What Delikia does

Delikia (legal entity Maxelga 93, SL) is a Spain-based B2B vending and fresh-food service company founded in 1989 and operating under 100% Spanish capital. The company places and operates more than 15,000 vending machines across 29 regional delegations, serving over 3,500 enterprise clients — including hospitals, corporate offices, industrial sites, logistics centers, and hotels — with a named roster spanning Amazon, Zara/Inditex, El Corte Inglés, Decathlon, Gestamp, Quirón Salud, Sanitas, and Bosch. Its operations are organized around five internal brands: Root Café (specialty coffee, led by Spanish Barista Champion Marcos González with direct Nicaraguan sourcing), Saborese (two artisanal workshops in Vigo and Madrid producing fresh sandwiches and snacks), Genius (technology and monitoring), Green (sustainability), and Talenkia (HR and training). The product portfolio spans traditional vending machines, customized coffee corners, the Market Saborese multi-purchase display-case format, and the Delicarry delivery service. Delikia is ISO 22000 food-safety certified and positions itself as the first operator present in Spanish hospitals with a healthy-product range. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales with quote-based, customized contracts; revenue mechanics combine recurring machine-placement subscriptions with transaction-based fresh-food and coffee sales. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and the company is privately held with no identified external investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity.

Name

Delikia

Legal name

Maxelga 93, SL

Website

https://delikia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Delikia is a Spain-based B2B vending operator running 15,000+ machines across 29 delegations, serving 3,500+ enterprise clients in healthcare, corporate, industrial, and logistics sectors with traditional vending, specialty coffee (Root Café), fresh food (Saborese), and on-site delivery services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workplace Vending Services

NAICS

Vending Machine Operators (445132)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Beverage Service (Coffee/Tea/Juice) & Refreshment Stations (HSACAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Catering & Refreshment Services (HSACADAD)

Keywords

• Vending machine services
• Fresh food vending
• Specialty coffee vending
• Workplace refreshment services
• Coffee corner solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Vending Machine Services: Traditional vending services providing food and beverage machines to businesses, with recurring revenue from machine placement and product sales. Includes traditional vending, coffee corners, and Market Saborese multi-product vitrines.
2. Fresh Food Production and Delivery: Production of fresh food items in company-owned workshops (Saborese obradores) and delivery to client facilities through Delicarry service.
3. Specialty Coffee Services: Specialty coffee provision through Root Café brand, including coffee corners and premium coffee solutions for offices and facilities, managed by dedicated barista champion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Delikia operates and manages vending machines delivering food, beverages, and specialty coffee to enterprise and institutional sites across Spain. Its core services include traditional vending (Vending Tradicional), customized coffee corners, Market Saborese multi-product display cases, and Delicarry product delivery, with fresh foods produced in two company-owned Saborese workshops in Vigo and Madrid, and specialty coffee overseen directly by Spanish Barista Champion Marcos González.

Product overview

Delikia operates as a vending machine company offering a multi-brand portfolio centered around healthy vending. The core offerings include five strategic sub-brands: Root Café (specialty coffee with dedicated barista service), Saborese (fresh artisan food from company workshops), Genius (technology and innovation), Green (sustainability), and Talenkia (human resources). These brands are complemented by four service offerings: Traditional Vending, Coffee Corners, Market Saborese (fresh product displays), and Delicarry (warehouse delivery). Together, they provide integrated vending solutions for offices, hospitals, hotels, and industrial spaces across Spain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Root Café: Specialty coffee brand that brings specialty coffee to offices and homes, featuring a barista who oversees all processes and develops recipes for each machine.
• Saborese
• Genius
• Green
• Talenkia

