Chain: La Madeleine

La Madeleine Expands in Greater Houston

Houston’s Sawyer Heights Village and its nearby residents and businesses welcomed the arrival of la Madeleine Country French Café. The refined fast-casual experience offers signature French-inspired recipes that are made to order in a warm and relaxing ambiance. Situated in one of Houston’s lifestyle centers at 2423 Katy Freeway Suite E, the French-inspired café features […]

La Madeleine Announces Growth Plans, New Promotions

La Madeleine Country French Café has announced a plan to double the size of its U.S. footprint in select markets – a strategic growth initiative that will blend an equal split of both corporate and franchise café expansion. This announcement comes amid an already aggressive la Madeleine growth phase, which includes recent corporate openings in […]

La Madeleine Opens at DFW, Its 5th Airport Location

La Madeleine Country French Café announced a signed agreement to open a new café in the A Terminal of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in October. DFW International is the fifth airport location to sign a deal since the inception of the company’s growth plan in 2011. “La Madeleine continues to explore expansion opportunities to share […]

La Madeleine Opens Fourth Airport Unit

La Madeleine Country French Café announced the opening of its new café at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. The opening will mark La Madeleine’s second location in the Atlanta airport—a La Madeleine kiosk can be found in Terminal 4 at Gate 2. As the fourth airport location to open since the inception of the company’s […]

La Madeleine Springs Into New Season with Fan Favorite

This spring, la Madeleine Country French Café introduces an assortment of fresh seasonal flavors with several new menu items and the return of a guest favorite.   The bakery café is shining a spotlight on an array of original dishes — taking French classics and putting a spin on them. The new additions are available […]

New La Madeleine Store Design: Like “Someone’s Home”

Many quick-service brands seek drastic modifications when designing new store prototypes, often including components that wow customers and radically transform the brand identity. With a recent store redesign, La Madeleine executives opted for a different approach and found themselves selecting a more subtle plan of attack for the new look. “We’re not throwing out all […]

La Madeleine Celebrates New Store Location

Less than a month after announcing its signed development deal with a seasoned restaurant ownership group based in El Paso, La Madeleine, the French-inspired bakery café, revealed its plans to open in the city’s Fountains at Farah shopping center.   Scheduled to open in early April in a 4,500 square-foot end cap location at the […]

La Madeleine Opens First Franchised Cafe

La Madeleine Country French Café is making company history. The highly anticipated opening of its new bakery café in Lubbock marks the endearing brand’s first franchise location. Lubbock-based French Twist, owned by Buddy Beach, a well-known local entrepreneur and seasoned franchise investor and operator, is opening the location at 4406 19th Street in the recently renovated […]

La Madeleine Inks Six-Unit Development Deal

La Madeleine, the French-inspired bakery café, announced a multi-unit agreement that continues to build momentum for its recently launched franchising initiative.   This is the brand’s second franchise agreement in its 30-year history, a move that further illuminates the concept’s strength and desire to elevate its footprint in select U.S. markets with seasoned restaurant owner/operator […]

La Madeleine Introduces New French-Inspired Collection

La Madeleine Country French Café announced the expansion of its sandwich menu and debut of four new gourmet, oven-baked sandwiches. This marks the first introduction of new sandwiches for the brand since 2008. The sandwiches feature French-inspired ingredients such as roasted vegetables, premium roast beef, gourmet spreads, and specialty cheeses, including Brie, Gruyére, and goat […]

La Madeleine Celebrates Bastille Day with Free Desserts

In observance of Bastille Day this Sunday, July 14, la Madeleine Country French Café is inviting guests to celebrate the French holiday by indulging in a complimentary mini dessert from its authentic patisserie and viennoiserie.   Guests must simply say, “Happy Bastille Day” to any la Madeleine associate at the register this Sunday to receive […]

La Madeleine Debuts New Summer Selections

As the warm summer months quickly approach, la Madeleine Country French Café invites guests to unwind and cool down with its new French-inspired menu offerings and refreshing pomegranate berry iced tea. Chopped Salmon Niçoise Salade – Inspired by the flavors of southern France, this chopped salade features greens topped with flaky salmon, diced egg, feta, […]

