Bridor

Bridor is a bakery product manufacturing company founded by Louis Le Duff in 1988 and a subsidiary of Groupe Le Duff. The company is based in Brittany near Rennes.

It operates in France under the brand Bridor de France and in the UK as Bridor UK. It is listed among the Top Players in the Global Fresh Baked Products Market 2018-2025.^[1] In 2018 it introduced a range of smaller 70g sweet-filled croissants to meet demand for reduced portion sizes in the UK.^[2]

It is a major supplier to Pret a Manger. Baguettes are prepared in Rennes and frozen for up to a year before being presented as freshly baked in Pret stores.^[3]

In 2022 it was forced to abandon its 250 million euro investment project in Ille-et-Vilaine because of environmental opposition. ^[4]

Operating sites

Bridor manufacturing sites

Name	Country	City	Size (m2)
Bridor de France	France	Servon sur Vilaine[5]	42 000 m2
Bridor de France		Louverné[6]	32 000 m2
Bridor Pâtisserie		Pont de l'Isère[7]	1 300 m2
Graham-Bell Bakery	Canada	Quebec	11 241 m2
De Rouen Bakery			4181 m2
Vineland Bakery	USA	New Jersey[8]	17 050 m2
Amandine	Chine	Pekin[9]	1 500 m2
N/C	Argentine	Buenos Aires	N/C