Turnover: 1.1 billion EUR (2023)

Country: France

  • Founded by the Blachère family, the group originally specialized in fruit and vegetable distribution through its subsidiary Provenç'Halles.
  • Since 2004, the group has diversified with the creation of the Marie Blachère network of bakeries and pastry shops throughout France (670 points of sale).
  • Its flagship products are tarts and bakery products.
  • The company belongs to the Blachère group, which has two activities: retail distribution of fruit and vegetables, under the Provenc'Halles banner, and traditional bakery products

News

The irresistible rise of the Blachère Group 09/07/2024

  • The Blachère Group in figures
    • - Sales of Marie Blachère bakeries: €1.1 billion
    • - Total number of outlets: 800, including 30 franchises
    • - Franchised Marie Blachère cafés: 15
    • - Fruit and vegetable sales: €300m
    • - Number of fruit and vegetable outlets: 265 (including 65 Provenc'Halles and 200 Mangeons frais)
    • - Total number of employees: 12,000
  • Groupe Blachère banners
    • - Provenc'Halles: Fruit and vegetable sales (historic brand)
    • - Mangeons frais: Fruit and vegetable sales
    • - Boulangerie Marie Blachère: Bakery, tart shop, sandwich shop
    • - Café Marie Blachère: Fast food
  • Groupe Blachère projects
    • - Franchising: 15 Café Marie Blachère openings planned by 2025, 60 Boulangerie Marie Blachère openings
    • - International expansion: Presence already established in the United States, Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal Competition
    • - Boulangerie Paul: €919m in sales under the banner by 2023 with 820 outlets
    • - Boulangerie Ange: sales of €365m in 2023 with 250 outlets
  • The bakery-pastry market
  • - Sales generated by the sector: €11 billion
  • - Number of outlets in France: 33,000

The secrets of Marie Blachère, champion baker. 20/06/2022

  • Marie Blachère is the third-largest fast-food vendor in France, behind McDonald's and Burger King. It's a French-style coffee-shop offering self-service bakery snacks at affordable prices
  • The group sells nearly 280 million baguettes and 80 million viennoiseries a year.
  • Average sales of €1.2 million per bakery (12 to 15 employees on average), average sales of €1 million for a coffee-shop (100 to 200 m2) and
  • an average of €1.5 million in sales for a Provenç'Halles
  • The bakery industry employs 11,000 people
  • 690 bakeries, 720 planned by 2022, including 10 franchises
  • It has 10 coffee-shops, 17 planned by the end of 2022, including 4 franchises
  • The group will open ten Marie Blachère bakery and coffee-shop franchises this year, and twice that number next year

Studies mentioning this company

The bakery and pastry market - France

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  • L'Epi Du Rouergue
  • La Boulangerie De L'Europe (Neuhauser groupe)
  • La Fournée Doré
  • La Gerbe Savoyarde
  • La Romainville
  • Le Duff Groupe
  • Le Fournil Du Val De Loire
  • Le Moulin De La Chaume (Intermarché les Mousquetaires)
  • Le Pain De Belledonne
  • Les Moulins De Saint Armel ( (Intermarché les Mousquetaires)
  • Les Moulins De Saint Aubert (Intermarché les Mousquetaires)
  • Les Moulins De Saint Preuil (Intermarché les Mousquetaires)
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  • Louise Boulangerie (Teract Groupe)
  • Mademoiselle Desserts groupe
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  • Menissez Premium
  • Menissez Groupe
  • Monts Fournil La Mie Calin
  • Norac Foods
  • Pains Saint Rolan
  • Paso Traiteur (Fleury Michon)
  • Pasquier Patisserie Cerqueux
  • Pasquier Patisserie Etoile
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  • Pasquier Patisserie Vron
  • Paul Boulangerie (Groupe Holder)
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  • Pomone
  • The French Bastards
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  • Vitacuire
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  • Teract (Invivo Retail)
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  • Pasquier (Groupe)
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