Milestones

Chèque Lire (ie. reading voucher) becomes a subsidiary. This is the beginning of diversification in the voucher business in France.

Chèque Déjeuner becomes a partner in the Ristoservice (DAY) meal voucher company alongside Italian cooperative CAMST.

Jacques Landriot is elected President & CEO by all the cooperators.

The group sets up operations in Spain. Chèque Déjeuner acquires Chèque Gourmet.

Chèque Déjeuner’s main office moves to Gennevilliers in the Hauts-de-Seine, nearby Paris.

Chèque Déjeuner creates the Service Voucher to assist vulnerable populations in their everyday lives.

The company becomes the Groupe Chèque Déjeuner.

Operations begin in Czech republic.

Operations begin in Slovakia.

• Chèque Cadhoc becomes a subsidiary of Groupe Chèque Déjeuner.
• Two new products: Chèque Domicile and Chèque Disque (home services and music).

Chèque Déjeuner begins a quality assurance process and obtains its first ISO 9001 certification in France (quality management systems).

Operations begin in Hungary.

Operations begin in Poland.

First ISO 9002 certification for Chèque Déjeuner, in France (Model for quality assurance in production, installation, and servicing).

The Foundation of Groupe Chèque Déjeuner is established under the aegis of the Fondation de France. Its mission is to support project leaders who are fighting against all forms of exclusion and discrimination, and who are creating jobs through social innovation, local and sustainable development, by promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy and democratic governance.

• Chèque Déjeuner and the Resto du Cœur (ie. French charity the name of which means Restaurant of heart/love) create the first donations collection in a corporate setting, with the operation “New Year's Eve Voucher”.
• Launch of Chèque Culture (culture voucher).
• ISO 9001 certification in Italy.

• Creation of the remote management software Domatel.
• Chèque Gourmet, in Spain, is certified ISO 9002 and Chèque Cadhoc is certified ISO 9001.

Operations begin in Romania

Acquisition of the Apologic group, leader in the market for computerizing home care services.

Operations begin in Bulgaria.

Groupe Chèque Déjeuner supports the ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact, notably regarding human rights, labor rights, environmental protection and fighting corruption.

• In France, new vouchers: meal vouchers for volunteers and for voluntary workers.
• The company Info.DB joins Groupe Chèque Déjeuner, a company specializing in social action management software.

Operations begin in Morocco.

• The group's first card is launched: Scènes et Sorties (shows and outings).
• ISO 9001 certification in Bulgaria.

• Acquisition of Softway group (CEV, Alios and the printer Imprimerie Arnaud Bellée), specializing in loyalty programs and network facilitation, paperless transactions and card production.
• Acquisition of Telfix, co-leader in France in the health card update market.
• Chèque Domicile launches the digitalized CESU, called e-cesu.
• 1st carbon footprint in France and ISO 14001 certification for Chèque Déjeuner.

Launch of the meal voucher collection operation “Je Dej, Je Donne” (ie. lunch’n’give in French), with international NGO Action against Hunger (ie. Action Contre la Faim).

Operations begin in Portugal.