EMPREINTES

What EMPREINTES does

EMPREINTES is a French B2B corporate catering brand operated under the legal entity TRADIREST SAS, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, and led by founder-Président Fabrice Cloerec. The company runs on-site restaurants inside enterprise clients' facilities, serving breakfast, lunch, snacks, and take-home products, and structures its offer around three concepts: La table (full restaurant service), La fringale (quick-service sandwiches, salads, and tarts), and Racines (premium signature cuisine).

The operating model is differentiated by sourcing rather than technology. EMPREINTES draws on a sister company, Le Carré des Marchés, located at MIN Rungis — the world's largest fresh produce market — to supply short-chain, certified inputs including Label Rouge, AOP, Bleu Blanc Cœur, Bio, MSC, Pavillon France, and BQM products from small French producers. A proprietary web application supports employees with menu consultation, allergen personalization, digital tickets, attendance tracking, private-lounge reservations, and click-and-collect ordering, but the stack is best characterized as a transactional UX layer rather than a technology moat.

Commercially, EMPREINTES is a privately held, family-style SME with no external institutional funding, 28 employees, and a customer base concentrated in named enterprise accounts such as La Banque Postale, Biocodex, Yoplait, Hilti, Payot, and Uriage, all within the Île-de-France region. Pricing is quote-based and negotiated directly with corporate clients, and the company is positioning for incremental, regional expansion — evidenced by a new restaurant opening at the ALBA building in Boulogne-Billancourt in January 2025 — rather than national or international scale.

Name

EMPREINTES

Legal name

TRADIREST SAS

Website

https://tradirest.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EMPREINTES is a French B2B corporate catering brand under TRADIREST SAS that operates on-site restaurants and quick-service formats inside enterprise clients' facilities, primarily in Île-de-France, serving corporate workforces with certified short-chain sourcing from Rungis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Catering Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (722310), Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets (722514)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFAIAH

Contract Foodservice Management (Outsourced Catering)

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Catering & Banquet Foodservice

Keywords

• Corporate catering
• On-site restaurants
• Workplace dining services
• Sustainable food services
• French cuisine catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Rueil-Malmaison

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Catering Services: EMPREINTES provides on-site restaurant and catering services to corporate clients. The company operates restaurant facilities within company premises, serving breakfast, lunch, snacks, and offering take-home products like aperitif items, easy-to-prepare dinners, and direct-from-producer fruit and vegetable baskets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

EMPREINTES is a French B2B corporate catering company that operates on-site restaurants within company premises, primarily in the Île-de-France region. It serves breakfast, lunch, and snacks to corporate employees through three culinary concepts (La table, La fringale, Racines) and offers anti-waste take-home products (apéritifs, dîners, paniers de fruits et légumes), all supported by a proprietary web application for digital services and a sister company logistics operation at MIN Rungis.

Product overview

EMPREINTES is a corporate restaurant and catering company operating multiple dining concepts within enterprise settings. The portfolio includes three distinct culinary offerings: La table (full restaurant service with innovative, traditional, and international cuisine), La fringale (alternative quick-service with sandwiches, salads, and tarts), and Racines (premium culinary signature). All concepts are supported by a proprietary web app providing digital services including restaurant information access, digital tickets, event animations, allergen customization, attendance tracking, and table reservations. The company emphasizes seasonal, locally-sourced, and labeled products (Label Rouge, AOP, Bleu Blanc Cœur, Bio) through short supply chains.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La table Full-service on-site restaurant dining experience for corporate employees, serving breakfast, lunch, and snacks with family-style cuisine featuring made-from-scratch recipes and premium labeled ingredients. Designed for enterprise and mid-market companies that want a high-quality restaurant experience within their premises.
• La fringale Quick-service alternative restaurant offering for corporate employees who need a faster dining option, complementing the full-service La table concept with shorter wait times and streamlined service.
• Racines Culinary signature concept and sub-brand of EMPREINTES, representing the company's distinct culinary identity with character-driven cuisine rooted in French gastronomic tradition and premium sourcing.
• Application web EMPREINTES Proprietary web application providing the digital services layer of EMPREINTES, supporting the on-site corporate restaurant operations and employee dining experience at client companies.
• Produits à emporter anti-gaspillage Anti-waste take-home product offering sold through EMPREINTES on-site corporate restaurants, including apéritifs, complete dinners (dîners), and fruit/vegetable baskets, designed to reduce food waste while providing value to corporate employees.

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• En Direct des EleveurscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with milk and cream producers certified with the Bleu Blanc Coeur label. EMPREINTES welcomes these producer partners into their restaurants, allowing diners to directly meet producers, discover their expertise, and better understand the origin of products used daily in the kitchen.
• Le Carré des MarchéscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company operating at MIN Rungis, the world's largest fresh produce market. Le Carré des Marchés handles EMPREINTES logistics and supply chain operations, providing a dedicated e-commerce site for chefs to ensure product traceability and select products according to their needs.
• Various Small French Producers, Fishermen, and FarmerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDirect sourcing partnerships with small producers across France's finest regions. Products include Label Rouge, AOP, Bleu Blanc Coeur meats and poultry; artisanal charcuterie; MSC, Pavillon France, and BQM certified fish; and agricultural, organic, or regionally-appellated vegetables and fruits.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Convivio: French regional contract caterer specializing in corporate dining for SMEs and mid-market enterprises. Comparable target customer profile and on-site restaurant model to Empreintes.
• Elior Group: French-listed contract foodservice provider operating corporate, education, and healthcare restaurants across multiple geographies. Closest direct comparison to Empreintes given shared French DNA, B2B contract catering model, and emphasis on differentiated restaurant concepts.
• Api Restauration: French regional contract caterer focused on corporate and local-authority clients. Highly comparable in business model and customer segment to Empreintes, though typically competing in different regional pockets of France.
• Sogeres: French corporate and institutional catering subsidiary within a larger group. Directly comparable B2B contract catering model and customer base (corporates, schools, healthcare) to Empreintes.
• Dupont Restauration: Independent French family-owned contract catering group serving corporate and institutional clients. Closely matches Empreintes' family-SME positioning, French footprint, and emphasis on differentiated culinary concepts.

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group: UK-headquartered multinational contract caterer with large French operations. Comparable to Empreintes in serving corporate employee dining, but competes across much broader geographies and contract sizes.
• Sodexo: Global leader in food services and facilities management, with extensive corporate catering in France. Competes for the same enterprise RFPs as Empreintes but at vastly greater scale, geographic reach, and procurement leverage.
• Newrest: French-origin international contract caterer with significant operations in remote-site, airline, and concession catering. Competes with Empreintes in the corporate dining segment but operates at much larger scale and across diverse verticals.

Emerging players

• Restalliance: French contract caterer focused on healthcare, seniors, and specialized institutional dining. Comparable outsourced-foodservice model to Empreintes but serves an adjacent vertical rather than corporate offices.

Others

• Le Carré des Marchés: Sister company of Empreintes operating at MIN Rungis, providing fresh-produce procurement and a B2B e-commerce platform for chefs. Listed as an enabler/ecosystem peer rather than a competitor, since it supplies rather than competes with Empreintes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tradirest
• Instagraminstagram.com/_empreintes.paris_

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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