Are you our next franchise partner?
Whether you are looking to develop a new country, a region or city in an existing market or just a single bakery, you have come to the right place.
About us
Le Pain Quotidien (French for "the daily bread") is a bakery-restaurant group founded in Brussels in 1990 by Alain Coumont. As a young chef dissatisfied with the quality of bread available in Brussels, Coumont started making his own organic sourdough bread with just 4 ingredients: flour, water, salt, and time. Le Pain Quotidien now has more than 210 bakeries in 21 countries. Our mission is to create meaningful connections in a home away from home; serving simple, delicious, authentic organic and local cuisine, made in-house.
Why choose Le Pain Quotidien
Our ideal franchise partner
✓ Live and operate in their market and bring the knowledge of the local market and consumers to the table.
✓ Have operator knowledge or at least a deep understanding of what it takes to operate a food business
✓ Share our founder’s vision and align around our brand and food philosophy and our 4 core values of quality, simplicity, conviviality and authenticity.
✓ Are financially sound and stable and are willing to sustainably invest with us in a long-term partnership and collaboration.
✓ Have operator knowledge or at least a deep understanding of what it takes to operate a food business
✓ Share our founder’s vision and align around our brand and food philosophy and our 4 core values of quality, simplicity, conviviality and authenticity.
✓ Are financially sound and stable and are willing to sustainably invest with us in a long-term partnership and collaboration.
Meet some of our franchise partners
Federico
Master Franchise – Argentina
“Despite difficult economic and monetary, we always kept attached to maintain the highest quality of all our products and processes. That is why the brand is well positioned and a reference in Argentina gastronomy.”
Dawn
Multi-brands franchise – Dubai
“I have been fortunate to have grown with and within the brand, created a people-centric culture and delivered operational excellence. I feel blessed to create meaningful connections one neighborhood and one restaurant at a time.”
Kris
Single Unit franchise – Leuven (BE)
“It is truly remarkable how the brand became so big while not losing any of its original values of simplicity, authenticity, quality, and conviviality along the way as it grew from 10 bakeries in Belgium to over 210 worldwide.”
“The master franchise team in Argentina immediately welcomed me into a business that feels safe, moves fast, and is a pleasure to be part of it.”
Alan
Sub-franchise – Argentina
Commercial terms
What does a franchise fee cost?
For a new franchise partnership, we make a distinction between one off set up costs and ongoing costs. Note that the amounts are indicative, based on current actual numbers. As our conversation progresses, we will help you with an in-depth business case and financial plan.
What are my startup costs?
Start up costs are of two kinds: the initial territory fee and the costs to build a store. Territory fees – the exclusive rights to the brand in geography- range from single unit stores (no territory fee) to regional scope (as of €50,000) or national scope (as of €175,000). Typical costs to build a store (furniture, kitchen, decoration, equipment) are between €300,000 and €400,000) for a 150 sqM store of 75 inside seats and €1,000,000 annual sales.
Do you provide help with the financing?
We do not provide funding ourselves but have good partnerships with the banks experience in franchise lending. Subject to your individual business case and application you might be eligible to borrow up to 70% of your investment. In all cases, we will assist you in writing the strong business plan you will require in discussions with banks, brokers and landlords.
What are my ongoing costs?
Your ongoing franchise fee will be 7% of revenue, consisting of franchisee fees marketing support fees and digital support fees. For this fee you receive access to all the Le Pain Quotidien knowledge and intellectual property, all toolkits and manuals and personalized training and ongoing support.
What are my revenues and ROI?
Your detailed business case will depend on the type of store, ranging from € 300,000 for a small kiosk to € 800,000- 1,000,000 for a typical city center or large neighborhood store. Proft potential lies between 10% and 15% depending on the rent. We target an ROI of 2.1 to 4.1 years. Our standard franchise contract lasts 9 years.
Process towards your own bakery
You probably wonder how long it takes to open your first Le Pain Quotidien all day bakeries. While timings and details vary per region and country, we know from experience it takes between 6 months (Single Unit in the existing market) and 12 – 18 months (new country territory).
