What FL Conseil does

FL Conseil is a boutique French consulting and training firm founded in 2004 by Florence Liautaud in Lyon, France. The company specializes in supporting the transformation of collective catering (restauration collective) toward more sustainable, locally sourced, and organic models. Its client base spans corporate employee restaurants, school cafeterias, healthcare facilities, and institutional dining programs, with named engagements across major French enterprises and public institutions including Thales, Michelin, Sanofi, Sodexo, Elior, Orange, CEA Grenoble, Arkema, Crédit Agricole, Banque de France, and Veolia.

The firm delivers four primary service lines — Diagnostic Restauration (catering diagnostics), Assistance Appel d'Offres (tender and procurement assistance), Suivi Qualité (ongoing quality monitoring), and Formation (training). Its proprietary "Virage à table®" methodology, formalized in 2019, provides a structured framework for restaurants and catering operators to pivot toward sustainable sourcing and operations. In 2020, FL Conseil extended this methodology with the "Virage à table®" label, a recognized certification for establishments meeting its sustainability criteria. The company co-initiated the "Manger Bio Local en Entreprise" initiative in 2011 with FRAB AuRA and founded the CIEC network in 2015 to convene practitioners around sustainable catering transformation. Training activities are delivered under QUALIOPI certification.

Revenue is generated through project-based consulting fees, tender support retainers, quality monitoring contracts, training program delivery, and label certification. With a lean team of five core members supplemented by three external experts, the firm concentrates operations in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region while serving a national client base, having trained more than 300 professionals and certified 10 restaurants under the Virage à table® label.

Name

FL Conseil

Legal name

FL Conseil

Website

https://conseilrestauration.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

FL Conseil is a Lyon-based, founder-owned French consulting firm founded in 2004, specializing in sustainable collective catering transformation through diagnostics, tender support, quality monitoring, and training, anchored by its proprietary Virage à table® methodology and label.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Catering Consulting & Training

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Sustainable catering consulting
• Collective catering advisory
• Restaurant contract management
• Catering tender assistance
• Sustainable food training

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting services: Advisory services including restaurant diagnostic, tender assistance, and quality monitoring for contract management. These are project-based engagements with public and private sector clients.
2. Training programs: Training services delivered as a QUALIOPI-certified training organization. Programs cover sustainable catering topics for HR, purchasing, facilities management, communications, social partners, and catering partners. Training is offered inter-company or intra-company, lasting 1-3 days on a quoted basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FL Conseil is a Lyon-based consulting and training firm that helps large enterprises and public institutions transform their collective catering operations toward sustainable, responsible practices. The firm delivers four core service lines — Diagnostic Restauration (baseline assessment), Assistance Appel d'Offres (tender and procurement advisory), Suivi Qualité (quality monitoring), and Formation (QUALIOPI-certified training programs) — built around its proprietary Virage à table® methodology (2019) and Virage à table® sustainability label (2020).

Product overview

FL Conseil is a consulting and training firm in sustainable collective catering, founded in 2004 and based in Lyon, France. Its portfolio centers on four interconnected service lines — Diagnostic Restauration, Assistance Appel d'Offres, Suivi Qualité, and Formation — which together form a full lifecycle offering from baseline assessment through contract management and staff training. FL Conseil's proprietary programs Virage à table® Methodology (2019) and Virage à table® Label (2020) are built atop these core services: the methodology provides the step-by-step transformation framework, while the label certifies restaurants meeting the independent sustainability standard. An earlier co-initiated project, Manger Bio Local en Entreprise (2011), seeded the company's sustainable-catering approach and led to the Club Inter-Établissements et Collectivités (CIEC) client consortium.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Virage à table®: A trademarked brand and methodology created in 2019 for 100% Sustainable Catering, including an accompanying certification label launched in 2020.

