What BOCO does

BOCO is a Paris-based B2B food company founded in 2011 by journalist Vincent Ferniot and his brother Simon, specializing in pasteurized gourmet dishes served in reusable WECK glass jars to the French hospitality and food-service sector. The company's core offering addresses an operational gap: enabling hotels, restaurants, wine bars, club houses, fine food shops, service residences, and corporate offices to serve chef-quality meals without requiring qualified kitchen staff or full back-of-house infrastructure. Products are cooked artisanally in Burgundy and pasteurized using a proprietary process co-developed with Maison Le Borvo, achieving a 3-month shelf life while preserving flavors and textures. The menu spans soups, terrines and rillettes, main dishes (plats), and desserts, signed by Michelin-starred chefs and MOF pastry chefs including Vincent Ferniot, Daniel Raymond, Emmanuel Renaut, Pierre Koch, Boris Campanella, Fabien Pairon, and Christophe Michalak, with seasonal guest-chef collaborations that rotate credentialed culinary talent through the recipe pipeline. Reheating takes approximately 1.5-2 minutes in a microwave, and the glass WECK format doubles as a sustainability signal that supports premium positioning.

The company's core technology is its proprietary pasteurization process, which was the basis of a multi-year R&D collaboration with Maison Le Borvo and was formalized into a full corporate merger in 2024 under President Benjamin Raymond. In June 2023, BOCO extended its offering with the Connected Fridge (Frigo Connecté) built around e-thik's automatic distribution technology: an integrated scale with real-time weight-based inventory tracking, temperature monitoring, automated DLC (date limite de consommation) expiry alerts, and a web application for remote management of products, pricing, quantities, and expiry dates. The connected fridge solution occupies less than 2 square meters, supports 24/7 autonomous food service, and is offered to hotels, companies, and hospitality venues for purchase or leasing.

BOCO's revenue model is wholesale B2B product sales: professional clients order pasteurized jars by the carton (cases of 9-18 units depending on product category) at prices ranging from roughly €44-83 HT per carton, with pay-as-you-go billing by bank card or bank transfer. Go-to-market combines direct field sales to enterprise hospitality accounts, a self-service professional portal at intranet-boco.fr, an e-commerce storefront at boco.fr, a channel partnership with e-thik for connected fridge deployments, and downstream distribution through fine food shops and wine bars. The merged entity inherits Maison Le Borvo's Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant label (2022), its 45+ years of smoked-salmon production, and Daniel Raymond's Michelin heritage, materially expanding the SKU set beyond jar-based cooked dishes.

Name

BOCO

Legal name

Boco SAS

Website

https://boco.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

BOCO is a Paris-based B2B food producer of pasteurized chef-designed meals in reusable glass jars, serving hotels, restaurants, wine bars, fine food shops, and corporate offices. Following its 2024 merger with Maison Le Borvo, the company operates as a unified premium French culinary brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Premium Gourmet Prepared Foods

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311), Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Shelf-Stable/Retort Prepared Meat & Seafood Meals (AFANAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Prepared Meat & Seafood Entrées with Sides (Complete Meals) (AFANAFAI)

Keywords

• Gourmet jar meals
• Pasteurized ready meals
• Hotel food service
• Connected fridge vending
• Artisanal preserved food

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale B2B Product Sales: Boco sells its pasteurized gourmet food products (soups, terrines, plats, desserts) in glass jars to professional clients including hotels, restaurants, fine food shops, wine bars, and hospitality venues. Products are sold by the carton (e.g., cartons of 9 or 18 units) at wholesale/ex-works pricing. Clients include partner hotels for room service, bars, and connected fridge installations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Boco manufactures and distributes pasteurized gourmet dishes (soups, terrines, main courses, desserts) in reusable WECK glass jars, signed by Michelin-starred chefs, with a 3-month shelf life. The company sells these products wholesale to hospitality professionals (hotels, restaurants, fine food shops, wine bars, club houses) who can reheat and serve them in about 1.5–2 minutes without requiring qualified kitchen staff. Boco also offers a connected fridge solution (partnered with e-thik) that enables 24/7 autonomous food retail in hotels and corporate venues.

Product overview

BOCO is a French food company offering pasteurized gourmet dishes and desserts in glass WECK jars, signed by Michelin-starred chefs and renowned pastry chefs. The product portfolio comprises three core solutions: Boco Hôtellerie (hotel room service), Boco Restauration (restaurant/food service), and Boco Frigo Connecté (connected fridge for autonomous 24/7 retail). Product categories include soups, terrines/tartinables, main dishes (plats), and desserts. In 2024, BOCO merged with Maison Le Borvo, a premium smoked salmon producer founded by Daniel Raymond, expanding their offerings with artisanal smoked salmon products. All products are made in Burgundy using artisanal methods, have shelf lives of up to 3 months, and are reheated in 1.5-2 minutes in a microwave.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Boco du monde: A product line featuring international cuisine such as tikka massala and curry dishes.

