Paris Baguette is a South Korean multinational chain of bakery-cafés, owned by the

SPC Group SPC Group is a South Korean food company based in Seoul that manufactures food, bread and confectionery products. Sangmidang, the precursor of Samlip General Food was founded in 1945, and the group was launched in 2004. SPC Group is one of the ...

and headquartered in

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. In 1986, it was established as a subsidiary of Shani Co., Ltd., and opened the first 'Paris Baguette' in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, and the first high-end bakery 'Paris Croissant' in Itaewon the following year, and the corporate name changed to the same as the brand name. In 1988, the

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brand, Paris Baguette grew into the No. 1 bakery in Korea in 2004, branching out to local subsidiaries in the United States, Vietnam, Singapore, etc. By establishing Paris Baguette it has become a global company.

Franchises

Paris Baguette

In 1988, Paris Croissant launched Paris Baguette, a popular bakery café franchise brand. As of May 2022, the chain had over 3,600 retail stores in South Korea and 99 stores in the United States. Paris Baguette also launched almost 185 retail stores in China, Vietnam, Singapore and France.

Caffè Pascucci

Caffè Pascucci is an Italian espresso café franchise. Paris Baguette Café in 2015 02

Other

Other franchises of Paris Croissant include LINA's and Tamati (sandwich), Passion5 (upscale dessert gallery), L’atelier (café restaurant). It also handles the Korean branch of Jamba Juice (smoothie).

Labor practices

In 2022 a boycott of Paris Baguette took off after a worker at a

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factory was fatally crushed by a sauce mixing machine. Shortly before the incident another worker at the factory had sustained an injury to their hand from a production machine but was not sent to the hospital since they were not a full time worker. Various Korean trade unions have condemned the company due to a history of safety issues and union busting.

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