Bernhard Rothfos Intercafé

What Bernhard Rothfos Intercafé does

Bernhard Rothfos Intercafé AG (BRIC) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Neumann Gruppe GmbH (Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, NKG), founded in 2004 and headquartered at Bahnhofstrasse 22, Zug, Switzerland. The company operates as the trade finance, logistics, and quality services hub for the NKG network, coordinating information, documentation, and the flows of money and goods among the different members of the NKG coffee supply chain. BRIC processes approximately 5 million bags of green coffee per year across origin desks covering Honduras, Mexico, Kenya, Tanzania, India, Russia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Costa Rica. It supplies green, specialty, gourmet, mainstream, and certified coffees to the Swiss market through its InterAmerican Coffee division and serves other regions via key account managers.

BRIC's core offering is organized into four service lines: Trade Services (green, specialty, and instant coffee trading, plus commercialization of coffees from Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung development projects), Traffic/Logistics Services (document handling and coffee forwarding from origin to consuming countries), Finance Services (trade financing to NKG export companies, farms, smallholders, farmers, and cooperatives), and Quality Services through the NKG Quality Service cupping facility, led by SCAE world cup taster champion Gloria Pedroza. The company is certified by Fairtrade International, UTZ/Rainforest Alliance, Bio Suisse, 4C, Demeter, and Ecocert, and publishes annual Child Labor Due Diligence Reports in line with the Swiss DDTrO.

The business model is B2B service provision with non-public, customized pricing. Revenue is generated through transaction fees on trading and logistics, interest and service fees on trade finance, and ancillary income from cupping and quality services. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales via key account managers and direct relationships with Swiss roasters, supplemented by NKG network referrals. The primary customer base is NKG sister companies and export operations (captive demand) and external Swiss coffee importers and roasters, with the Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung representing a secondary channel for project coffee commercialization.

Name

Bernhard Rothfos Intercafé

Legal name

Bernhard Rothfos Intercafé AG

Website

https://bric.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bernhard Rothfos Intercafé AG (BRIC) is a Zug, Switzerland-based subsidiary of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe that provides trade finance, logistics, and quality services for green coffee beans to NKG sister companies, Swiss roasters, and origin-country producers, processing roughly 5 million bags annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coffee Trade Services

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (31192)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAIAKAD

Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Trading/Wholesale

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Food Ingredients & Commodities Trading/Wholesale

SECONDARYAFAIAGAL

Beverage Import/Export & Cross-Border Wholesale

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Beverage Wholesale (Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic)

Keywords

• Green coffee trading
• Coffee trade finance
• Coffee logistics services
• Coffee quality cupping
• Sustainable coffee sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Zug

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Trade Finance Services: BRIC provides financing to the group's export companies and farms to enable steady flow of required coffees in desired quality from smallholders, farmers, and cooperatives. This creates a steady revenue stream through interest and service fees on financing arrangements.
2. Coffee Trading and Merchandising: Trading of green, specialty, and instant coffee through the InterAmerican Coffee division for the Swiss market. The company facilitates commercialization of coffees from worldwide projects implemented by Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung.
3. Logistics and Traffic Services: High-quality logistics services including document handling and coffee forwarding from producing to consuming countries, with over 20 years of experience in trade finance and traffic operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Bernhard Rothfos Intercafé AG (BRIC) provides B2B green coffee supply chain services, coordinating trade finance, logistics, trading and quality services for the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) and external clients. Its four service lines — Trade (via InterAmerican Coffee for Switzerland and key account managers for other regions), Traffic (document handling and coffee forwarding from producing to consuming countries, handling about 5 million bags annually), Finance (trade financing to NKG exporters and farms), and Quality (NKG Quality Service cupping facility) — connect origin producers with consuming-country importers and roasters.

Product overview

Bernhard Rothfos Intercafé AG (BRIC) operates as a comprehensive coffee trade services company, offering four integrated core service lines: Trade Services (via InterAmerican Coffee division for Swiss market), Traffic/Logistics Services (handling approximately 5 million bags annually), Finance Services (trade financing to group exporters and farms), and Quality Services (via NKG Quality Service cupping facility). The company coordinates information, documentation, and flows of money and goods among members of the coffee supply chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• InterAmerican Coffee: Division trading green, specialty and instant coffee for the Swiss market.

