P'tits Poids Carottes S.a.r.l.

What P'tits Poids Carottes S.a.r.l. does

P'tits Poids Carottes S.a.r.l. is a privately-held French zero-waste bulk grocery and community-commerce operator based in Belle-Beille, Angers, with a single physical store at 62 Avenue du Général Patton opened on December 19, 2020. The company runs a multi-revenue format that combines a bulk ('vrac') grocery offering covering an estimated 80–90% of household daily needs with an on-site café-cantine, a programmed calendar of zero-waste workshops and events, a co-developed RSE escape game ('Carottes et Pignons') for corporate team building, parcel-pickup services (Mondial Relay and Relais Colis), and a B2B enterprise offer for local companies. Pricing is unit-based across all streams — products by weight or unit, prepared meals priced €7–€10, workshops €25–€45, and escape-game sessions €250–€1,000 — with no disclosed subscription tiers and revenue concentrated in pay-as-you-go transactions.

The business is built on a curated local sourcing network of more than 50 producers, with stated thresholds of over 50% of product references from the Maine-et-Loire department and over 75% from the Pays de la Loire region, and a single strategic supplier (Bocaux du Bocage) providing prepared meals for the café. The technology layer is deliberately low-tech: a standard point-of-sale system, an own-brand e-commerce storefront with click & collect and real-time stock, and cargo-bike logistics for delivery within Angers, Beaucouzé, and Bouchemaine for orders above €50. Marketing is community-led via a content blog, organic social presence on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp, an email newsletter, and recurring in-store events, supported by an activated extension site at ptitspoidscarottes.com.

Customer acquisition is fragmented across eco-conscious individual consumers in Angers and surrounding municipalities, café lunch users, gift buyers, families with young children, and local B2B enterprises. The company is bootstrapped via a Bluebees crowdfunding campaign in October–November 2020 that reached its maximum third-tier objective to finance nut-butter production equipment, with no subsequent institutional funding, parent entity, or subsidiary relationships disclosed. Headcount remains small at approximately 5–8 people, comprising the owner, one salaried employee (Marion Poiraud), and rotating apprentices from local vocational schools.

Name

P'tits Poids Carottes S.a.r.l.

Legal name

P'tits Poids Carottes S.a.r.l.

Website

https://ptitspoidscarottes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

P'tits Poids Carottes is a single-location zero-waste bulk grocery, café-cantine, and community-events operator in Angers, France, serving local eco-conscious consumers, café diners, and B2B clients with locally sourced organic products and an RSE escape game.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Zero-Waste Bulk Grocery Retail

NAICS

All Other Specialty Food Retailers (445298), Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers (42449)

SIC

Retail-Food Stores (5400), Retail-Eating Places (5812), Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Food & Refill Stores (Package-Free/Zero-Waste) (CRAHAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Natural/Organic Bulk & Supplement Grocers (CRAHAMAF), Warehouse-Style Bulk Grocers (Membership/Non-membership) (CRAHAMAB)

Keywords

• Zero waste grocery
• Bulk food retail
• Organic local sourcing
• Cafe canteen service
• Team building events

Headquarters

HQ city

Angers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Bulk Retail Sales: Core revenue from selling products in bulk (vrac) without packaging, including organic and local food products, household cleaning products, hygiene and cosmetic products, and accessories. Products are sold by weight (per kg) or unit price. Over 50% of references from the department, over 75% from the region.
2. Café-Cantine & Prepared Meals: Daily restaurant service Monday to Friday offering prepared meals from partner Bocaux du Bocage (local products transformed in La Jumelière). Beverages including teas, coffees, hot chocolate, local lemonades, juices, beers, wines throughout the day. Takeaway and dine-in options.
3. Events & Workshops: Revenue from paid workshops (paper weaving, cyanotype, calligraphy, etc.) priced 25-45€ per session. Also escape game 'Carottes et Pignons' team building events priced 250-1000€ depending on group size.
4. Enterprise Corporate Offers: Corporate packages including bulk fruit/vegetable baskets delivery, zero waste product offerings for events, personalized gift baskets, RSE presentations, and escape game team building for businesses.
5. Online Click & Collect: Online ordering system where customers select products, choose pickup time, pay online, and collect in-store. Free bike delivery with code GOVELO for orders over 50€.
6. Parcel Collection Services: Revenue from being a Mondial Relay and Relais Colis pickup point. Additional services include printing Relais Colis labels and collecting used batteries for recycling.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

P'tits Poids Carottes operates a zero-waste bulk grocery store selling approximately 80–90% of daily consumer products (food, hygiene, cleaning, accessories) without packaging, complemented by an on-site café-cantine serving prepared meals from local partner Bocaux du Bocage. The business also runs paid workshops, an RSE-themed escape game, parcel collection services, and B2B corporate offerings such as gift baskets, event catering, and workplace fruit/vegetable delivery via cargo bike.

