on march 17, 2011, groupe le duff of france announced the buyout of bruegger's. le duff already has a u.s. presence with its la madeleine brand, which has 60 units domestically. le duff plans to "francify" some bruegger's locations and will combine other units with brioche dorée outlets. the first european bruegger's opened in rennes in 2013 (paris and toulouse in 2015).