Products and services

• Vending Tradicional (Traditional Vending) Customized traditional vending machine service that adapts to the needs of each company, providing food, snacks, and beverages to employees at client facilities such as offices, hospitals, industrial sites, and hotels across Spain.
• Corners (Coffee Corners) Customized coffee corner solutions installed at client facilities and adapted to the specific needs, space, and d\u00e9cor of each company, typically featuring Root Caf\u00e9 specialty coffee.
• Market Saborese Innovative multi-purchase service consisting of display cases offering a wide variety of fresh products, installed at client facilities to provide expanded food and snack access beyond a single vending machine.
• Delicarry Delivery service that ships products from Delikia's warehouses and Saborese workshops directly to client facilities, providing flexible replenishment and bespoke product fulfillment.
• Root Caf\u00e9 (Specialty Coffee Service) Specialty coffee service for offices and homes, featuring direct-sourced coffee from a Nicaraguan producer and recipes personally selected and overseen by Spanish Barista Champion Marcos Gonz\u00e1lez, delivered through Delikia's vending machines and coffee corners.
• Saborese (Fresh Food Service) Fresh food service produced daily, in an artisanal manner, in two company workshops in Vigo and Madrid, offering a wide variety of recipes with high-quality ingredients that power Delikia's vending assortment, Market Saborese displays, and Delicarry deliveries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90 million services provided annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Coffee Producer in NicaraguacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelikia collaborates directly with a coffee producer in Nicaragua, enabling direct sourcing of specialty coffee from origin. This partnership supports their position as pioneers in specialty coffee vending and their Root Café concept, which emphasizes transparency about producer work and the story behind each cup of coffee.
• Coca-Cola - Mares Circulares ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelikia participates in Coca-Cola's Mares Circulares (Circular Seas) environmental initiative, which focuses on marine litter collection and cleanup. Delikia contributed to collecting over 367 kilograms of waste in Cangas as part of this sustainability program, demonstrating corporate social responsibility commitment.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group (Eurest): International contract foodservice operator with Eurest as its workplace and vending brand across Iberia. Comparable end-customer base to Delikia, with broader product/service scope and global procurement leverage.
• Aramark: Global contract foodservice provider operating workplace refreshment solutions including vending across multiple geographies. Comparable enterprise customer overlap with Delikia, though as part of a much larger services portfolio.
• Sodexo: Global food services and facilities management company operating vending, micro-market, and workplace refreshment solutions. Overlaps Delikia on workplace coffee and food, but as part of a much broader facilities services portfolio.

Others

• Nestlé Nespresso Professional: Office and hospitality coffee solutions arm of Nespresso, supplying premium coffee machines and capsules to B2B accounts. Adjacent to Delikia's Root Café vertical through shared specialty-coffee positioning, but operates as a coffee-machine supplier rather than vending operator.
• Segafredo Zanetti (Caffè Vergnano / Italian office coffee): Italian coffee group with a growing office/HoReCa coffee business that competes for specialty bean-to-cup placements. Adjacent supplier to Delikia's coffee corners and a peer in the broader workplace coffee refreshment category.
• JDE Peet's Professional (Jacobs Douwe Egberts): Office coffee and vending solutions arm of JDE Peet's, supplying coffee, tea, and machines to corporate accounts. Enters the same B2B refreshment RFPs as Delikia's Root Café offering.
• Lavazza Professional: Office and out-of-home coffee business of Italian coffee group Lavazza, supplying coffee machines and capsules for workplaces. Comparable specialty-coffee customer overlap with Delikia's coffee corners.

Direct peers

• Costa Express: Self-serve coffee bar brand from The Coca-Cola Company offering specialty bean-to-cup vending in workplaces, retail, and travel locations. Comparable coffee-vending placement model targeting similar B2B refreshment occasions.
• Avencash (AvenCash Vending): Spanish vending operator providing food, beverage, and coffee services to enterprise customers. Closely comparable geography, customer base, and product mix to Delikia's vending and coffee corner business.
• Selecta Group: Europe's largest unattended retail and coffee services operator with a comparable mix of vending machines, fresh food, and coffee corner offerings targeted at corporate and public-sector clients. Directly competes with Delikia in Spain and in pan-European multi-site tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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