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title: "PAUL Bakery enters the franchise market, seeks U.K. franchisees"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/65d42159-466e-4d56-afe5-af7225f3728b
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/paul-bakery-enters-the-franchise-market-seeks-u-k-franchise-partners
author: "James Fell"
category: "Bakery & breakfast"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Bakery & breakfast"
published: 2020-12-16T11:28:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T16:59:30.515Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1561758033-d89a9ad46330?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# PAUL Bakery enters the franchise market, seeks U.K. franchisees

**TL;DR:** PAUL Bakery is seeking U.K. franchisees to roll out its premium bakery brand nationally. The company offers three distinct store models and will provide full support to its partners throughout the set-up process.

*By James Fell, originally published in Global Franchise on 2020-12-16. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/paul-bakery-enters-the-franchise-market-seeks-u-k-franchise-partners).*

## Story

**PAUL UK, the 38-strong French artisan bakery, is seeking franchisees to roll-out its premium bakery brand nationally.**

The operation with a presence in multiple countries has a BRC-accredited bakery production site, which provides franchisees with a national supply chain, economies of scale, and a flexible retail format to fit any location.

PAUL offers investors a choice of three distinct store models: Café (1500sqft+), Express (500-800sqft+) and Kiosk (500sqft+), for service stations and transport hubs, town and city centres as well as suburban villages.

All partners will be fully supported throughout the entire set-up process, from training courses and help with recruitment, through to marketing and PR.

PAUL has been baking bread and pastries for 130 years in France, has traded in London for the last 20 years and Oxford for over six years. PAUL’s heritage remains strong, despite the brand expanding with new store openings and it continues to evolve to meet the needs of consumers today.

Mark Hilton, CEO of PAUL UK, said: “As we enter the franchise market, we will be looking for like-minded, experienced investors and operators who are just as passionate about baking and quality as we are.

“Whilst we continue to grow the brand in London, we have also identified numerous national opportunities outside of the capital, which will be enabled predominantly, although not exclusively, by working with franchise partners. We are currently determining priority cities, but if approached by the right investors outside of these areas, we are open to having dialogue with them”.

## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- franchise support (topic)
- James Fell (person)
- uk expansion (topic)
- franchise market (topic)
- store models (topic)
- bakery brand (topic)

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Originally reported by James Fell, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/paul-bakery-enters-the-franchise-market-seeks-u-k-franchise-partners). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/65d42159-466e-4d56-afe5-af7225f3728b).