Sopköket

What Sopköket does

Sopköket is a Stockholm-based sustainable catering company founded in 2015 by Filip Lundin that operates a circular food model: it rescues surplus and short-dated ingredients from a network of 30+ food suppliers — including ICA, Coop, Fabrique, René Voltaire, and Gårdsfisk — and transforms them into catering menus and frozen meals from a single production kitchen at Skatteskrapan on Södermalm. Since founding it has rescued 145 tons of food waste and donated 90,000 meals (currently 6 tons and 4,000 meals per month) to vulnerable populations via charitable partners including Caritas, the Red Cross, and the Stockholm Mosque.

The company's service portfolio comprises four revenue streams: (1) corporate and private event catering (gala dinners, breakfast meetings, mingling events, recurring Lunch & Learn programs, sustainable Christmas banquets); (2) circular frozen meals sold to corporate clients and individuals; (3) presentations and training on sustainability, food waste, and circular economy, priced at 7,500–15,000 kr per session; and (4) food-waste partner services that absorb partners' surplus inventory. It serves enterprise customers across technology (Spotify), consumer electronics (Marshall Group), museums (Fotografiska), finance (Avanza), consulting (Sweco), retail (Lidl), and NGOs (WWF, Norrsken, Postkodlotteriet), with multi-year recurring relationships at Marshall (7+ years) and Fotografiska (5 years). At least half the ~6–10-person team is recruited from social exclusion, and head chef Frida Ununger brings 20 years of experience from top Stockholm restaurants.

Go-to-market is direct B2B field sales with custom-quote catering pricing, supported by thought-leadership speaking engagements (10,000+ listeners reached by the founder, including EU and Wharton appearances), the Global Citizen/PayPal Small Business Impact Award (2023), and the Circular Gastronomy and Änglamarkspriset sustainability awards. Operations are confined to Stockholm with no disclosed revenue, no external institutional funding, and an explicit claim of financial self-sustainability. The proprietary logistics model — freezing rooms, batch cooking, and rescued-ingredient processing — was developed with mentor Johan Gottberg (former K-märkt and Restauranglabbet founder).

Name

Sopköket

Legal name

Sopköket

Website

https://sopkoket.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sopköket is a Stockholm-based sustainable catering company founded in 2015 that rescues surplus food from 30+ retail and supplier partners, transforms it into event catering, frozen meals, and sustainability training, and donates a portion to vulnerable populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Catering Services

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Caterers (72232), Frozen Food Manufacturing (31141)

SIC

Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Frozen Entrées & Complete Meals (CRADADAA), DTC Frozen & Prepared Meal Delivery (AFAIANAJ)

Keywords

• Sustainable catering services
• Food waste reduction
• Circular food system
• Corporate event catering
• Frozen meal production

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Catering Services: Main revenue stream from providing catering for corporate events, private functions, and business meetings. Uses rescued ingredients to create gastronomic menus. Services include gala dinners, breakfast meetings, mingling events, and sustainable Christmas banquets.
2. Frozen Meals: Circular frozen meals made from rescued ingredients, sold to both corporate clients and private individuals.
3. Presentations and Training: Speaking engagements and workshops on sustainability, food waste reduction, circular economy, and sustainable entrepreneurship. Offered in 15, 30, and 60 minute formats with Q&A.
4. Food Waste Partner Services: Partner companies provide surplus food and short-dated products; Sopköket transforms them into catering and frozen meals, reducing partners' waste disposal costs while creating social impact.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sopköket provides sustainable catering services in Stockholm by transforming rescued and short-dated food ingredients supplied by retail and wholesale partners into gastronomic menus for corporate events, private functions, and business meetings. Beyond event catering, the company sells circular frozen meals made from rescued ingredients and offers paid presentations and workshops on food waste reduction, sustainability, and circular economy.