Products and services

• Boco Hôtellerie (Hotel Room Service) Pasteurized gourmet dishes in glass jars signed by Michelin-starred chefs, with up to 3 months shelf life, sold wholesale to hotels, bed & breakfasts, and guesthouses for premium room service and bar dining 7 days a week.
• Boco Restauration Ready-to-heat gourmet dishes in glass jars for club houses, wine bars, restaurants, sports facilities, tourist infrastructure, fine food shops, and service residences, enabling premium food service without qualified staff or kitchen investment.
• Boco Frigo Connecté (Connected Fridge) Connected fridge with integrated weighing scale technology that enables autonomous 24/7 food retail, real-time inventory tracking, temperature monitoring, and automated expiry alerts in hotels, companies, and hospitality venues; available for purchase or leasing.
• Boco Soups (Soupes) Gourmet pasteurized soups including gaspacho, fish soup, and vegetable veloutés, signed by Michelin-starred chefs, packaged in reusable glass jars and sold wholesale by the carton to professional clients.
• Boco Terrines and Tartinables Artisanal terrines, rillettes, and spreadable products including duck rillettes with orange, salmon rillettes, poultry mousse, pork rillettes, and vegetable spreads, signed by renowned charcutiers and chefs, packaged in glass jars and sold wholesale by the carton.
• Boco Main Dishes (Plats) Gourmet ready-to-heat main courses including beef confit, truffle risotto, pasta, chicken curry/tikka masala, blanquette de volaille, salmon lasagna, duck cassoulet, and scallop dishes, signed by Michelin-starred chefs, packaged in glass jars.
• Boco Desserts Gourmet pasteurized desserts including chocolate lava cake made with Valrhona chocolate, salted butter caramel cream, blueberry compote cheesecake, apple-pear compote, and lemon cream, sold wholesale by the carton to professional clients.
• Pierre Koch Guest Chef Desserts Two exclusive pasteurized dessert creations signed by guest chef Pierre Koch (MOF, Executive Chef EMEA at Bridor), available at partner hotels via room service, bar, or restaurant service.
• Maison Le Borvo (Smoked Salmon & Gourmet Products) Premium artisanal smoked salmon and gourmet prepared dishes brand, founded by Daniel Raymond in 1972, recognized as an Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant in 2022; integrated into the Boco enterprise following the 2024 merger.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3-month shelf life for simplified stock management
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Maison Le BorvocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024After years of close collaboration (since 2018) in which Maison Le Borvo developed the pasteurization process for Boco's jar recipes, the two companies merged in 2024 into a single unified enterprise. Maison Le Borvo, founded by Daniel Raymond in 1972, brings 45+ years of expertise in smoked salmon production and was recognized as an Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant in 2022. The fusion strengthened Boco's production capabilities and culinary heritage.
• e-thikcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Boco partnered with e-thik, a specialist in automatic distribution, to deploy connected fridge solutions for 24/7 autonomous food service. e-thik provides the smart fridge technology (integrated scale, temperature monitoring, real-time inventory management) while Boco supplies the gourmet pasteurized food products. The solution is offered to hotels, companies, and hospitality venues as a turnkey digital offering with negotiated pricing for Boco clients.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Cook: UK-based prepared-meals company that cooks and distributes high-quality meals packaged in portion-sized containers, sold via retail and B2B foodservice channels. Operates a hybrid B2C retail / B2B foodservice model with comparable premium positioning and brand storytelling through named chefs, making it the closest analogue to BOCO's pasteurized jar-to-hospitality proposition.

Broad incumbents

• Bridor: French premium frozen bakery and viennoiserie brand serving hotels, restaurants, and foodservice across Europe. Operates in the same premium B2B hospitality channel as BOCO with comparable R&D-led positioning, but specializes in baked goods rather than complete refrigerated jar meals.
• Nestlé Professional (France): Nestlé's B2B foodservice division provides full-menu ingredient and prepared-meal solutions to hotels, restaurants, and contract caterers across Europe. It is a broad incumbent competing with BOCO for the same hospitality F&B budgets, with broader product breadth and significantly larger scale.
• William Saurin: Heritage French prepared-meals brand offering traditional shelf-stable ready meals (stews, cassoulets, gratins) into retail and foodservice channels. Comparable to BOCO in the French ready-meal category but positioned at mainstream rather than premium price points, often competing for the same venue-F&B listings.
• Compass Group: UK-headquartered global contract foodservice and support services company operating across 30+ countries, including in France and the wider European hospitality sector. Comparable as a buyer (and competitor for) premium B2B hospitality F&B relationships of the kind BOCO services.
• Sodexo: French global food services and facilities management giant operating contract catering, corporate dining, and hospitality solutions across more than 50 countries. Engages with similar end-customers (hotels, corporate venues, clubs) but competes as an operator and integrator rather than as a packaged-meal producer.
• Bonduelle: French prepared vegetable, salad, and ready-meals manufacturer with retail and foodservice operations across Europe. Overlaps with BOCO in prepared-meal categories distributed into hospitality and grocery, though Bonduelle is a much larger and broader packaged-foods player with mass-market positioning.
• Herta: Nestlé-owned French brand specializing in prepared meats, charcuterie, and ready-meal components including pâté, sausage-style products, and convenience meals. Overlaps with BOCO's terrines/rilettes range and reheatable format, but at mass-market price points and through mainstream grocery rather than premium hospitality.
• Brake France (Sysco): Sysco-owned French foodservice distributor supplying restaurants, hotels, and caterers with broad ranges of fresh, frozen, and ambient food products. Tangential competitor for BOCO's wholesale-buyer relationships, with the scale to bundle national contracts against which BOCO's premium-niche range must justify its price premium.

Emerging players

• Picadeli: Swedish-headquartered provider of self-service fresh-food stations and grab-and-go refrigeration solutions for retail and foodservice venues. Overlaps with BOCO's e-thik connected fridge line in the unattended 24/7 food retail thesis, though Picadeli's core offering centers on salads and bowls rather than chef-designed complete meals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bocochefs
• Instagraminstagram.com/boco.fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/boco

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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