Products and services

• Diagnostic Restauration Baseline assessment service that evaluates the current state of a collective restaurant across purchasing composition, food quality, hygiene, team competencies, diner satisfaction, and non-food items, producing a strategic document or specifications guide as the foundation for sustainable catering transformation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300 people trained through FL Conseil training programs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CIEC (Club Inter-Établissements et Collectivités)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Club of corporate and public sector decision-makers for responsible and sustainable catering, created in 2015 and continuously supported by FL Conseil since its inception.
• FRAB AuRA (Fédération Régionale de l'Agriculture Biologique d'Auvergne Rhône-Alpes)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Co-initiated the Manger Bio Local en Entreprise project in 2011, focused on integrating local organic products in corporate catering. This partnership established FL Conseil's foundational approach to sustainable catering.
• ADEME (Agence De l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie)minorOthersFrench environmental protection agency featured as part of FL Conseil's ecosystem of sustainable development partners.
• FNAB (Fédération Nationale de l'Agriculture Biologique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of organic agriculture, co-pilot of Manger Bio Local en Entreprise project and ongoing partner for sustainable catering transformation.
• Régis Marcon (Parrain du label Virage à table®)coreOthersThree-starred Michelin chef endorsing the Virage à table® label since its creation in 2020, bringing culinary credibility to the sustainability certification.
• Compass Group FranceminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor collective catering operator part of FL Conseil's ecosystem of restaurant operator partners.
• Sodexo FranceminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor collective catering operator part of FL Conseil's ecosystem of restaurant operator partners.
• Elior GroupminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor collective catering operator part of FL Conseil's ecosystem of restaurant operator partners.
• Dupont RestaurationminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCollective catering operator part of FL Conseil's ecosystem of restaurant operator partners.
• Ma Cantine (government platform)minorOthersFrench government platform for school catering sustainability tracking, part of ecosystem.
• Léonie Varobieff (Philosopher)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-author of the Manifesto for 100% Sustainable Corporate Catering alongside founder Florence Liautaud. Provides philosophical framework for the One Health approach and sustainable catering ethics.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• BeCitizen: French CSR and sustainable development consultancy supporting organizations with sustainability strategy, reporting and transformation. Comparable to FL Conseil as a French advisory firm focused on operationalizing sustainability commitments for corporate and institutional clients.
• Des Enjeux et des Hommes: French sustainability and CSR advisory firm assisting organizations with their environmental and social transformation. Comparable to FL Conseil as a French independent consultancy pairing sustainability expertise with operational change management for enterprise and public clients.
• Carbone 4: French climate and sustainability consultancy specializing in carbon strategy, climate transition and ESG advisory for corporates and financial institutions. Comparable to FL Conseil as a French mission-driven boutique translating complex sustainability frameworks into client action plans.
• Utopies: Paris-based sustainability strategy and CSR advisory firm founded in 1993. Comparable to FL Conseil as an independent French consultancy helping corporates define and operationalize sustainability strategies, though serving broader industries beyond catering.
• Greenflex: French sustainability and CSR consultancy advising large organizations on environmental transition strategy. Highly comparable to FL Conseil as a French boutique that converts sustainability frameworks into operational transformation programs for corporates and public-sector clients.

Broad incumbents

• EcoCert: France-headquartered global certification body for organic, environmental and social responsibility standards. Comparable to FL Conseil as a French-rooted organization operating sector-specific sustainability labels (organic agriculture, environmental claims), but at vastly larger scale and broader scope than FL Conseil's catering-specific Virage à table® label.
• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection and certification (TIC) major with strong sustainability/ESG service lines. Comparable to FL Conseil as a provider of sustainability auditing and certification services, but at multinational scale and across all industries rather than a French boutique specialized in catering.
• AFNOR Certification: French national standards body and certification operator issuing ISO and sector labels across environment, quality and social responsibility. Comparable to FL Conseil as a French entity issuing sustainability-related labels, but operating as a large established standards organization rather than a niche consultancy-driven label.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Sustainability & Climate Practice: Big-4 firm's sustainability and climate change advisory practice in France, serving large corporates and public institutions on ESG strategy, reporting and transformation. Comparable to FL Conseil in serving enterprise sustainability mandates, but as part of a much larger portfolio of professional services.

Others

• Sodexo France: Major French collective catering operator that is part of FL Conseil's ecosystem and partner network. Comparable as an adjacent rather than competing counterpart: Sodexo operates the catering sites while FL Conseil advises the corporate donneurs d'ordre, and the two are commercially complementary rather than direct competitors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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