umbrella organization founded in 1991 that coordinates a network of 1,204 member collective kitchen groups across all 18 administrative regions of Quebec. The collective kitchen model — where participants cook together and take food home — is distinct from on-site community meals and is grounded in popular education and food autonomy principles rather than purely charitable food distribution. RCCQ's network produced 921,841 cooked portions and reached 10,533 people fed through 7,136 active participants in the most recent reporting period. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors composed of network members and operates with a 9-person core staff based at its Montreal headquarters at 2240 rue Fullum.

RCCQ's product surface centers on a portfolio of training programs (starting and animating a collective kitchen, conflict resolution, nutrition literacy, digital and Google tools, ingredient substitution), a WooCommerce-based online boutique selling aprons, hats, and educational toolkits, and standardized member tools such as calculation grids and recipe databases. The technology platform is a conventional WordPress stack with Polylang for trilingual (French/English/Spanish) content management. A dedicated right-to-food ('droit à l'alimentation') initiative operates a separate website (droitalalimention.org) with two dedicated project staff, positioning RCCQ as both a service provider and a public policy advocate on Quebec food security.

RCCQ's revenue is generated through a mix of membership dues from its 1,204 member organizations, tiered training fees (member, non-member, public organization, and group pricing for 8+ participants), online merchandise sales, and donations processed through CanadaHelps. Marketing and distribution are direct: phone and email-based training registration, on-site ('we come to you') training delivery across all regions, and an annual National Collective Kitchens Day (JNCC) event. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Regroupement Des Cuisines Collectives Du Québec

Legal name

Regroupement des cuisines collectives du Québec

Website

https://rccq.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Quebec non-profit umbrella organization coordinating 1,204 collective kitchen groups across all 18 regions, providing training, standardized tools, and food rights advocacy to community-based facilitators through a small Montreal-based team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Training fees: RCCQ generates revenue through training fees charged to members and non-members for its collective kitchen training programs. Pricing varies by membership status and course format (online vs. in-person, half-day vs. full-day). Some training is offered free to members (e.g., Grille de calcul, online Découverte des cuisines collectives).
2. Membership dues: Collective kitchen groups and community organizations pay membership dues to join the RCCQ network. Member pricing for training is significantly discounted compared to non-member rates, incentivizing membership.
3. Merchandise and educational materials sales: RCCQ operates an online shop (WooCommerce-based) selling aprons, hats, educational toolkits (Trousse Sensibilisation à la saine alimentation), press kits, and informational flyers. Some items are free with shipping fees.
4. Donations: RCCQ accepts donations through CanadaHelps, as prominently featured on the website homepage and footer. Donations represent a supplementary revenue stream supporting the organization's mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

RCCQ is the provincial umbrella association for collective kitchens in Quebec, providing training programs, advocacy for food rights, capacity-building resources, and network coordination. It serves 1,204 member collective kitchen groups across all 18 regions of Quebec, delivering online and in-person training on starting and facilitating collective kitchens, conflict resolution, food literacy, and digital tools. The organization also sells branded merchandise and educational toolkits through an online boutique and accepts donations to support its food security mission.

Product overview

RCCQ offers a portfolio of training programs focused on collective kitchen operations, facilitation, and food literacy. The core offerings include courses on starting and animating collective kitchens, conflict resolution, nutrition education, digital tools (Google collaborative tools, spreadsheets), and practical cooking skills. Additional services include customized accompaniment, an online boutique, and a network connecting member collective kitchens across Quebec regions. The organization also provides educational resources like the healthy eating awareness kit. Training is delivered both online and in-person, with group pricing for member and non-member organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Formation Démarrage d'une cuisine collective

Quantifiable outcome

• 921,841 cooked portions produced by collective kitchen participants
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CanadaHelpsminorOthersCanadaHelps (canadahelps.org) is used by RCCQ as a donation processing platform. Donors can contribute to RCCQ through the CanadaHelps portal, which provides a secure and widely recognized giving mechanism for Canadian charities.
• Radio-Canada OhDiominorGTM or Marketing PartnerRCCQ's food rights project lead Jessica Dufresne appeared on Radio-Canada OhDio's JONCTION 11-17 program (November 2023) to discuss food insecurity and its community impact, generating awareness for the collective kitchen movement.
• La PresseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLa Presse published an op-ed by RCCQ's Jessica Dufresne in November 2025 titled 'Et si on cessait de considérer la faim comme une banalité', amplifying RCCQ's food rights message to a major Quebec readership.
• Quebec collective kitchen member organizationscoreOthersRCCQ's core constituency is its network of 1,204 member collective kitchen groups across all 18 regions of Quebec. These members form the primary network and beneficiaries of RCCQ's training, advocacy, and resource-sharing activities.
• Chartwells QuébecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChartwells Québec, the food service operator at Collège régional de Lanaudière à Joliette, organized a fundraising competition that resulted in a $500 donation to the college's collective kitchen. This represents a one-time collaborative partnership supporting a student collective kitchen.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Community Food Centres Canada: National network of community food centres that combine food access, skills programming, and advocacy. Directly comparable to RCCQ in mission (community-led food security) and structure (multi-site model with a coordinating hub).
• Santropol Roulant: Montreal-based non-profit offering community meals, food delivery, and intergenerational food programs. Comparable as a Montreal-rooted community food organization with volunteer-driven operations and food-rights values.
• FoodShare Toronto: Toronto-based community food organization running community kitchens, food literacy programs, and a network model very similar to RCCQ's collective-kitchen approach. Both operate as non-profit hubs training volunteers to deliver hands-on food programming in low-income communities.

Regional players

• Banques alimentaires du Québec: Quebec food bank umbrella that coordinates emergency food distribution across the province. Comparable as a Quebec-based non-profit food-security network, but focused on food banking rather than collective cooking.
• Moisson Québec: Quebec City-based food bank serving the greater Quebec City region. Comparable as a Quebec-rooted food-security non-profit with an extensive partner network, though focused on food distribution rather than collective kitchens.

Broad incumbents

• Centraide du Grand Montréal: United Way in Greater Montreal funding a wide portfolio of community organizations. Functions as a comparable non-profit umbrella with provincial reach, member-based funding, and advocacy role, though broader in scope than RCCQ.
• Food Banks Canada / Banques alimentaires Canada: National food bank association coordinating a network of provincial and regional food banks. Broader and more established than RCCQ, but operates a comparable hub-and-spoke network model in the food-security space.
• Réseau québécois de l'action communautaire autonome: Quebec-wide network of autonomous community-action organizations providing advocacy, training, and coordination to member groups. Comparable as a membership-based Quebec non-profit umbrella aligned with popular-education principles.

Emerging players

• Second Harvest Canada: Canada's largest food rescue organization with a national logistics and redistribution network. Comparable in addressing food insecurity through non-market mechanisms, but operates in food rescue rather than collective cooking.
• La Tablée des Chefs: Quebec-based non-profit delivering cooking education, food anti-waste initiatives, and culinary training. Comparable in food-education/training mission and Quebec footprint, though its audience skews toward youth in schools rather than community kitchens.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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