Colipays S.A. is a French company specializing in package shipping services, primarily for tropical and regional products such as fruits, sweets, flowers, alcohol products, spices, rums, chocolates, and jams. The company operates an e-commerce platform offering a variety of gift hampers and business boxes containing Reunion Island specialties. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Sainte-Marie, France, Colipays serves a diverse customer base through its commercial, industrial, and logistics sectors, providing direct sales, mail order, and shipping services including delivery via Chronopost International.
The core products and services of Colipays include shipping and distribution of fresh and perishable tropical products, gift and business gift hampers, and a loyalty program allowing customers to accumulate points. The company sources and assembles parcels based on tropical products and regional specialties such as Creole flavors, positioning itself in wholesale and retail trade with a strong focus on Reunionese market offerings.
A major recent development for Colipays is its change in ownership and management in 2021, when the company was acquired by SCA Fruits de la Réunion and LM Distribution. This transition led to the replacement of the founder Frédéric Faby by Nicolas Ethève as president. The strategic acquisition aligns Colipays more closely with agricultural cooperatives and reinforces its focus on local tropical product shipping, complementing the cooperative's own newly launched offer, Box Fruitée. The company continues to expand and adapt operations under this new leadership while maintaining its established e-commerce and logistics systems.
Colipays maintains operations mainly in France with a strong regional focus on Reunion Island's products and markets, delivering a wide array of tropical goods via its online platform and through partnerships that enhance its logistics and distribution capabilities within the European market and beyond. It remains dedicated to offering specialized shipping solutions tailored to fresh, perishable, and gift items reflecting Reunionese culture and produce.