Vie de France Co., Ltd. (ヴィ・ド・フランス,Vi do Furansu) is a Japanese bakery chain owned byYamazaki Baking. It is headquartered inChiyoda, Tokyo.^[1]

Its United States division is headquartered in theTysons Corner CDP ofunincorporatedFairfax County,Virginia,United States,^[2][3] with operations (circa 2018) inAlexandria, Virginia,^[4][5][6]Elmsford, New York,^[7] andVernon, California.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Bakery division began in 1971, andRestaurant division began in 1978.^[14]

In 1983,Vie de France launched an expansion program.^[15] In 1984,Vie de France Net income was $4,052,847^[16]

In 1986, Jean-Louis Vilgrain, was the chief executive officer ofVie de France, but based in Paris, and chairman of Grands Moulins de Paris (fr),^[17] a French flour mill. Vilgrain's family had majority control ofVie de France andGrands Moulins de Paris. Lloyd J. Faul, a retired brigadier general, was president and chief operating officer, and was replaced by Richard J. Sharoff, former senior vice president and general manager of the retail division of the Kitchens of Sara Lee, becoming executive vice president and president-designate.

In 1991, Yamazaki purchased Vie de France'sBakery division, which sold frozen and delivered via distributors,^[18] and in 1994, Yamazaki Baking purchased the Vie de FranceRestaurant division.^[19][1][20] Yamazaki now operatesVie de France in the United States^[21] and Japan^[22] under theVie de France brand.^[23]

In 2013, Sadao Yasumura was President and COO ofVie de France, and frozen and par-baked bread facilities were in Los Angeles, Denver, Virginia, New York and Atlanta.^[24]

Most US locations are in the Washington DC area and at Shula’s Hotel & Golf Club,Miami Lakes, FL.^[25] Formerly atSouth Coast Plaza,Costa Mesa, CA^[26][27]Chicago,^[28][29][30]Dallas,^[31]Atlanta,^[32]Minneapolis,^[33]

Some Japanese locations are atKita-Senju Station,^[34]Akihabara,^[35]Shinjuku^[36] andKyōto Station.

• Vie de France (Restaurant division U.S.)
• Vie de France food service (Bakery division U.S.)
• Vie de France (Japan)
• Vie de France Yamazaki Inc -Bloomberg profile
• Vie de France Yamazaki Inc -Dun & Bradstreet profile
• Vie de France Yamazaki Inc -bakingbusiness.com profile

• Bakeries of Japan
• Food manufacturers based in Tokyo
• French restaurants in Japan

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