Elle reprend l'usine familiale à 27 ans... et enchaîne toutes les crises - Maison Patignac

11 Aug 2026 · 44 min
43:42

In this episode of the Vivement la Reprise podcast, host Philippine Dolbeau interviews Maud Deltel‑Patignier, who at 27 bought and turned around her family’s conserverie, Maison Patignac, located near Toulouse. Maud recounts the rapid decision‑making that led to buying the business, her house, and getting married in the same week, and the financial and legal obstacles she faced, including banks’ reluctance to fund a young female entrepreneur and a notary’s humiliating treatment. She describes the severe crises that hit early on – the 2019 avian flu that eliminated duck meat and foie gras, followed by the COVID‑19 lockdown while she was seven months pregnant – and how these forced her to diversify the product range. Maud details the operational “quick wins” she implemented: rationalising production lines, moving to a single‑product‑per‑day model to reduce allergen cross‑contamination, optimising stock levels, cutting costly suppliers, and introducing a simple Excel stock‑management tool. These actions helped lift the company from €1.8 M in revenue with negligible profit to €2.4 M and a 300 % increase in results, while maintaining a ten‑person team with low turnover. She explains the importance of building legitimacy by working on the shop floor and listening to employees, and highlights the gender‑related challenges she encountered in banking, legal, and notarial contexts, which motivated her to support other women through Réseau Entreprendre and the Osez Oser program. The interview also covers the current product portfolio (terrines, pâtés, rillettes, low‑fat foie gras, plant‑based spreads, specialty items like wasabi‑infused pet pâtés), the shift from a traditional conserverie to an agro‑food factory producing 800 000 units annually, and future plans for a major expansion with two new, partially automated production lines and a focus on contract manufacturing. Maud ends with advice for aspiring repreneurs: treat family negotiations as formal transactions, secure strong expert counsel, stay humble, and simply “launch yourself.”

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