Product overview

P'tits Poids Carottes is a zero waste bulk grocery store and multi-activity commerce in Angers operating around three core pillars: (1) a bulk grocery store offering 80-90% of daily products including bulk food, fresh produce, dairy, beverages, hygiene, cleaning products and accessories; (2) an on-site café-cantine serving prepared meals from local partner Bocaux du Bocage; and (3) events including workshops and the Carottes et Pignons escape game for team building. The company also operates an online store with bike delivery, serves B2B clients through corporate gift and catering services, and provides parcel collection points via Mondial Relay and Relais Colis partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Épicerie vrac (Zero-Waste Bulk Grocery Store) Core zero-waste bulk grocery offering covering an estimated 80–90% of daily consumer products—including food, hygiene, cleaning products, and accessories—sold in bulk or in consigned containers with priority on organic and local sourcing. Targeted at individual consumers in the Angers metropolitan area.
• Espace café-cantine (Café and Canteen)

Quantifiable outcome

• 80-90% of daily household products available without packaging waste
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bocaux du BocagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal company that transforms products in La Jumelière. Provides prepared meals (bocaux) for the café-cantine service. Offers variety of vegetarian and traditional dishes daily including gaspacho, lentil salads, soups, polenta, risotto, veggie chili, and desserts. Partnership allows daily fresh meal offerings without kitchen on premises.
• Sybilline EscapadecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-designed the 'Carottes et Pignons' escape game - an RSE team building activity. Sybilline provides expertise in gamification and environmental education while P'tits Poids Carottes provides zero waste content and retail space.
• Point LocalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation launched in March 2017 by the founders to present an interactive map of where to consume bio, local, and/or zero waste. Pre-dates the store and helped build local ecosystem awareness.
• Rêve des VachescoreOthersLocal bio and local dairy products supplier. Provides fresh dairy items including yogurts and cheese used in store products and café offerings.
• La Ferme bio Du Point Du JourcoreOthersOrganic local farm providing fresh pasta products. Represents the store's commitment to local organic sourcing from regional producers.
• La Grande Maison - BoumardcoreOthersOrganic vegetable supplier providing fresh produce for the store and vegetable baskets. Weekly supply of seasonal local organic vegetables.
• 50+ local producers and supplierscoreOthersOver 50 local partners including: Belle de Maine (bio beers), Belledonne (bio biscuits), Penrose (drinks and mushrooms), Supersec (bio chocolates), Cueillette & Popote (bio local jams), Prosain (bio conserves), Endro (natural cosmetics), Sterne & Mousse (bio local lemonades and beers), Miel & Loire (honeys), Vanilla Bridge (vanilla), La Route des Comptoirs (bio teas), and many more covering food, beverages, cosmetics, and accessories.
• Welcome Service CopyminorOthersNeighbor business located next to the store on the small square. Listed as a nearby landmark to help customers find the store location.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vrac'n Roll: French zero-waste bulk grocery retailer with a similar package-free format and emphasis on local/organic sourcing. Comparable in customer segment (eco-conscious urban shoppers) and category positioning.
• Day by Day: French franchise of zero-waste bulk grocery stores offering the same package-free retail model across multiple French cities. Closest direct comparison to P'tits Poids Carottes' core epicerie vrac concept, though operating through a franchise model versus an independent store.
• O.bio: French chain of organic and zero-waste bulk grocery stores. Directly comparable in product mix (organic, bulk, local) and target eco-conscious consumer segment, but operates multiple store locations rather than a single independent site.

Broad incumbents

• La Vie Claire: Established French organic retailer with bulk sections and an expanding store network. Comparable on organic product mix and customer demographic, but a much broader assortment and not focused on zero-waste as the central identity.
• Satoriz: French organic retail chain with strong regional roots in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and growing national footprint. Comparable on organic positioning and bulk offerings, but at significantly larger scale and with conventional supermarket-format stores.
• Biocoop: France's largest network of organic and bulk grocery stores, with hundreds of locations nationwide. Overlaps with P'tits Poids Carottes on organic and bulk assortment, but operates at vastly greater scale and competes on price rather than hyperlocal provenance.
• Naturalia: French organic and natural products retail chain (subsidiary of Carrefour group) operating in major French cities. Comparable in serving eco-conscious urban consumers with organic assortment, but offers a wider range including non-bulk items and is integrated with national distribution.

Regional players

• On Passe au Vrac: Independent zero-waste bulk grocery store in La Châtre (Indre) where the founder completed a training stage in early 2020. Direct format peer in a similar small-city French context, although not in the same region as P'tits Poids Carottes.
• Au Tour du Vrac: Independent zero-waste bulk grocery store in Tours (Indre-et-Loire) where the founder completed a training internship in early 2020. Same format and customer target as P'tits Poids Carottes, but operating in the Centre-Val de Loire region rather than Pays de la Loire.
• L'Echo des Bocaux: Independent zero-waste bulk grocery store in Saumur (Maine-et-Loire) where the founder of P'tits Poids Carottes completed a training internship in 2019. Closest geographic peer in the same department, directly comparable in format and target customer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ptitspoidscarottes
• Instagraminstagram.com/ptits_poids_carottes
• TikToktiktok.com/@ptits_poids_carottes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ptits-poids-carottes

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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