| PAUL | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Headquarters | Croix, France |
| Key people | Charlemagne Mayot, Founder Fracis Holder |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Products | Fast casual/Bakery-café, including several varieties of bread, such as bagels, loaves, and muffins, cold sandwiches, hot panini, salads, soups, cakes, and pasteries |
| Revenue |  $? million USD (2006) |
| Employees | over 300 farmers (December 2006) |
| Slogan | ' |
| Website | www.paul.fr |
PAUL is a French bakery established in 1889 in the city of Croix by Charlemagne Mayot.[1] There are over 300 franchised PAUL bakery café restaurants in France, Spain, United Kingdom, Holland, Turkey, Morocco, Lebanon, Kuwait, Dubai, Japan, and the United States of America. It specializes in serving breads, crepes, sandwiches, soups, cakes, pasteries, coffee, wine, and beer. Groupe Holder is the parent of the Lille based PAUL bakery.[2]
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Corporate history
In 1958, after his father passes away, Francis Holder and his mother take over and expand the family bakery in Lille. In 1965, when the Nouvelles Galeries department store opened in Lille. Francis Holder immediately offered to supply their bread. From his bakery in Lambersart, Francis Holder began delivering bread to the growing number of mass retail chains, including Auchan, Nouvelles Galeries and subsequently Monoprix, under the “Moulin Bleu” brand. In 1970, Francis Holder purchased an abandoned industrial site at La Madeleine, in the suburbs of Lille, transforming it into his first factory for mass distribution outlets. In 1972 the original family shop in Lille installs a wood stove and opening the baking area so that customers can see the bread being baked. This tradition was incorporated into the Paul chain which develops with the expansion of malls in France. Francis Holder and his teams take over prime locations in city centers, in Paris and in major cities across France. In 1993, the bakeries change to black storefronts, which is the signature look now. In 2006, Paul opens its first bakeries in the United States in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and Miami, Florida.
Menu
Items available include pastries, cakes, croissants, sandwiches, soups, quiches, tarts, crepes, eggs, and over 140 types of bread. They also have tea, wine, beer, mineral water, and coffee-based drinks.
Manufacturing
Today, over 300 French farmers plant over 35 square kilometres (8,650 acres) for Paul.
See also
References
- ^ Timeline. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ France's Paul chain makes Fla. landing. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
