VIDEO. At 20, they take over their village bakery

This is the story of two friends who have known each other since college and who share a passion: bakery and pastry. Today, at 20, Alary and Thomas have just taken over the bakery in their village, in Jupilles (Sarthe), where they were first apprentices for two years. The two friends rent the business to their former bosses but are totally independent to carry out the project.

“This is great news for the village“, rejoices Vincent Gruau, the mayor of Jupilles. According to him, it is important to help them develop their business and to find them financing.”We are 15 kilometers from small towns, it is far away while being nearby for the inhabitants, so having this local business is essential.“, considers the elected. Also, this bakery is an opportunity to give life to the village and not to have” dormitories. “Today, Alary plans to open her bakery in Japan. Thomas, he projects himself by the sea in a bakery “a little bigger“.”We are there for a year, precisely, to prove that we are capable of running a business, that we can be followed by the banks afterwards and then we will be launched (…) Anything is possible afterwards.“, he concludes.