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Coverage in websites and magazines (in French)
Pagachey in L’Info Durable, a leading French media outlet on sustainable development.
The entertainment website Golem13 features Pagachey
Psychologies magazine (summer 2019) recommends Pagachey to its readers
Positivr presents Pagachey
FlorianOnAir wearing a great Pagachey T-shirt!
Le Bonbon article about Pagachey
Press kit
Press kit2026Local food sharing. Now on WhatsApp.
All it takes is one WhatsApp message: no app, no password, just a username.
pagachey.com/goLocal food sharing against food waste
At a glance
Pagachey turns waste into sharing, on the scale of your street and your neighborhood, and now through WhatsApp.
Hyper-local. Geolocated food listings, free or at a small price, right next to home or work.
Quick and easy. One message to sign up, one photo to post, your location to find. It all happens in WhatsApp, which everyone already has on their phone.
Private and caring. People chat under a username and phone numbers are never shown. Every product shared means food saved and a new connection made.
In short. Pagachey is a local food sharing platform founded in 2016 in France. It fights food waste by making it easy for individuals, charities, shops and local authorities to give away and exchange food. In 2026 the service moved entirely to WhatsApp and became even easier to use: listings prefilled from a product photo, search by text or voice message, nearby alerts and a loyalty card for neighborhood shops. And it all remains free.
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Every year, mountains of food end up in the trash.
Food waste is a major environmental, economic and ethical issue. Much of it involves food that is still perfectly edible, sometimes never even opened.
Faced with these numbers, fighting waste concerns everyone: individuals, shops, charities, local authorities. Everyone gains, for the planet and for their wallet.
- Food thrown away, per person30 kg
- of which still in its packaging7 kg
- Cost, per person≈ 100 €
National total€12 to 20 bn
Source: ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition
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With WhatsApp, sharing becomes instant.
Pagachey connects people who have too much food with their neighbors. Since 2026, it all happens in the messaging app everyone already uses: nothing new to install.
- A messageYou message Pagachey and choose a username. Your account is ready in 30 seconds.
- A photoYou take a picture of the product and the listing fills itself in. All that is left is to confirm it.
- A locationYou share your location (or run a detailed search), and the products offered nearby show up right away.
- A meetupYou chat in the conversation without swapping numbers, then meet up to hand over or pick up the product. Shared! 👍
No more need to…
- download an app
- create a password
- give an email address
- share your phone number
Search by just asking
“I’m looking for bread near me”: typed or sent as a voice message, Pagachey understands and runs the search.
The Food Radar
You get an alert as soon as a product that needs to go fast is offered less than 1 km from an address you choose, such as home or work.
Clear listings
Each listing shows what matters (allergens, halal, kosher, date) and lasts from 30 minutes to a week, or up to 2 months with Pagachey Max.
Photos, text or voice messages: Pagachey’s assistant runs on Mistral AI, a French technology partner. Voice messages are transcribed then deleted, and the audio is never kept.
Pagachey · Press kit 2026 · 4/6
A loyalty card for neighborhood shops, right in WhatsApp.
Bakeries, restaurants, grocery stores, greengrocers, wine shops, boutiques: Pagachey gives local businesses a loyalty card with no paper cards to print. Here too, WhatsApp does the work, for the shop owner and for customers alike.
- The shop owner opens their Pagachey account and puts their QR code on the counter.
- The customer scans the QR code. WhatsApp opens with a message asking for a new stamp, and the customer just sends it.
- The shop owner is notified instantly and approves the stamp with one tap, and the customer sees their card fill up.
- Card full: the customer receives the reward chosen by the shop.
From 5 to 20 stamps, as the shop chooses. Messages sent to customers can be customized. Free for every business: signing up is all it takes. And every customer who scans the card discovers the listings in their neighborhood along the way.
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Who is it for?
Individuals
Overflowing cupboards, edible leftovers, extra produce from the market or the garden.
Charities and associations
Food banks, gleaning, community grocery stores, clubs and local groups.
Shops and restaurants
Today’s unsold items, end-of-run products, stock to clear, plus the loyalty card.
Schools and local authorities
Canteens, events, surplus from large-scale kitchens.
Sharing with confidence
- Number never shownPeople chat under their username. Messages stay encrypted by WhatsApp.
- Engagement badgesThe most active posters earn badges, shown next to their username.
- TransparencyDetailed product information and clearly identified posters.
- Blocking and reportingAn annoying user can be blocked, and an inappropriate listing reported.
Press contact
Laurent, founder
- Try it
- pagachey.com/go
- Website
- pagachey.com
- News
- WhatsApp channel
- Social media
- @Pagachey
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