Cafes Richard’s history began in 1892 with a warehouse. In 1938, Henri Richard purchased the warehouse from his cousin and started a wine business, supplying fine wines to hotels and cafes in Paris.
By the time his sons Pierre and Andre joined the business, they realised there was a demand for coffee. So they began roasting coffee in 1955, an endeavour which gained so much traction that the Cafes Richard brand is now responsible for 2.4 million cups of coffee a day and is often called the No.1 coffee roaster in France.