Mission
Retournzy coop’s mission is to reduce waste at the source in the catering, event, corporate and institutional sectors in order to revolutionize the way people consume take-out meals or meals normally served in individual single-use containers, by offering an ecological and sustainable alternative to the use of these containers, thanks to a turnkey service of distribution, collection, washing and sanitation of shared reusable containers. Retournzy informs and educates food service professionals and consumers on the issue of single use and the benefits of reusable containers in the face of these challenges.
Values

Circularity
By sharing reusable containers as an alternative to single-use containers, we want to encourage a circular economy

Coherence
By paying attention to every details, from the choice of containers to their transport, we ensure the ecological coherence of our service

Hygiene
By professionally cleaning containers, we ensure that their hygiene meets the rules defined by the MAPAQ

Transparency
We advocate transparent and honest communication with all our stakeholders

Impact
By working together, we are convinced that we can bring an alternative the new normal of tomorrow

Cooperation
We want to gather around the project a community of actors committed to the transition. The cooperative model allows us to offer a service designed by and for its members, so that they can define the solution and make it radiate, within a strong, committed and united network
Team
The strength of our team is diversity! Because we are entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, caterers and logistics experts from different backgrounds, we have assembled our skills to create a more resilient local community with you.
Working members

Cindy Vaucher
Executive Coordinator

Florian Maysonnave
Marketing Strategy Coordinator

France Gosselin
Business Development and Administration Coordinator

Geneviève Bélanger Villanueva
Communications Officer

Sarah Le Masson
Project manager
Board of Directors

France Gosselin
President

Marguerite Rose
Vice President

Marc Obeid
Treasurer

Florian Maysonnave
Secretary

Geneviève Bélanger Villanueva
Founding team

Cindy Vaucher

Florian Maysonnave

France Gosselin

Christophe Coltey
Restaurateur Caribou Gourmand

Tsahaï Papatakis
Caterer Food’elles

Shohan Rustom
Logistic Radish Coop
History

September 2020
Start of the Retournzy project by Cindy and Florian

October 2020
Participation in the Coopérathon Desjardins / Finalists in the Recyc-Québec category

January 2021
Start of the incubation process at EntrePrism / Jury’s Favourite Award

March 2021
Constitution of the Retournzy solidarity coop with the help of the CDRQ

July 2021
First order of containers for the pre-pilot project

October 2021
Launch and success of a socio-financing campaign

October 2021
Start of the MTLab Incubation Path

March 2022
Launch of the sharing network pilot project with 6 institutions and 4 drop-off points in Montreal

November 2022
Launch of the sharing network in the Plateau Mont-Royal
Awards and distinctions
Coopérathon 2020
Finalists in the Recyc-Québec category
EntrePrism (HEC Montréal)
Jury’s Favourite Award ($1,000 grant)
Défi Propulsion (Desjardins)
Winners of the “Défi Propulsion” ($10,000 grant)
Participatory budget of the Plateau-Mont-Royal
Third most voted project by citizens
MTLab
Grant of $5,000
Youth wing of the Chantier de l’Économie Sociale
$2,500 grant from the Transition in the “Circular Economy” category