Koeckerling

What Koeckerling does

Köckerling GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held, family-owned German fresh-produce processor headquartered in Delbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia. Founded in 1947 as a 2-hectare potato farm by Johannes Köckerling, the company transformed under third-generation leader Johannes Köckerling Jr. (managing director since 1991) into a regional specialist in fresh-cut potatoes, vegetables, fruits, salads, and delicatessen convenience products. Core processing assets sit in a purpose-built 2017 facility featuring a fully automatic leaf salad processing line and automated packaging/dosing equipment, with throughput scaled to 500 kg/hour versus the original 50-80 kg/day manual operation. The firm holds IFS and QS food-safety certifications and operates a wholly-owned subsidiary, PRO BIO GmbH, for organic-certified processing.

The business operates a sales-led B2B go-to-market across three distinct segments: Foodservice/HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, commercial kitchens, catering), Food Industry (fine food manufacturers, meat processors requiring semi-finished ingredients), and Food Retail (grocery chains plus a direct-to-consumer factory outlet at Delbrück). Customer-specific product customization — including custom cuts, mixes, and compound solutions at minimum order quantities from 10 kg — is a central feature of the value proposition, alongside own-cultivation sourcing and same-day fresh production. Sub-brands 'Fresh in Love' (To Go cups and convenience SKUs) and 'Annes' (delicatessen salads) extend reach into retail consumer products. The operating geography is limited to Germany (with concentration in NRW); no international expansion is indicated.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the company has no external investors, no funding rounds, and no parent entity. Headcount is approximately 100 employees at the Westenholz/Delbrück production site (notwithstanding an inconsistent firmographic entry of 1-10), with co-managing directors Johannes Köckerling and Henrik Rolf overseeing operations and a family ownership structure that emphasizes continuity and regional roots over rapid scale.

Name

Koeckerling

Legal name

Köckerling GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://xn--kckerling-frische-zzb.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Köckerling GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned German fresh-produce processor in Delbrück that supplies fresh-cut potatoes, vegetables, fruits, salads, and convenience products to foodservice, food industry, and retail customers across North Rhine-Westphalia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Delbrück

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fresh Convenience Food Products: Sale of fresh-cut potato, vegetable, fruit, and salad products to food service, food industry, and retail customers. Products sold in various packaging sizes tailored to customer requirements.
2. Factory Outlet Sales: Direct sales to end consumers through factory outlet at Delbrück location with pre-order system

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Köckerling processes and supplies fresh-cut potatoes, vegetables, fruits, salads, and gourmet delicatessen products to foodservice, food industry, and food retail customers. Production takes place at a modern facility in Delbrück, Germany, using own-cultivation and regional farmer-sourced raw materials, with daily fresh output customized to client specifications and packaging sizes.

Product overview

Koeckerling operates as a regional fresh food specialist offering a comprehensive portfolio of convenience fresh produce products across three main business segments: Foodservice (restaurants, hotels, catering), Food Industry (manufacturers, processors), and Retail (end consumers). The product portfolio includes: Kartoffel-Produkte (potatoes in all forms), Gemüse Ready Cuts (pre-cut vegetables), Vorgeschnittene Salate (pre-cut salads), Salatmischungen (salad mixes), Gemüsemischungen (vegetable mixes), Obst Fresh Cuts (fresh cut fruits), Obst- & Gemüse-Spieße (fruit/vegetable skewers), Feinkostsalate (gourmet salads), the To Go 'Fresh in Love' sub-brand (ready-to-eat convenience), Brat- und Dessert Äpfel (roast/dessert apples), Feinkost für die Bedientheke (deli products), Halbfabrikate (semi-finished products), custom vegetable cuts and mixes for industry, Compound-Lösungen (compound preparations), and BIO-Produkte (organic products via PRO BIO partnership). The company processes potatoes, vegetables, fruits, and salads from its own cultivation and regional partners, emphasizing freshness, quality control, and same-day production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fresh in Love: Brand name for To Go products including fruit cups, salad cups, sweet cups, and fine pan vegetables for retail consumers.
• Annes

