What Dahlhoff Feinkost does

Dahlhoff Feinkost GmbH is a privately held German delicatessen producer founded in 1987 and headquartered in Haltern am See. The company manufactures approximately 100 premium fresh SKUs across fresh salads, dips, antipasti, and fish products, emphasizing traditional artisanal craftsmanship and selected raw materials. Operations span three German sites: the Haltern am See headquarters and main production facility (also housing a factory outlet and bistro), a Cuxhaven site dedicated to fish production and a factory outlet, and an Odelzhausen/Bavaria site serving as an order-pickup point. The company holds IFS Food certification and complies with German packaging and GDPR requirements.

Dahlhoff runs a hybrid B2B/B2C go-to-market: a dedicated sales team serves wholesale food retail and food-service customers with quote-based pricing on minimum-order terms (net cash within 14 days of invoice), supported by its own logistics fleet that guarantees 24-hour nationwide delivery. On the consumer side, it sells directly through three factory outlet shops, an online shop (dahlhoff-shop.de), and an on-site bistro in Haltern am See. A regulated LMIV customer portal (kundenportal.dahlhoff.de) supplies wholesale buyers with ingredient and allergen data required under EU food information law, embedding Dahlhoff into downstream compliance workflows.

The company is founder-aligned: Alfons A. Dahlhoff is the listed legal representative (Vertreter), and there is no evidence of external investors, parent company, M&A activity, or public funding rounds. Geographic reach is limited to Germany, with no disclosed international footprint, and there are no recorded patents, partnerships, or award programs. Technology is explicitly traditional/artisanal rather than proprietary, and there is no signal of digital, AI, or platform-based differentiation beyond compliance tooling and direct e-commerce.

Name

Dahlhoff Feinkost

Legal name

Dahlhoff Feinkost GmbH

Website

https://dahlhoff.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Dahlhoff Feinkost GmbH is a German, privately held premium delicatessen producer (founded 1987) that manufactures ~100 fresh salads, dips, antipasti, and fish products across three German sites, selling via B2B wholesale with own-logistics 24-hour delivery and through factory outlets and an online shop to retail consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Food / Delicatessen Production

NAICS

Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Prepared salads, sandwiches & wraps manufacturing (AFAKAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refrigerated/Chilled Foods Wholesale (Deli, Prepared, Fresh Pasta, etc.) (AFAIAHAB), Frozen prepared meals & entrées manufacturing (AFAKAHAA)

Keywords

• Fresh salads production
• Fine food delicatessen
• Fish products manufacturing
• Antipasti and dips
• Wholesale food supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Haltern

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Fine food products sales: Sale of premium fine food products including fresh salads, dips, antipasti, and fish products to both B2B customers and retail consumers through factory outlets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Dahlhoff Feinkost produces and distributes approximately 100 varieties of premium fresh fine food products — including fresh salads, dips, antipasti, and fish products — using traditional artisanal craftsmanship and selected raw materials at IFS-certified facilities in Haltern am See, Cuxhaven, and Odelzhausen, Germany. Products are produced daily and supplied to B2B food retailers and food service operators as well as to retail consumers via factory outlets and an online shop, with own-logistics 24-hour delivery.

Product overview

Dahlhoff Feinkost is a German fine food delicatessen company established in 1987, producing premium products using traditional craftsmanship and selected raw materials. The company offers a unified product portfolio centered on fresh fine foods including approximately 100 varieties of fresh salads, dips, antipasti, and fish products. Products are produced daily and distributed through the company's own logistics network to ensure delivery within 24 hours. The company operates multiple sales channels including factory outlets in Haltern am See and Cuxhaven, a bistro for on-site dining, a customer portal for ingredient information (LMIV-Kundenportal), and an online shop.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Salads (Frische Salate) Approximately 100 varieties of freshly produced premium salads representing the company's core product line, produced daily and sold to B2B food retail/food service customers and to retail consumers via factory outlets and online shop.
• Dips Freshly produced daily dips, part of the premium fine food product portfolio available at retail locations and through wholesale channels.
• Antipasti Delicate, freshly prepared antipasti products forming part of the premium product range, distributed via wholesale and direct retail channels.
• Fish Products (Fischprodukte) Premium fine fish products produced at the Cuxhaven location, including salmon, bass, herring, matjes, and fresh seafood, plus freshly prepared fish dishes such as classic herring, matjes, and fried fillets at the Haltern location. Sold to B2B wholesale customers and retail consumers.
• Bistro On-site bistro at the Haltern am See headquarters where customers can consume freshly prepared fish dishes in a pleasant atmosphere, including classics such as herring and matjes alongside salmon, bass, and fresh seafood.
• LMIV Customer Portal (LMIV-Kundenportal) Online customer portal providing B2B customers with access to ingredient information and allergen data for all products in compliance with EU Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers (LMIV), effective 13 December 2014. Customers receive a registration code from their wholesaler to access the portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24-hour delivery guarantee via own logistics

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Frosta: Frosta is a major German frozen prepared food brand with nationwide retail distribution. While frozen versus Dahlhoff's fresh chilled focus, it competes for the same convenience-meal occasions and foodservice contracts.
• Bofrost: Bofrost operates a direct-to-consumer deep-frozen food distribution model in Germany. While frozen rather than fresh, it competes for the same at-home convenience-meal occasion with its own home-delivery logistics.
• Bonduelle Deutschland: Bonduelle is a large European prepared-vegetable/salad supplier with a strong German retail footprint in canned, frozen, and fresh prepared vegetable categories. It overlaps Dahlhoff's vegetable-heavy salad and antipasti ranges at retail.

Direct peers

• Wernsing Feinkost: Wernsing Feinkost produces chilled salads, dips, sauces, and convenience meals for German and European retail and foodservice customers. It is directly comparable to Dahlhoff in product mix, B2B/wholesale go-to-market, and premium positioning.
• Homann Feinkost: Homann Feinkost is one of Germany's largest producers of fresh salads, sauces, and convenience products, serving both retail and foodservice. It competes head-to-head with Dahlhoff in the German chilled Feinkost category across similar salad, dip, and antipasti ranges.
• Nienstedt Feinkost: Nienstedt produces convenience salads, fish products, and fresh delicatessen items in Germany with B2B and retail distribution. Its product assortment and cold-chain delivery model closely mirror Dahlhoff's.
• Kühlmann Feinkost: Kühlmann manufactures prepared salads, sauces, dressings, and delicatessen products for German retail and food service. It overlaps closely with Dahlhoff's fresh salad/dip core and targets the same B2B customer base.
• Frenzel Feinkost: Frenzel is a German producer of fresh salads, marinades, sauces, and convenience delicatessen products sold through food retail and food service. It is a niche regional peer against Dahlhoff with very similar product and channel structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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