grande boucherie premiere

What grande boucherie premiere does

Grande Boucherie Première is a French family-owned wholesale meat and charcuterie distributor founded in 1905 in Les Halles de Paris and currently operating from the Marché International de Rungis. The company supplies premium fresh, frozen, and prepared meat products — breed-specific beef (Charolais, Simmental, Salers, Angus), veal, lamb, pork (including Basque/Xonko regional varieties), poultry (duck, turkey, guinea fowl, free-range chicken), charcuterie/traiteur, and offal — to professional foodservice clients across traditional restaurants, starred establishments, brasseries, luxury hotels, and, since the 2018 merger with CDEC, collective catering operations including hospitals, military, and central kitchens.

Operations are organized around an overnight production window (00h–08h) and a 14-vehicle refrigerated fleet (10 Paris intra-muros, 4 suburbs) equipped with Masternaut geolocation and real-time container temperature monitoring, with each shipment SSCC-barcode labeled for traceability. HACCP compliance is applied across production and logistics. Commercial coverage is delivered by dedicated technico-commerciaux available from 6am, supported by back-office télévendeuses, with quote-based B2B pricing (no public price list). A separate consumer-facing affiliate brand, 'Comme à la boucherie', handles retail demand.

The business is third-generation family-controlled (PDG Pierre Dubois, grandson of 1956 successor Lucien Dubois) with Philippe Langlois as Directeur Général following the CDEC merger; no external institutional or venture funding is disclosed. The company remains Île-de-France-centric with no stated geographic expansion beyond Paris and its suburbs.

Name

grande boucherie premiere

Legal name

Boucherie Première CDEC

Website

https://boucherie-1ere.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1905

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Grande Boucherie Première is a family-owned Paris-area wholesale butcher, founded 1905 and based at Rungis MIN, distributing premium meat, poultry, and charcuterie to traditional restaurants, hotels, brasseries, and collective catering clients across Île-de-France via an owned refrigerated fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Meat Distribution

NAICS

Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991)

SIC

Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Further Processing (Cooked, Smoked, Cured & Deli Meats) (AFAKALAD)

Keywords

• Wholesale meat distribution
• Professional meat supplier
• Charcuterie wholesale
• Foodservice meat supply
• Paris butcher wholesale

Headquarters

HQ city

Rungis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Meat and Poultry Products: Sale of fresh, frozen, and prepared meat products (beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry) to professional foodservice clients including restaurants, hotels, brasseries, and collective catering establishments

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grande Boucherie Première is a B2B wholesale meat distributor supplying premium fresh, frozen, and prepared meat and charcuterie to professional foodservice clients across the Île-de-France region. It processes and cuts beef, veal, lamb, pork, and poultry overnight and delivers from midnight through the morning using a 14-vehicle refrigerated fleet, operating from its production facility at the Marché International de Rungis.

