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10/2023

ANGE BOULANGERIE

Acquired by

LOV GROUP

France Hospitality & Leisure / Hospitality / Restaurants / Chains REV 250M - 500M EUR

Context

Ange Boulangerie's founders executed a significant strategic transaction by opening the company's capital to an external investor for the first time since its creation. The company sold a 35% minority stake to Lov and Bread, the food-focused investment fund of Stéphane Courbit's Lov Group. This partnership was the culmination of over a year of discussions, with the founders emphasizing that the primary driver was not financial but strategic. Their goal was to inject 'new blood' into the business to accelerate its ambitious growth plans while carefully preserving the company's operational freedom and core DNA. The new partnership is expected to provide substantial strategic value. Lov and Bread's leadership, including former McDonald's France CEO Nawfal Trabelsi, brings extensive experience in the retail and restaurant sectors, a global market perspective, and a powerful network. This expertise will be leveraged to propel Ange's development on multiple fronts: solidifying its position as a market leader in the bakery and coffee-bakery segments, accelerating the domestic rollout of its new 'Ange Coffee Shop' concept in city centers, expanding into the travel retail channel (airports, stations), and supporting its new restaurant division. The investment marks a pivotal moment, intended to transition Ange from a national leader to a major global bakery chain.

ANGE BOULANGERIE, which reported an EBITDA margin of LOGIN in 2023, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of LOGIN, a level to compare with the average currently observed in the Retail & Consumer sector (11.4x).

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Target

Ange Boulangerie is a prominent French franchise network of bakeries, founded in 2008 by François Bultel, Patricia Gaffet, and Patrice Guillois. The company's business model is built upon two core pillars: a focus on people and product quality. Each franchised location is managed by dedicated, on-site owner-operators invested in their local communities. The bakeries emphasize on-premise production, with bakers kneading, shaping, and baking products like baguettes throughout the day using high-quality flours and natural leaven. In 2023, the network comprised 265 locations, with an average store serving approximately 800 customers daily. The product range includes traditional breads as well as signature items like the 'Ange Burger Baguette' (ABB) and 'bulles d’Ange', cream-filled chouquettes. The company is committed to ethical and sustainable practices, positioning itself as the first fair-trade baker in France through its engagement with the CRC (Culture Raisonnée Contrôlée) wheat sector and the Agri-éthique label, which promotes fairer compensation for farmers. In addition to its core bakery operations, Ange has expanded internationally with a presence in Canada and is developing new concepts, including the 'Ange Coffee Shop' for urban centers and a sports brasserie concept under license. The company also operates its own training schools, Idyie, to develop talent for the baking industry.

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Revenue range: 250M - 500M EUR

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Target: ange boulangerie

Acquirer: lov group