Délifrance

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Délifrance

Type
Founded
Headquarters
Industry	Food Wholesale
Products	Bread, Pasta,Cake
Website	[1]

Délifrance is a bakery company that serves "French style" bakery products in over 50 countries on five continents. It has been in operation for more than 25 years.

The parent company of Délifrance is Grands Moulins de Paris, which is a major French milling company and supplies 100% of the flour used in Délifrance's products.

The Délifrance brand name attempts to recreate French taste worldwide. Délifrance offers catering professionals several "French style" quick service concepts.

Délifrance has 12 subsidiaries in Europe and the Middle East.

Délifrance restaurants serve "French style" baked products such as croissants, gâteaux, fougassettes, pains au chocolat, brioches, crispy praline, and baguettes. Most Délifrance restaurants also serve beverages, coffee and pasta.

Since 1995, Délifrance Asia Ltd is wholly owned by Prudential Asset Management Asia Limited (PAMA).

[edit] History

1978 — Délifrance invents the frozen part-baked baguette.
1982 — Délifrance creates the Pariguette range (Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) part-baked bread which keeps for several months at room temperature).
1983 — Délifrance invents the first frozen ready-to-bake viennoiserie.
1985 — Délifrance introduces ready-to-bake viennoiserie products that prove and bake in the oven at the same time.
1995 — Délifrance's launches its Provencette concept, Délifrance's "turn-key" solution offered for the catering market.
1999 — Délifrance launches its "Eco-Products" range
2000 — Délifrance launched the Déliquick bread range based on its "Thaw & Serve" concept.

[edit] Food

Today, the Délifrance range includes over 500 products including bread, viennoiseries, patisseries and savoury products.

Different modes of utilisation:

Thaw and serve - frozen
Part-baked - frozen
Ready to bake "Rapide" - frozen
Ready to bake - frozen
Ready to prove - frozen
Gas packed

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