Product overview

Sopköket offers sustainable catering services in Stockholm, including event catering, frozen meals made from rescued ingredients, and educational lectures on sustainability, food waste reduction, and circular economy. The company operates from a production kitchen in Skatteskrapan on Södermalm, Stockholm.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Event Catering Gastronomic catering for corporate events, conferences, gala dinners, breakfast meetings, mingling events, and sustainable Christmas banquets, prepared by a prize-winning kitchen team from rescued and surplus ingredients sourced from a 30+ partner network. Sold to enterprise and mid-market clients in Stockholm, with measurable sustainability impact (kg waste reduced, CO2 avoided, donated meals) provided for client ESG reporting.
• Private Event Catering Catering for private celebrations, family events, and intimate gatherings in Stockholm, using the same rescued-ingredient model and award-winning kitchen team as the corporate offering. Targeted at individual consumers and families who want high-quality, sustainable food with social impact.
• Circular Frozen Meals Frozen meals produced in Sopköket's production kitchen from rescued ingredients, sold to both corporate clients and private individuals. Extends the company's circular model beyond fresh catering by preserving surplus food for later consumption.
• Sustainability Presentations and Training Paid speaking engagements and workshops by Filip Lundin on sustainability, food waste reduction, circular economy, and sustainable entrepreneurship. Offered in 15, 30, and 60 minute formats with Q&A, plus a live cooking add-on, digital cookbook PDF, and intranet storage licensing. Sold to schools, universities, companies, and organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 140+ tons of food waste rescued since 2015
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• René VoltairecoreOthersFood waste partner supplying surplus ingredients for Sopköket's catering and frozen meal production.
• ICA Kvantum SödermalmcoreOthersMajor retail partner supplying surplus and short-dated food products for rescue and transformation into catering meals.
• CoopcoreOthersRetail partner supplying surplus food products that would otherwise go to waste.
• GårdsfiskcoreOthersFish supplier contributing surplus products to the circular food system.
• FabriquecoreOthersBakery partner supplying surplus bread and baked goods for rescue.
• DivinoilsupportingOthersOil supplier partner contributing to the circular food ecosystem.
• NarasupportingOthersPartner supplier contributing surplus products.
• Nibble TrädgårdsupportingOthersGarden partner supplying rescued produce.
• FoodtelsupportingOthersFood service partner contributing to food waste rescue.
• Martin & ServerasupportingOthersRestaurant supplier partner in the food waste network.
• Food CollectivesupportingOthersFood collective partner in the circular food ecosystem.
• Redefine MeatsupportingOthersAlternative protein partner contributing to sustainable menu options.
• QuornsupportingOthersAlternative protein partner for sustainable protein options.
• VasakronansupportingOthersReal estate partner providing operational support.
• CaritascoreOthersWeekly recipient of donated meals for distribution to those in need in Stockholm.
• St Clara KyrkacoreOthersRegular recipient of donated meals for community support programs.
• Röda KorsetcoreOthersMajor charitable organization receiving weekly meal donations for humanitarian work.
• Kaffe för ukrainarecoreOthersOrganization supporting Ukrainian refugees receiving 4,000 donated meals monthly.
• Stockholms MoskésupportingOthersMosque community receiving donated meals for distribution.
• Circular GastronomycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided innovation support for Sopköket's scaling. Managing Director Ami Hovstadius awarded Sopköket's catering for their prize ceremony and highly recommends their services and sustainability presentations.
• Johan GottbergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMentor and advisor, former founder of K-märkt and Restauranglabbet. Helped develop Sopköket's proprietary logistics model with freezing rooms, batch cooking, and ingredient processing.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Restauranglabbet: Stockholm restaurant concept co-founded by Johan Gottberg, focused on circular and experimental gastronomy. Shares the circular-food philosophy and is in Sopköket's direct advisor/mentor lineage.
• RestaurangAssistans: Swedish catering company with a parallel social-employment mission that trains and employs people outside the labour market. Most direct peer in combining social-impact hiring with catering services in Sweden.
• K-märkt: Swedish restaurant concept founded by Sopköket mentor Johan Gottberg with a focus on sustainability and rescued ingredients. Closely comparable operating concept and supply philosophy, smaller scale.

Emerging players

• Too Good To Go: Surplus-food marketplace app that connects consumers to restaurants and retailers with leftover food. Overlaps with Sopköket in the food-waste-rescue theme but operates a consumer marketplace model rather than a B2B catering model.
• Matsmart: Nordic online retailer selling surplus and short-dated food directly to consumers. Comparable in addressing food waste through retail channels, though D2C retail rather than B2B catering.
• Karma: Swedish-origin surplus food marketplace selling rescued meals from restaurants and stores. Closest direct analogue in the food-rescue space; both are Stockholm-rooted but Karma operates a marketplace while Sopköket transforms rescued food into premium catering.
• Olio: UK-based food-sharing app connecting neighbours and businesses to share surplus food. Comparable thematic overlap in food-waste rescue but operates a sharing marketplace model rather than catering.

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group: One of the world's largest contract caterers and food-service operators, serving corporate, education, and healthcare clients. Broad incumbent with overlapping B2B catering delivery capability but at vastly larger scale.
• Sodexo: Global contract food services and facilities management company operating across corporate catering, schools, and hospitals. Represents the broad-incumbent competitor in the same B2B catering end-market Sopköket serves.
• Fazer Food Services: Nordic food service and catering company operating workplace restaurants, school meals, and event catering across the Nordics. Directly comparable in B2B catering delivery to Swedish enterprise clients, but at much larger scale and without a circular-food focus.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sopkoket
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sopkoket?originalSubdomain=se
• Instagraminstagram.com/sopkoket
• Xx.com/sopkoket

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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