Products and services

• Potato Products (Kartoffel-Produkte) Potatoes from own cultivation, available in various forms including whole peeled potatoes, cubed, sliced, fries, potato sticks, grated potatoes for pancakes, potato dough, and Parisienne potatoes, supplied to foodservice and retail customers.
• Fresh Cut Vegetables (Gemüse Ready Cuts) Pre-cut, ready-to-use fresh vegetables including carrots, cucumbers, peppers, onions, zucchini, cabbage varieties, salads, and specialty vegetables in various cuts and sizes for foodservice and retail.
• Pre-cut Salads (Vorgeschnittene Salate) Pre-cut and washed salad varieties including leaf lettuces, field salads, radicchio, and mixed salad greens in various cuts for foodservice and retail.
• Salad Mixes (Salatmischungen) Pre-mixed salad combinations including Amsterdamer Mix, California Mix, Griechischer Rohkost, and over 30 named regional and specialty mixes for foodservice and retail customers.
• Vegetable Mixes (Gemüsemischungen) Pre-mixed vegetable combinations for cooking including Asia Peking, Ratatouille, Wok Kiste varieties, and specialty vegetable mixes for foodservice and retail.
• Fresh Cut Fruits (Obst Fresh Cuts) Pre-cut, ready-to-use fresh fruits including pineapple, apples, strawberries, kiwi, melons, oranges, grapes, and specialty fruit preparations for foodservice and retail.
• Fruit and Vegetable Skewers (Obst- & Gemüse-Spieße) Ready-to-serve fruit and vegetable skewers including cocktail fruit skewers, melon skewers, vegetable skewers, and tomato/mozzarella skewers.
• Gourmet Salads (Feinkostsalate) Premium prepared salads including cucumber salad with yogurt, pasta salads, coleslaw, carrot salad, potato salad varieties, and specialty fine food salads for foodservice and retail.
• Fresh in Love To Go Line Ready-to-eat convenience products including salad cups, fruit cups, sweet cups, sandwiches, and fresh meals for on-the-go consumption, branded under the 'Fresh in Love' line for retail consumers.
• Roast and Dessert Apples (Brat- und Dessert Äpfel) Pre-filled roast and dessert apples with various fillings including persipan with raisins-cinnamon, chocolate drops, cranberry-cinnamon, and cranberry for retail.
• Deli Counter Products (Feinkost für die Bedientheke) Premium deli-style prepared salads and delicatessen products for service counters, including Anne's branded salad line with multiple varieties for food retail.
• Semi-finished Products (Halbfabrikate) Bulk semi-processed vegetables for food industry customers including halved, peeled, or whole vegetables in large-format packaging from 10 kg minimum orders.
• Custom Vegetable Cuts (Kundenindividuelle Gemüseschnitte) Customer-specific vegetable cutting services for food industry with customizable cuts and forms from 10 kg minimum orders.
• Custom Vegetable Mixes (Kundenindividuelle Gemüsemischungen) Custom-blended vegetable mixtures for food industry clients, tailored to specific customer requirements from 10 kg minimum order quantities.
• Ready Compound Solutions (Fertige Compound-Lösungen) Ready-to-use compound preparations for food manufacturing including tomato basil, garden herbs, paprika herb dip, and tzatziki for use in dips, dressings, and cheese preparations.
• Organic Products (BIO-Produkte) Organic certified potato and vegetable products offered in partnership with PRO BIO GmbH, covering the full range of potato and fresh vegetable products in organic quality.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PRO BIO GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with PRO BIO GmbH for organic (BIO) product range. PRO BIO provides fresh organic vegetables and organic potatoes for Köckerling's BIO product line. Köckerling processes and distributes these products under the partnership. PRO BIO certification is handled through their subsidiary.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bonduelle Group: French-headquartered European leader in fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables including fresh-cut salads and prepared vegetables for foodservice and retail. Directly comparable product portfolio and category, but at much larger scale.
• Wernsing Feinkost GmbH: German family-owned fresh-cut potato and convenience food specialist serving foodservice and food industry customers with peeled, cut, and pre-mixed products. Closely comparable in business model, customer mix, and family-ownership profile.
• Emsland Food GmbH: German potato product manufacturer producing dehydrated and processed potato derivatives for industrial and foodservice customers. Comparable in core raw material (potatoes) and B2B industrial customer focus.

Regional players

• Bauerngut GmbH: German regional fresh convenience food specialist producing fresh salads, vegetables, and deli products for retail and foodservice. Comparable in product portfolio and German regional focus, with a primarily East German footprint.

Emerging players

• Frostkrone Food Group: German frozen convenience food specialist producing snack-format vegetable and finger-food products for foodservice and retail. Partial overlap in convenience vegetable processing but focused on frozen rather than fresh-cut.

Broad incumbents

• Greenyard: Belgian-headquartered global player in fresh, frozen, and prepared fruit and vegetables for retail and foodservice. Comparable category overlap (fresh-cut salads and prepared produce) but operates at much larger international scale.
• Iglo GmbH: German frozen vegetables and convenience food brand (part of Nomad Foods), serving retail consumers across Germany. Adjacent product category (convenience vegetables) but different model (frozen vs. fresh) and broader consumer focus.
• Ardo Group: Belgian-headquartered European producer of frozen vegetables, fresh produce, and fresh-cut herb and vegetable mixes for retail and foodservice. Overlaps with Köckerling in fresh and prepared produce categories at broader scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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