Our business : Supermarkets

DOUCE FRANCE & GASTRONOME fresh and frozen products

The Gastronome Group offers a complete and segmented product range based on two brands: Douce France for fresh products and Gastronome  for frozen products.

Our products: a high-quality offer

Its geographical coverage, powerful upstream supply system and its total quality policy enable the Gastronome Group to offer a complete response to all requirements as to poultry products.

Gastronome's expertise covers the rearing of a wide variety of species (chickens, turkeys, duck, guinea fowl, etc.) a number of quality marks (traditional, the French Label Rouge system, organic, etc.) and all types of preparation (raw, cooked, whole, joints, fresh, frozen, etc.).

Ever responsive to their consumers, Douce France and Gastronome are continuously innovating to develop products providing increased satisfaction and practicality. 

Douce France, our branded poultry in the Fresh section.

Douce France is the fresh products brand name for the Gastronome Group. Douce France is the guarantee of a quality meal, with a complete and diverse product range offering new ideas every day.

Douce France successfully responds to the needs and expectations of its consumers by offering an extensive range of high quality products: whole birds or joints (reared on an exclusively vegetable-based diet), and ready to cook or ready to eat processed poultry products….

Douce France makes your life easier!

Gastronome, our branded poultry in the Frozen .

Gastronome is one of the leading brands of poultry-based products in the Frozen sector. It is a modern and consumer-friendly brand providing satisfaction and quality for all types of family meal.

It is available in supermarkets and also from suppliers of home-delivered frozen products, with an extensive range of processed poultry products: cordon bleu recipes, nuggets, chicken escalopes for everyday meals, as well as traditional stuffed products for special occasions: stuffed guinea fowl, capons, individual specialities.

At Gastronome we combine the benefits of poultry with the pleasure of cooking!

Organic poultry

Gastronome is the market leader in Organic products

The AB logo (French organic label) is the guarantee of a method of production which is eco-friendly and complies with the highest animal welfare standards.
Organic products are more healthy as they have a high vitamin and mineral content.
Gastronome certifies that its poultry is fed exclusively on organic products.
The brand: Douce France .

Douce France Organic chickens guaranteed... Good Chickens !

Compassion In World Faming (CIWF), an international NGO dedicated to
the welfare of farm animals, rewarded the Douce France organic range
during the 1st edition of the Good Chicekn Awards hels on 20 October 2010
in Paris.
The Good Chicken award launched in 2010 by the CIWF celebrates Douce France's
commitment to the compassionate farming of its organic free-range chickens.
The chickens are raised at their own pace, with plenty of space, free access to the
outdoors and organic food.
This is why Douce France organic free-range chickens were awarded this distinction.
Not to mention that the chickens are packed in biodegradable trays and films !

A regional range to meet consumer needs and expectations

Gastronome is extending consumer choice by offering a wide range of regional products.
We are actively involved in the Label Rouge quality system in France.

Leading brands expressing strong concepts 

Fermiers d’Ancenis and Fermier de Champagne are the Group's leading brands.
Each of these brands is deeply rooted in its local region, whilst enjoying a national marketing profile.

Label Rouge free range poultry
The Label Rouge [Red Label] system sets and applies very high quality standards, ensuring the meat's superior flavour qualities.

• Fermier d'Ancenis, France's third largest production centre, supplying all types of distributor with fresh and frozen products. Gastronome is the first producer to have equipped all its farms with  traditional perches, enabling the birds to exhibit their natural behaviour.



• Fermiers de Champagne and de la Drôme, located in regions known for their quality and within easy reach of the regional markets.

The Ancenis Label Rouge chicken also won a Good Chicken award !

Compassion In World Faming (CIWF), an international NGO dedicated to the
welfare of farm animals, rewarded the Ancenis Label Rouge free-range chicken
during the 1st edition of the Good Chicken Awards held on 20 October 2010 in Paris.
The Good Chicken award launched in 2010 by the CIWF celebrates the commitment
to the compassionate farming of the Ancenis Label Rouge free-range chickens.
The chickens are raised at their own pace, with plenty of space and free access to
the outdoors.
This is why the Ancenis Label Rouge free-range chickens were awarded this distinction !

Quality  Certified poultry
Certified by Third party, Gastronome Gourmand poultry meets every consumer requirement: originality, quality, safety, choice, a controlled vegetable-based diet.
Benefiting from a label known throughout Europe, the range includes both fresh and frozen products and is popular with all types of distributor.

Halal range

A range suitable for all consumers seeking a Halal product: the brand SHEMS (shems means Sun).
What does Halal mean?
Halal means "lawful" and indicates a product prepared in accordance with Muslim dietary laws.
An animal is deemed to be Halal when it has been slaughtered in accordance with certain conditions defined by Islam.
Gastronome once again proves its commitment to meeting the expectations of all its consumers.

Fresh own brand products

Drawing on its partnerships with the major national distribution centres, Gastronome Distribution has become a specialist in the development of customer’s own label products.
The group offers a complete range of classic poultry products, own label or produced in response to consumer demand in terms of quality, safety and practicality.
This extensive range is suitable for all market segments, in France and elsewhere: from economy ranges to Own Brand, from traditional sections to pre-packed.

Our product ranges :

• Quality marked, certified or vegetable fed whole poultry or joints
• Cooked processed products: baked, breaded, flavoured wings…
• Ready to cook processed products: stuffed poultry and roasting joints, marinated joints…
• Chicken cooked meat products

Our ambition : to be recognised as an expert and pro-active practitioner  for Own Brands.

Our actions :

• responding to calls from customers for new products to dynamise the segment.
• developing growth areas in Own Brands in the nutrition, service and premium sectors.
  

Own Brands deliner brand image and differentiation for the company:
highly attentive to the new consumer trends (health products, snacking, etc.), Gastronome is investing in genuinely innovative products which will generate added value for the company brand.
The objective is to build and retain new customer bases for the companies that we work with.