South Korea’s Paris Baguette sets up in London and accelerates in the U.S.A.

At a time when the South Korean group SPC is under fire for working conditions, its Paris Baguette chain (4,000 bakeries worldwide, including 3,400 in South Korea and 600 in the U.S.A., China, Vietnam, Singapore and France) opened for business in Britain. The London-based bakery covers 276 sq.m GLA on the first floor of the new food court in the former Battersea power station, soon expanding to 1,860 sq.m in total. A second bakery is due to open in November in Kensington High Street. The...