Autogrill opens Europe’s biggest food court at the Carrousel du Louvre

Paris, 16 December 2009 - Autogrill today opened the "Restaurants du Monde", the biggest food court in France, in the world's most visited museum, the Louvre, in Paris. The food & beverage facilities on the first floor of the Carrousel du Louvre, with a view of the inverted pyramid, include seven restaurants and three coffee shops (covering 1,800 m2) operated directly by Autogrill France and employing around 200 people.

Seating 700, offering 400 exclusive recipes from the world’s culinary heritage and serving two million meals a year, “Restaurants du Monde” is expected to generate over ten million euros a year.

The Court’s culinary offering caters to the most diverse tastes – French, Italian, Spanish, Mediterranean, Asiatic and American, and not only – meeting the needs of both cosmopolitan tourist and local Parisian clienteles.