La Madeleine Debuts Dinner Menu in D.C. Cafés

La Madeleine Country French Café announces a new, French-inspired dinner menu unique to the Washington, D.C. area. The country-French café’s dishes are a break from the expected.  The dinner menu is available in cafés starting at 4 p.m. each day. Selections include chicken dishes, seafood entreés, shrimp and chicken crepes, pastas, artisan salades and soupes. […]

La Madeleine Expands Houston Presence with 15th Location

La Madeleine Country French Café will open the doors to its 15th Houston-area café with a new location in Parkway Village. Dallas-based la Madeleine specializes in preparing authentic country French cuisine including a variety of fresh-baked artisan breads, pastries and desserts, as well as signature salades, sandwiches and soupes, including its famous Caesar Salade, Croque […]

La Madeleine Celebrates 30 Years with France Trip Contest

La Madeleine Country French Café is celebrating its 30th anniversary and saying “merci beaucoup” to its loyal guests with a chance to win a trip to Paris. In 1983, French native Patrick Esquerré opened the first la Madeleine café on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas offering guests a taste of the French countryside. Thirty years and […]

La Madeleine Announces New Chief Operating Officer

La Madeleine Country French Café announces that John Cahill, a 10-year veteran at la Madeleine, has been named chief operating officer. In his new role, Cahill will manage strategic direction of the brand while overseeing the operations, culinary, marketing, and purchasing functions. “I look forward to leading the brand’s growth as we continue to open […]

For Le Duff, Growth is All the Rage

Only a little more than a month into 2013, Le Duff America—the world’s second-largest restaurant company in the bakery café segment, with brands like Bruegger’s Bagels and la Madeleine Country French Café in its portfolio—can already tell it’s going to be a big year. For starters, it recently purchased casual-dining chain Mimi’s Cafe from Bob […]

Bob Evans Sells Mimi’s Cafe to LeDuff America for $50M

Bob Evans Farms announced it had entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its Mimi's Cafe restaurant chain to LeDuff America (LDA).    Mimi's Cafe is a French-inspired casual-dining restaurant with 145 locations in 24 states, primarily in the West and Southwest. It recently launched a new store-within-a-store concept that adds a quick-service […]

La Madeleine Sweetens the Deal with Holiday Desserts

This holiday season, la Madeleine Country French Café is making it easy to find the perfect hostess gift or stocking stuffer and is bringing back favorite holiday sweet treats. Every Monday and Tuesday throughout December, la Madeleine invites guests to start their week sweet by enjoying a free holiday mini dessert or cup of coffee […]

La Madeleine Welcomes the Holidays with Seasonal Menu

In the spirit of holiday traditions, la Madeleine Country French Café brought back its holiday menu to cafés on Wednesday, October 31. Guests can seek comfort in the familiar flavors of the French café’s Turkey Risotto, Turkey Cranberry Melt, and classic turkey and ham sampler dinners. The return of la Madeleine’s turkey and ham take-home […]

La Madeleine Soars with Premier Airport Location

On July 28, la Madeleine Country French Café will open the doors to its new café at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Phoenix café is la Madeleine’s first licensed location at a nontraditional venue. “La Madeleine continues to explore expansion opportunities to share our French café experience with new guests across the country,” says […]

Summer Menu Launches at la Madeleine

Take shelter from the heat and immerse yourself in the crisp flavors of la Madeleine Country French Café’s summer selections. The authentic Country French café is celebrating the arrival of everyone’s favorite season by introducing a new summer salade to its repertoire of warm-weather classics. Roasted Pear & Prosciutto Salade: Wild field salade topped with […]

Le Duff America Appoints Jim Vinz to Co-CEO

Le Duff America Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Claude Bergeron, announced the appointment of restaurant and hospitality industry veteran Jim Vinz as Co-CEO of Le Duff America, the North American management company of café brands that include la Madeleine Country French Café, Bruegger’s Bagels, Timothy’s World Coffee, and Brioche Dorée. Vinz will provide substantial support […]