FOOD HAUTE COUTURE ATTITUDE !
Developers of excellence in retail food spaces
Creativity, Passion, Mastery of business models...
A thorough understanding of the state of the French and European markets
Creativity and imagination recognized for over 30 years
A keen eye for detail
A work about beauty and aesthetics, but not only that…
Your requirement is ours
For our clients, we always strive to...
To create an ambiance and atmosphere specific to the desired objective
To attract a spirit of curiosity,
To propose disruptive ideas,
To offer the customer a new journey, a new experience.
We never forget to...
We offer you control over creation and operating costs,
Aim for profitability, even in the short and medium term, with solid Business Plans.
Food, a market of value(s)
A market undergoing profound transformation
The retail sector is currently undergoing a major transformation, including in the food sector, with fierce competition from e-commerce.
Retail outlets and shops seem to be less and less frequented, often unattractive, and yet they represent crucial and indispensable meeting points with a social function, to stimulate the desire to buy and strengthen customer relationships.
It is up to us to offer innovative spaces, with genuine shopping experiences, places for meeting, exchanging and sharing.
How to bring customers back? The food market is at a crossroads, but it remains a safe bet.
Quality is making a strong comeback among consumers, with a need for increased transparency about origins, but crises are challenging strategic commercial approaches towards customers.
It is no longer enough to have the right products at the right price, we must rethink sales spaces so that the customer can experience a new journey, a new experience.
We want to interpret retail spaces differently and seek to create attractive, vibrant, and communal spaces with an exceptional character and a distinctive customer experience.
We want to invent new concepts.
Food is the market of the future
The concept above all
Before thinking about the product, let's think about the concept.
What will make the difference in the future is no longer necessarily the products, but the concept itself.
Entry-level, mid-range, and high-end brands all have more or less the same products in their respective sectors.
Some retail spaces are doing well 😇 but most have not invested and are now aging, unattractive and lacking in innovation.
Our recommendations and concrete concept proposals link the ambitious, original, innovative, sometimes even unconventional side, with the essential need to be concrete, pragmatic, realistic, and in line with economic realities.
Dreams are beautiful and rewarding, but they still have to be profitable!
Supporting the pioneers
Some of our references:
Trust in experience
Pizza Hut
Manager, 20 Restaurant Openings
Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
Restaurant Manager, La Terrasse
Galeries Lafayette Berlin
Director of Lafayette Gourmet,
Food Management Controller + Fashion
Karstadt Premium Group
Food Director (KaDeWe, Oberpollinger, Alsterhaus), Gourmet Creation 3,500 M2
Jero Potsdam
Creator of the concept and Founder of Jérô, Gourmet Grocery Restaurant
The Great Grocery Store
Creation of the new concept for La Grande Épicerie de Paris (Le Bon Marché)
The Samaritaine
Proposal for a high-end, three-story food concept
Fauchon
Financial audit and proposal for a complete overhaul of the concept
Héritage Passion
Creator of the concept and Founder of Héritage Passion, a delicatessen, wine cellar, and restaurant
Terrace Designer
Terrace designer, a historic space embodying "French living" and a key driver of revenue
Unique expertise
30
Years of Experience
7
Country of intervention
50
Openings
Restaurants
+20
Food Spaces
An expert process
Trends
Continuous monitoring of market developments and trend tracking
Customer
Listening, analyzing and contextualizing customer expectations
Offer
Proposal and presentation of the offer with different scenarios where applicable
Concept
The concept was created in collaboration with the client and their teams.
Naming & Branding
Brand name research, logo proposals
Technical
Technical Development
Brands
Brand acquisitions based on projects
Communication
Brand strategy and communication plan, in partnership with the client
Implementation
Monitoring of implementation, construction site and compliance with conceptual standards
Training
Support for staff training activities
Quality
Post-opening monitoring and implementation of quality standards
What if we talked about it?
We appreciate your questions, your feedback, and of course your suggestions for improvement.
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Interview with Jérôme Gauliard of TV78, late 2021 on the impact of the COVID crisis on food businesses in villages.
Film produced by the German channel ARD, in 2012, for its flagship program "Abenteuer Leben" (Adventurous Life).