michel's bakery café, formerly named michel's baugettes, is a canadian bakery-café founded in 1980, operating restaurants throughout canada. the company is one of the largest bakery-café chains in canada and operates both corporate and franchise locations. the company was purchased by timothy's coffees of the world inc. in 2001. timothy's continued to operate the michel's bakery café stores under their original trade name, michel's baguette. on november 13, 2009, michel's baguette was sold to bruegger's enterprises, inc. along with timothy's coffee and mmmuffins through a wholly owned subsidiary called threecaf brands canada inc. bruegger's has continued to operate these chains. the company has since revitalized its operations, revamped its aesthetics and changed its name to michel's bakery café.