Products and services

• Trade Services (InterAmerican Coffee) Trading of green, specialty and instant coffee for the Swiss market via the InterAmerican Coffee division, with key account managers serving other regions and main clients, and facilitation of commercialization of coffees from Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung projects worldwide.
• Traffic / Logistics Services High-quality logistics services including document handling and coffee forwarding from producing to consuming countries, leveraging more than 20 years of trade finance and traffic experience; on average about 5 million bags of coffee pass through BRIC annually.
• Finance Services (Trade Finance) Trade financing provided to NKG group export companies and farms to enable a steady flow of required coffees in the desired quality from smallholders, farmers, and cooperatives through its network of providers.
• NKG Quality Service (Cupping Facility) Quality training center and modern cupping facility serving NKG group companies and external clients, providing cupping and coffee sample analysis for coffees from around the world.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 million bags of coffee processed annually on average

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBRIC is part of the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, a global coffee trading group. BRIC handles trade finance and logistics for most of the NKG exporting companies around the world. The company shares office space with group companies and exchanges specific coffee know-how with them. BRIC also collaborates with other NKG subsidiaries including InterAmerican Coffee and NKG Quality Service.
• InterAmerican CoffeecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterAmerican Coffee is the trading division through which BRIC conducts its coffee trading activities for the Swiss market. It is a sister company within the NKG group that handles green, specialty, and instant coffee trading.
• NKG Quality ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNKG Quality Service provides quality training and cupping services through BRIC's facility. BRIC hosts a modern cupping facility operated by this unit, which serves as a quality training center for the group and external clients.
• Hanns R. Neumann StiftungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBRIC's trading unit facilitates the commercialization of coffees from worldwide projects implemented by Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, supporting their development projects through market access.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• InterAmerican Coffee: InterAmerican Coffee is a sister company within the Neumann Kaffee Gruppe and operates as BRIC's trading division for the Swiss market, handling green, specialty and instant coffee. It is the most direct functional comparable, sharing NKG infrastructure and serving similar European roaster customers.
• Sucafina: Sucafina is a leading global green coffee trader with integrated logistics, finance, and sustainability services across origins and consuming markets. It is a direct peer to BRIC in the green coffee trade services space, particularly for Swiss and European roaster customers.
• Volcafe (Ecom Trading): Volcafe, part of the Ecom group, is a major green coffee merchant offering trade services, finance, and logistics worldwide. It directly competes with BRIC in providing trade finance and supply chain coordination to roasters and is a relevant industry peer.

Regional players

• Swisscoffee (Delica Group): Delica/Swisscoffee is a major Swiss coffee roaster and importer. While not a green coffee trader, it is a key BRIC customer in the Swiss market and a direct comparable as a regional player operating in the same Swiss coffee value chain.
• Schluter & Maack: Schluter & Maack is a Hamburg-based green coffee importer serving European roasters with a focus on origin relationships and quality. It is a regional peer in green coffee trade services with a similar focus on supplying mid-sized European roasters.

Broad incumbents

• Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG): NKG is BRIC's parent group and one of the world's largest green coffee service networks, spanning originating countries and consuming markets. While much broader in scope, NKG's combined trade-finance, logistics, and quality model is the platform BRIC sits within and is the structural benchmark for the company.
• ED&F Man (Coffee): ED&F Man operates one of the world's largest coffee trading and supply-chain businesses, with Volcafe-branded operations providing trade finance, logistics, and quality services similar to BRIC. It is a broad incumbent peer in green coffee trade services.
• Louis Dreyfus Company (Coffee):
• Cargill (Coffee):

Emerging players

• StoneX Financial (Coffee): StoneX operates a coffee and soft commodity business that provides trade finance, logistics support, and risk management services to origin and roaster clients. As a financial-services-led entrant into coffee trade services, it is an emerging peer with overlapping capabilities to BRIC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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