Bridor is a bakery product manufacturing company founded by
Louis Le Duff in 1988 and a subsidiary of
Groupe Le Duff
Groupe Le Duff is a French restaurant conglomerate, with holdings in Europe and the Americas, consisting of over 1,310 restaurants and bakeries. It includes Bridor, La Madeleine, Kamps, Mimi's Cafe, Pizza Del Arte, and Brioche Dorée.
The compan ...
. The company is based in
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
near
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...
.
It operates in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
under the brand Bridor de France and in the
UK as Bridor UK. It is listed among the Top Players in the Global Fresh Baked Products Market 2018-2025. In 2018 it introduced a range of smaller 70g sweet-filled croissants to meet demand for reduced portion sizes in the UK.
It is a major supplier to
Pret a Manger
Pret A Manger (''prêt à manger'' is French for ''ready to eat'') is an international sandwich shop franchise chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as Pret, founded in 1983. As of December 2022, Pret had 434 shops in the UK ...
. Baguettes are prepared in Rennes and frozen for up to a year before being presented as freshly baked in Pret stores.
In 2022 it was forced to abandon its 250 million euro investment project in Ille-et-Vilaine because of environmental opposition.
Operating sites
References
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Companies based in Brittany
Bakeries of France