Paul is a French chain of bakery-café restaurants found in 47 countries with the head office at Marcq-en-Barœul, Greater Lille, France.

[1] It specializes in serving French products, including breads, crêpes, sandwiches, macarons, soups, cakes, pastries, coffee, wine and beer.

By 1970, he was able to purchase an abandoned industrial site at La Madeleine, in the suburbs of Lille, transforming it into an enormous bakery.

[7] It is also present with 34 bakeries in United Kingdom since 2000, 14 in Lebanon since 2002,[8] 21 in Belgium since 2007,[9] 12 in Romania,[10] six in Taiwan since 2008,[11] seven in Singapore since 2012,[1] four (with one under construction) in India[12] and over 70 in the Middle East since 2013.

[15] Products include pastries, cakes, beignets, croissants, sandwiches, soups, quiches, tarts, crepes, eggs, and over 140 types of bread.