La Mie Caline

La Mie Caline is a food service which was founded in 1985 in France by André Barreteau, Michelle Barreteau and Catherine Guittonneau. Nowadays, La Mie Caline consists of 238 stores, both owned and franchised. La Mie Caline has 40 million customers. 

In 2002 La Mie Caline also launched its own museum in its first store, allowing visitors to find out more about the business. 

La Mie Caline operates a 200000 sq.ft bakery in St. Jean de Monts with 12 production lines that manufactures baguettes, cookies, pastries, etc. 

In 2018, the company reached a turnover of € 166 million and at present, employs 2200 people.

La Mie Caline offers an array of breakfast, lunch and tea time menu options that include salads, sandwiches, pastries, etc. 

The products are organic and contain no artificial flavours, GMOs or preservatives. 

La Mie Caline has a purchasing department which ensures that all products sourced are of high quality. The business has a strict sourcing policy and the composition of each ingredient has to be specified by the suppliers. 

To ensure that all hygiene and safety regulations are respected, La Mie Caline has a team of hygiene controllers and also works with external laboratories that visit the stores frequently. 

Concerning the logistics, the firm works with a logistic partner and the cold chain is respected from the production facility to the stores.  

La Mie Caline is ISO 9001 and IFS certified.

La Mie Caline is concerned about the environment and has taken measures to reduce its energy consumption. The company now provides less packaging in its stores. Furthermore, La Mie Caline has a 85% waste recovery.