MOZZALAT France

What MOZZALAT France does

Mozzalat is a privately held French B2B food wholesaler headquartered in Évreux (28 rue Gay Lussac, 27000), specializing in the distribution of Italian and French gastronomic products to restaurant and foodservice professionals across France. The company was founded more than 21 years ago (with a separate "over 15 years" reference creating ambiguity around the exact start date) and operates under the legal name Mozzalat with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or institutional investors. Its assortment spans cheese and dairy, charcuterie and meats, seafood, groceries, frozen IQF products, wines and spirits, and pizza accessories, sourced from roughly two dozen Italian and French brand partners including Surgital, 5 Stagioni, Mazza, Sabatino, Demetra, Gi.Metal, Grancœur, Jean Floc'h, Renna, Luxlait, Sodiaal, Clemente, Caula, and Caffè Borbone Napoli.

The underlying technology is conventional for the category: IQF (Individual Quick Freezing) is the only proprietary-feeling capability referenced, applied to frozen pastas and sauces through partner Surgital (now within Pastificio Bacchini). The commercial platform is a B2B e-commerce website (mozzalat.fr) with account login, order history, personalized offers, favorites, a downloadable PDF catalog, recipes content, and newsletter capture — supplemented by social share buttons and occasional trade-show presence (e.g., Parizza in March 2021). Distribution is via Mozzalat's own truck fleet in five core French departments (Île de France, Haute Normandie, Oise, Eure-et-Loir, Calvados), with carrier-based solutions for customers elsewhere in France; the company claims national reach across the French "hexagone."

Mozzalat's business model is straightforward wholesale: unit-priced B2B catalog sales in euros HT (excluding tax) with modest volume discounts (e.g., par 6 wine cases, par 3 tomato packs), pay-as-you-go billing, and no disclosed subscription or recurring contract structure. The customer base is fragmented — independent French restaurateurs buying in mixed baskets — with no named anchor accounts, no public case studies, and no disclosed revenue or headcount figures in the available data. Marketing relies on the website, newsletter, trade-show attendance, and organic social sharing rather than paid acquisition.

Name

MOZZALAT France

Legal name

Mozzalat

Website

https://mozzalat.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mozzalat is a privately held French B2B food wholesaler based in Évreux, distributing Italian and French specialty products — cheeses, charcuterie, frozen IQF pastas, groceries, wines, and pizza accessories — to restaurant and foodservice professionals across France via own-truck delivery and e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian & French Food Wholesale Distribution

NAICS

Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers (42449)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty & Gourmet Foods Wholesale Distribution (CRAOAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cheese Wholesale (AFAIAEAC), Foodservice / HORECA Produce Wholesale (AFAIACAI), Pastry, Cakes & Desserts Wholesale (AFAIAFAB)

Keywords

• Italian food wholesale
• B2B foodservice distribution
• Restaurant food supply
• Frozen food distribution
• Italian gourmet products

Headquarters

HQ city

Évreux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. B2B Wholesale Product Sales: Wholesale distribution of Italian and French food products (meats, charcuterie, cheeses, frozen products, epicerie, wines, spirits) to restaurants and foodservice professionals. Products sold in bulk quantities at wholesale prices in euros excl. tax.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MOZZALAT France is a B2B wholesale distributor of Italian and French specialty food products — cheeses, charcuterie, seafood, groceries, wines, spirits, coffee, and IQF frozen items — sold to restaurant professionals through a branded e-commerce catalog. The company aggregates products from multiple Italian and French suppliers (Surgital, 5 Stagioni, Sabatino, Grancœur, Jean Floc'h, Clemente, Sodiaal, etc.) and delivers them using its own refrigerated truck fleet in core French regions.

Product overview

MOZZALAT France is a food wholesaler/distributor specializing in Italian and French food products for restaurant professionals (B2B). The company operates as an e-commerce platform offering a comprehensive catalog of Italian and French food products, including fresh and frozen pastas (Surgital IQF), artisanal cheeses (Italian and French AOC cheeses), charcuterie, specialty oils (Clemente, Mazza), truffle products (Sabatino), prepared dishes, and Italian wines. The business model centers on distributing products from multiple Italian and French brand partners to restaurateurs across France, with direct delivery capabilities in Île-de-France, Haute Normandie, Oise, Eure-et-Loir, and Calvados regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wholesale Italian & French Specialty Food Distribution B2B wholesale distribution of Italian and French specialty food products to restaurant professionals.

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

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• École Française de PizzaiolominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting pizza professional training in France. Listed as a partner on Mozzalat's website footer alongside other pizza-related organizations.
• Réseau GRANCOEURcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork/distributor for Grancœur products. Grancœur is a cooperative grouping products from different independent producers. Mozzalat distributes Grancœur products including butters, creams, mushrooms, and more.
• Le 5 StagionicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorItalian flour brand specialized for pizza. Mozzalat distributes 5 Stagioni products including pizza flours (W310 Type 00). Le 5 Stagioni is referenced as a partner organization.
• SurgitalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpecialist in IQF (Individual Quick Frozen) pastas and sauces. Mozzalat distributes Surgital products and features Surgital recipes on their website. Surgital has rebranded with new packaging.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Pomona Group: France's largest specialized HORECA distributor with multiple divisions: PassionFroid (frozen), TerreAzur (seafood), EpiSaveurs (specialty). Overlaps Mozzalat's frozen IQF category and specialty food assortment with nationwide distribution reach.
• Sysco France: One of France's largest broadline HORECA distributors (formed from the acquisition of Brake France), serving restaurants and food-service operators nationally. Comparable B2B foodservice wholesale model and competes in Italian/specialty categories that overlap Mozzalat's portfolio.
• Transgourmet France: Coop-owned HORECA wholesale distributor operating across France with full national coverage. Comparable B2B restaurant/foodservice distribution model and product breadth spanning fresh, frozen, dry grocery, beverages, and specialty Italian lines.
• Davigel: French frozen-food HORECA distributor (owned by Sysco) supplying restaurants with frozen pastas, sauces, vegetables, and prepared dishes. Direct overlap with Mozzalat's IQF pastas/sauces and Surgital partnership category.
• METRO France: France's leading cash & carry HORECA chain, serving restaurants, caterers, and food-service professionals across the country. Overlaps with Mozzalat's B2B foodservice channel and broad Italian/specialty assortment, but operates at vastly larger national scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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