Product overview

Grande Boucherie Première operates as a wholesale meat and charcuterie supplier serving professional clients in traditional and collective catering. The product portfolio centers on premium fresh, frozen, and prepared meat products organized across eight major categories: (1) breed-specific beef (Charolais, Simmental, Salers, Angus), (2) poultry including duck, turkey, and free-range chicken, (3) veal cuts, (4) lamb, (5) pork including Basque/Xonko regional varieties, (6) charcuterie and traiteur prepared products, (7) triperie (offal), and (8) a French-origin certified sub-line. The company functions as a single-category wholesale food supplier rather than a multi-module software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beef Products (Charolais, Simmental, Salers, Angus) Premium beef sourced from renowned French breeds (Charolais, Simmental, Salers) and Angus cattle, offered as whole cuts, portion-controlled steaks, ground beef, and specialty cuts, sold to professional chefs and foodservice kitchens.
• Poultry Products Diverse poultry offerings including fat duck, turkey, guinea fowl, rabbit, quail, capon, and chicken (standard Class A and fermier/free-range), supplied whole, in portions, as confits, foie gras, and smoked items to professional kitchens.
• Veal Products Premium veal cuts from the thigh (cuisseau), rib (carré), and lower (basse) portions, including whole cuts, medallions, escalopes, osso buco, and prepared stuffed roasts for professional chefs.
• Lamb Products Whole lamb carcasses and primal cuts from EU sources, including chops, rack of lamb, saddle, gigot, and steaks, supplied in portions for grilling, pan-searing, and slow cooking.
• Pork Products Comprehensive pork offerings including fresh cuts, South-West regional varieties (Basque pork/Xonko), suckling pig, and semi-salted preparations, spanning loins, shoulders, ribs, belly, and specialty items for professional buyers.
• Charcuterie & Traiteur Prepared charcuterie and delicatessen products including andouillette, andouille, boudin noir, rillettes, chorizo, cooked ham, dry-cured hams (Auvergne, Parma, Serrano, Speck), terrines, saucisses, saucisson sec, and prepared dishes such as lasagna bolognese and tripe à la mode de Caen.
• Triperie (Offal Products) Variety of organ meats (offal) from veal, pork, beef, and lamb including liver, kidney, heart, tongue, brain, sweetbreads, veal head, and trotters for traditional French cuisine preparations.
• French Origin Certified Products (Beef, Veal, Lamb, Pork, Poultry) Sub-category of products with verified French origin across beef, veal, lamb, pork, and poultry, meeting French domestic sourcing requirements for professional buyers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cold chain integrity and full traceability maintained through SSCC labeling and Masternaut geolocation

Named customers8 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

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bigard: France's largest meat producer and distributor (parent of Charal and Tendriade), covering beef, veal, pork, and poultry. Comparable as a broad-line French meat supplier but operates at vastly greater scale and across all channels, not specialized in premium Parisian foodservice.
• Charal: Major French beef-focused meat brand and a subsidiary of Bigard, supplying retail and foodservice nationwide. Comparable in core beef category and foodservice distribution, but operates at national scale with a branded consumer proposition Grande Boucherie Première lacks.
• Transgourmet France: French foodservice cash-and-carry and delivery operator (part of the Coop group), distributing fresh, frozen, and dry foods including meat to restaurants, hotels, and caterers. Comparable foodservice B2B distribution channel but operates a multi-category broadline model.
• METRO France: Major French foodservice distributor (wholesale and delivery) serving HoReCa professionals with multi-category assortment including fresh meat. Comparable in foodservice distribution and Paris coverage, but operates a broadline cash-and-carry model rather than a specialized butcher proposition.
• Pomona (EpiSaveurs / PassionFroid): France's leading specialized foodservice distributor with multi-category ranges including meat (PassionFroid) for restaurants and collective catering. Comparable in serving restaurants and collective catering across France, but at significantly larger scale and broader assortment.

Direct peers

• Elivia: French beef and veal processor supplying foodservice, retailers, and butchers across France. Directly comparable as a beef/veal processor-distributor serving professional kitchens, though with broader geographic reach beyond Île-de-France.
• Kermené: Meat-processing subsidiary of the E.Leclerc group producing beef, pork, poultry, and charcuterie for retail and foodservice. Comparable meat-processing and foodservice-supply activities with similar product breadth across fresh and prepared meats.
• Tendriade: French veal specialist (Bigard group) supplying butchers, foodservice, and retailers. Directly comparable in the veal sub-category where Grande Boucherie Première also competes, with a comparable premium-butcher positioning.
• Boucheries André: Historic Parisian butcher and meat-distributor serving restaurants and individual clients with a heritage brand analogous to Grande Boucherie Première. Closely comparable as a Paris-based boucherie serving gastronomy clients, though with a heavier consumer-channel mix.
• Distrijessy: French meat and charcuterie wholesaler serving foodservice clients with a comparable product range (fresh meat, charcuterie, prepared products). Comparable as a mid-sized B2B meat distributor with overlapping customer segments in restaurants and caterers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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