Your partner in innovative food concepts
Founded in 2003 by Michel Hendriks & Rianne Spek Office and warehouse located in Zevenbergen (Noord-Brabant, Holland) Own distribution center Daily deliveries with DHL Number of employees: 9 IFS Broker certified GS1 partner EDI ordering
Foodkitchen in short Foodkitchen is founded in 2003 by Michel Hendriks & Rianne Spek. The company has been active as an importer and distributor in delicatessen and trendy food products. We’re constantly looking for innovative food products that both look and taste amazing.
• Full service distribution centre. • Foodkitchen: ‘Fashion in Food’ • Importer & distributor innovative food products in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. • Our mission? Keep surprising our customers with something new! • Continuous product sourcing and product development. • Building long term partnerships with customers and retailers. • Creating custom made assortments for all sorts of clients.
Our mission We see it as our mission to surprise with something new time and time again.
Our vision • We are your partner. • The needs and wishes of our customers determine all our activities. • We are flexible and creative to develop tailor made assortments together with our customers. • Passion leads to success! Our love for beautiful things, ambition and passion for good food form our key motives to always look for the best deli products and most innovative food concepts.
History As of 2005: • Strong growth in (food) specialty retail channel • From agent to importer and distributor • Own stock and distribution centre • Tailor made assortment and concept development • Introduction food lifestyle brand á Table! As of 2006: • Exclusive importer and distributor of Choco-Lait hot chocolate stick • Winner innovation award Horecava As of 2007: • Growth in distribution, assortment and brand & product developement As of 2010: • Development Chocxx assortment
As of 2012: • Expanding own product developement for á Table! As of 2014: • Moving towards a more professional organisation • IFS Broker certified • Implemented EDI • Joined GS1 DAS database • Becoming an innovative partner for retailers • Expanding export activities to Germany • Developement organic food lifestyle concept Emma As of 2015: • Creating tailor made food concepts for retailers
Products • Exclusive brands in the Netherlands, such as Choc-o-lait, Bovetti chocolate, Drink Me Chai Revolution Tea, Mr Jones thee, Quick Milk • Strong assortment in both savoury as sweet products • Affordable luxury • Always different: all our products look like a gift! • Assortment partly permanent, partly changing • Always innovative
Brand development • 2005: start development food lifestyle brand ‘à Table!’
Partnerships & private label
• 2010: development à Table Inside/Out (outdoor cooking)
• Launch Jamie Oliver goes Italy at Albert Heijn (2005)
• 2010: Chocxx chocosticks and cappuccino sprinklers
• Development cookies and chocolates for DE Café (leading Dutch coffee brand)
• 2011: development à Table! Piece of Cake cake assortment • 2014: development organic food lifestyle concept Emma
• Development food assortiment around theme ‘outdoor cooking’ for Intratuin (market leading chain of garden centres)
• 2015: expanding Chocxx assortment for supermarkets
• Tailor made assortiment development for Intratuin
• 2016: development Not Just BBQ
• Development tailor made assortment cake decoration for a.o. Jumbo (2013)
Our customers Foodkitchen has a strong multi channel customer base with more than 500 loyal customers. We’re also preffered supplier of several retailers and garden centers.
• Specialty shops (delicacy, cooking, coffee and tea shops) • Retail chains (Bijenkorf, DE Koffie & Kado, Cook&Co, Dille & Kamille, Jamin, Kaldi, Simon Lévelt, Aan de Dis, Intratuin) • Foodservice (DE, Deli XL, Zegro, VHC Kreko, Kweker, Horesca) • Business and Christmas gifts (Makro, Jongens X-mas, Kerst voor Kids) • Supermarkets (AH, Jumbo, Plus, Deen) • Taxfree • Export • Koffie & Kado, Cook&Co, Dille & Kamille, Jamin, Kaldi, Simon Lévelt, Aan de Dis, Intratuin) • Foodservice (DE, Deli XL, Zegro, VHC Kreko, Kweker, Horesca) • Business and Christmas gifts (Makro, Jongens X-mas, Kerst voor Kids) • Supermarkets (AH, Jumbo, Plus, Deen) • Taxfree • Export
What’s in it for you? • A long term partnership with an innovative food distributor • Acces to extensive market • knowledge • Quality and service organisation • Flexible and creative company • Own stock and distribution centre • Active marketing activities • A reliable long term business partner
Get in touch! Foodkitchen B.V. Touwslagerij 17a 4762 AT Zevenbergen The Netherlands www.foodkitchen.nl info@foodkitchen.nl 0031(0)168370338 Michel Hendriks Founder & managing director michel@foodkitchen.nl 0031(0)6 53 35 36 68 Chamber of Commerce 552.13.006 VAT number NL851610316B01