La Grande Épicerie de Paris
CEO
Patrice Wagner
Creation date
1923
Headquarters
38, rue de Sèvres, 75007 Paris - France
IdentityLA GRANDE ÉPICERIE DE PARIS
In 1923 Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche opened an ultra-refined gourmet food emporium on its ground floor. Today the store is located in an adjacent building at the corner of the historic location on rue de Sèvres. A must address for fine foods lovers in the French capital spanning 2,900 square meters of floorspace, La Grande Épicerie de Paris offers some 30,000 items, many of them available exclusively at the store or made on site.Every day, pastry chefs, cooks, bakers and apprentices work under the guidance of Jean-Jacques Massé, holder of the title Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman of France). Each member of the team strives to achieve excellence and create the most unexpected recipes while maintaining a respect for tradition. As for the House’s ‘product experts’, these walking encyclopedias of good taste constantly travel the length and breadth of the globe in order to bring back unique discoveries from their travels.After 18 months of building work and the creation of the wine cellar in the shop’s basement, the ‘Le Balthazar’ wine bar and the ‘La Table’ restaurant, directly connected to the Bon Marché’s Menswear department, the new Grande Épicerie is more dedicated than ever to being an unmissable destination for all food lovers.
The new Grande Épicerie de Paris, opened in 2013, is the most ambitious food hall concept in Europe. We wanted to offer our clients a unique gastronomic experience. The savoir-faire of our artisans, our architects and the artists chosen for this project allowed us to turn this desire to become a unmissable gastronomic destination into a reality.
Patrice Wagner
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Le Bon Marché Group
3,650
SQM OF COMMERCIAL SPACE
390
PEOPLE WORK FOR LA GRANDE ÉPICERIE DE PARIS, INCLUDING 62 ARTISANS
8,000
CLIENTS PER DAY
Visual representative of La Grande Épicerie de Paris spaces, products and identity
Visual representative of La Grande Épicerie de Paris spaces, products and identity
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Moved in part from the shadows into the light, the laboratories of La Grande Épicerie de Paris also display their savoir-faire on the rue de Sèvres and the rue du Bac. Under the gaze of passers-by, the chocolatier molds bespoke chocolate bars to order, the pâtissier dresses his creations with finishing touches and the baker places one of 60 varieties of bread in the oven.
The artisans inspire, both in their show laboratories and behind their appropriate counter. In each specialty workshop they become sales representatives serving the public, equipped with their traditional tools, exceptional products and with their laboratory as a backdrop. Their delight? Sharing their savoir-faire.
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