FRANCE. Extime Food & Beverage Paris, the joint venture between Groupe ADP and SSP, today revealed the brands that will feature in a revitalised F&B lineup at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly airports.
The choice of brands, the partners said, “reflects the ambition to provide a high-quality culinary experience to travellers from the moment they arrive in Paris until their departure”.
The brands will offer gastronomic diversity across culinary segments including:
Mediterranean: five Eataly units
Asian: Côté Sushi at six locations
Gourmet Burger: One Big Fernand location
Bakery: 19 PAUL outlets; 13 from Brioche Dorée
Coffee Shop: 16 Starbucks locations
Fast Casual: 17 EXKi locations, seven Pret A Manger outlets.
Extime Food & Beverage Paris Managing Director Eric Labrune said: “Our offer is evolving for our 84 units and will expand to 115 outlets in the future, two-thirds of which will be located airside.
“We will meet the expectations of travellers by offering an extensive range of offers from bakery to coffee shops, world, Asian and Mediterranean cuisines, as well as burger and fast & casual restaurants. The portfolio incorporates strong brands, which will appeal to passengers across the terminals.
“These brands, whose ambitious CSR policies will support the challenges facing Extime Food & Beverage Paris, will be able to deliver a high-performance business model. Extime Food & Beverage Paris embodies the commitment of Groupe ADP’s new Extime brand dedicated to hospitality and retail [with] “an outstanding quality of service offering and a sense of hospitality worthy of Paris as a destination”.
SSP Frabeli Managing Director Gérard d’Onofrio added: “We are extremely proud to have won this prestigious tender and to collaborate with Groupe ADP for the creation of the Extime Food and Beverage Paris joint venture.
“This initiative reflects our deep commitment to transforming the restaurant experience at Paris Orly and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports. By combining culinary innovation and operational excellence, we are committed to offering our customers a unique, modern gastronomic experience accessible to all, making moments of transit at the airport, real taste experiences, while guaranteeing the highest standards of quality and service.”
The Paris CDG and Orly brand lineup
Big Fernand: Big Fernand, said the partners, is the “market leader for gourmet burgers in France, combining the convenience of fast food with French gastronomy”.
Big Fernand CEO Eric de Saint Louvent said: “The prospect of offering the Big Fernand experience to passengers at Orly Airport is a unique opportunity to introduce the brand to a substantial number of people. This will be an opportunity for customers to eat healthily and quickly before take-off and to take with them the memory of a taste of France.”
Brioche Dorée: The pioneering French fast food brand has 336 outlets around the world, including 274 in France.
“In a fast-changing world, Brioche Dorée can count on the keys to its success: a brand with a strong reputation and a solid, proven business model. With our new concept, which can be adapted to airports all over the world, we combine tradition and modernity as the French viennoiserie specialist,” said Brioche Dorée Marketing and R&D Director Patrik Le Mazou.
Côté Sushi: A brand specialising in Nikkei cuisine, this combines of two gastronomic cultures: Japanese and Peruvian. The menu features classic Japanese dishes (sushi, maki, sashimi, chirashi, donburi) alongside creative fusion recipes (nikkei rolls, ceviche, tiradito,). The brand is now present in four countries (France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Mauritius) with 75 restaurants and four corners.
Founder Emmanuel Taib said: “Discovery is the key word of our brand. Our objective is to draw on the best of Japanese and Peruvian cuisine to offer our customers an exotic dining experience thanks to refreshing and surprising combinations.”
Eataly: A strong brand that promotes the excellence of Italian food and wine. With a focus on the distribution and promotion of high-quality products, Eataly integrates production, sales, catering and educational components into its offerings.
“Having enjoyed great success at other major European airports, we are delighted to open a significant number of Eataly locations,” said Eataly Group CEO Andrea Cipolloni. “We believe that our range of high-quality Italian culinary offerings can enrich and complement the food halls of these innovative airports.
“These upcoming openings are also part of a broader strategy that Eataly is implementing in major European airports. Visibility at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly airports will contribute to the growth of our reputation on the French market and reinforce the popularity of Eataly in the Marais.”
EXKi: A restaurant chain that offers healthy food for all tastes and all day. Since opening its first restaurant more than 20 years ago, EXKi has chosen to offer food that respects the environment and its customers, noted the brand. From the beginning, the chain has offered organic and fair trade coffee, and today almost 30% of its products are organically produced.
A wide range of dishes are adapted to vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and lactose-free diets. With an 83% reduction in its use of plastic since 2018, the chain has also demonstrated its strong commitment to sustainability. EXKi works with local partners and offers fresh, natural and seasonal products, available all day.
CEO Stan Monheim said: “At EXKi, we are committed to offering fresh and delicious products, adapted to all dietary preferences, for a delicious and balanced break wherever you are.”
PAUL: A bakery brand with a heritage dating back to1889, there are now more than 800 PAUL shops, restaurants and cafés in over 50 countries.
Maxime Holder, Managing Director of the HOLDER Group, said: “Our brand has been present in Parisian airports for almost 20 years. We are particularly proud to continue this partnership with the Extime Food & Beverage Paris teams and to be able to offer travellers from all over the world a chance to enjoy French-style gourmet stopover at the heart of their trip.”
Pret A Manger: The popular brand founded in London in 1986 offers sandwiches and salads prepared daily on site plus organic coffee.
“We are very proud and very happy to have been chosen by Extime Food & Beverage Paris and to continue to offer our fresh products prepared every day on site to the passengers of Paris Charles de Gaulle and soon to those of Paris Orly,” said Pret A Manger Europe Managing Director Stéphane Klein.
Starbucks: With coffee shops around the world, Starbucks is the world’s leading roaster and distributor of speciality coffees.
“With every cup, with every conversation and in every community, we cultivate the infinite possibilities of human connection,” said a company statement. 
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