Turnover: 7 million EUR (2017)
Country: France
- 1981: Creation of Café Michel: Michel Gélis sets up an artisanal roasting workshop in Pessac, Gironde, mainly serving hotels, bars and restaurants.
- 1993: Café Michel is the first French roaster to offer fair-trade coffees in France
- 2011 Café Michel's founder retires.
- SCOP Café Michel and ETHIQUABLE create new synergies and revamp the company's business plan, drawing on the complementary strengths of the two structures.
- The teas, chocolates and sugars now sold under the Terra Etica banner highlight the origin of the products: cooperatives of organic producers supported by demanding fair trade standards.
- Terra Etica products come from fair trade and small-scale organic farming.