Here’s the new French bakery and cafe coming to DFW-area Walmart stores
La Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe will open restaurants inside 10 Walmarts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including stores in southwest Fort Worth and North Richland Hills, the company announced Monday.
La Madeleine, founded almost 30 years ago in Dallas but now owned by France-based Groupe Le Duff, will scale down its menu for La Madeleine Express restaurants serving soups, salads and a new menu of pizzas.
The matchup with Walmart marks an ambitious expansion for La Madeleine, a popular but small cafe chain with seven locations across Fort Worth, Arlington and Grapevine.
The La Madeleine Express stores will open inside Walmarts at 6300 Oakmont Blvd., Fort Worth; 6401 N.E. Loop 820, North Richland Hills, 1616 W. Henderson St., Cleburne; and 735 U.S. 377 East, Granbury, along with locations in the Dallas and Denton area.
Walmart is adding a grab-and-go section to stores, and La Madeleine’s takeout soups, breads and desserts are a good fit.
The restaurants will serve La Madeleine’s popular chicken caesar salads, tomato basil soup, breads and jams.
La Madeleine is billed as “French comfort food,” but competes in the same bakery-cafe with restaurants such as Panera.
Last year, the company opened its first drive-thru restaurant in years, a La Madeleine Petite Market and Bakery at 15125 Montfort Drive in Addison.
(The La Madeleine in Grapevine originally opened with a drive-thru.)
This story was originally published April 13, 2021 at 5:45 AM.
