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Our History
This is where it all started ... Grand Moulins de Paris: Délifrance’s parent company.
First World War: Four men teamed up to build the world’s biggest industrial mill, Grands Moulins Réunis
1918
Grand Moulins Réunis joins forces with other major players from the milling industry, then merges with Grands Moulins de Paris (created in April 1919 and managed by Ernest and Marcel Vilgrain).
1921
The first bag of flour comes off the mill’s production line.
Ernest and Marcel Vilgrain, as directors of Grands Moulins de Paris,
create the biggest mill in the world.
1979
The company acquires Société de Spécialités Surgelées (SSS).
1983
Creation of Délifrance
1989
Grands Moulins de Paris (GMP) is acquired by Groupe Bouygues.
1998
Bouygues sells GMP to a group of investors lead by AXA Investment Managers in Paris.
2001
Groupe NutriXo is created through the milling activities of Grands Moulins de Paris, Euromill Nord, Grands Moulins Storione, Inter-Farine and Délifrance’s frozen bakery activities.
2004
Thanks to the acquisition of Appétit de France, Délifrance takes advantage of 3 complimentary sites of production for viennoiserie et brioche in France.
2006
Délifrance acquires Krabansky, one production site permitting the fabrication of baked bread and viennoiserie as well as ready to bake bread.
2009
Acquisition of Sofrapain and Le Pain Croustillant. Thanks to this acquisition, Délifrance benefits from 7 additional sites of production in France and the UK.
