Au Bon Pain, Bakery Franchise expands to India, opens flagship cafe in Bangalore

The retail business of RPG group, which runs supermarkets under the Spencer brand, on Thursday, launched its first flagship cafe in Bangalore on M G Road. The cafe was launched in a franchise arrangement with Au Bon Pain, Boston-based bakery cafe chain which has more than 250 outlets in the USA, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

Au Bon Pain comes to India through an exclusive joint venture between Spencer’s Retail Limited and Varin Narula, a Director & Promoter of Au Bon Pain, Thailand. The cafe will serve a range and assortment of breakfast and lunch items such as sandwiches, harvest rice bowls, soups, salads, bread & bakery items, confectionaries, and hot and cold beverages.

Briefing reporters, RPG Retail’s President & Chief Executive Sumantra Banerjee said “Keeping in mind the cultural and local taste and preferences, the menu in India will include whole range of vegetarian dishes.” Keeping in mind Au Bon Pain’s focus on distinctive & nutritional foods, the cafe will not serve any fried food, Banerjee said.

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