Flunch is a French
cafeteria-style
fast casual
A fast casual restaurant, found primarily in the United States and Canada, does not offer full table service, but advertises higher quality food than fast food restaurants, with fewer frozen or processed ingredients. It is an intermediate conc ...
restaurant chain
A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices. They have come to dominate the retail and dining markets and many service categories, in many pa ...
owned by the Agapes Restauration group which belongs to
Association Familiale Mulliez
The Association Familiale Mulliez (AFM) is the holding company of the Mulliez family. The entrepreneur family originates from around the Lille area of France, and is one of the wealthiest families in the country. AFM was founded in 1955 by Gérar ...
group. It operates over 160 locations in France and also 6 in Italy. Flunch restaurants are operated on a self-service basis, whereby customers directly access the food themselves.
History
The first Flunch branch opened in the Englos shopping centre on the outskirts of
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ...
in 1971.
In 2014, there were approximately 180 restaurants.
In 2018, the company had over 170 restaurants in France and other abroad in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Russia.
In 2021, the company closed 39 restaurants and sold another 10.
Slogan
* 1997–2005: ''On va fluncher''
* 2005–2007: ''Manger varié, c'est bien meilleur pour la santé''
* 2007–2009: ''Flunch, le plaisir intensément''
* 2009–2015: ''Fluncher, c'est mieux que manger !''
* Since 2015: ''Y'a que chez Flunch qu'on peut fluncher''
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial website
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Companies based in Hauts-de-France
French companies established in 1971
Fast-food chains of France
Fast casual restaurants
Restaurants established in 1971
Restaurant franchises
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