Driessen Food

What Driessen Food does

Driessen Food is a 125-year-old, family-owned Dutch fresh food supplier headquartered in Bunnik, Netherlands, operating additional production sites in Utrecht and Tilburg and employing over 150 professionals. The company delivers a full range of fresh and convenience products — meat, fish, fresh produce (AGF), dairy, and its proprietary Christoffels convenience line — to professional kitchens in the Dutch hospitality segment (restaurants, hotels, caterers, cruise operators) and to retail and industrial customers seeking custom-produced sous-vide items, hamburgers, and ground meat.

The company operates an owned, temperature-controlled delivery fleet of Sprinters equipped with real-time GPS tracking and in-vehicle temperature sensors, enabling consolidated same-day delivery of all four fresh groups in a single shipment across the Netherlands six days per week. Customers order through the proprietary inOne web-based ordering portal, which accepts orders until 23:00 for next-day delivery. Notable technical differentiators include a patented burger-shaping technique (aligning meat fibers in one direction to maintain shape during cooking) and the proprietary Christoffels recipe library of cooked meats, jus bases, and soups developed from professional kitchen practice.

The business model is B2B transactional wholesale: Driessen Food sells and delivers fresh product on a recurring, per-order basis at wholesale prices disclosed only to registered customers, with acquisition driven by dedicated account managers, field sales, experiential marketing (VersAcademie workshops, Cheese Colleges), and an 'Ode aan...' chef-spotlight content series. The company also generates revenue from retail and industry custom manufacturing to retailer-specified recipes, packaging, and volumes. No public revenue, funding events, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in available sources.

Name

Driessen Food

Legal name

Driessen Food

Website

https://driessenfood.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Driessen Food is a 125-year-old Dutch B2B fresh food supplier delivering meat, fish, produce, dairy, and convenience products daily to hospitality, retail, and industrial customers across the Netherlands via owned temperature-controlled logistics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Foodservice Distribution

NAICS

Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Refrigerated/Chilled Foods Wholesale (Deli, Prepared, Fresh Pasta, etc.) (AFAIAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cold Prepared Foods & Meal Components (Sides, Proteins, Family Meals) (CRAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Fresh food distribution
• Foodservice supply
• Meat and fish wholesale
• Convenience food products
• Hospitality food supplier

Headquarters

HQ city

Bunnik

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. B2B Fresh Food Distribution: Driessen Food generates revenue by selling and delivering a full range of fresh food products (meat, fish, fresh produce, dairy, and convenience) to professional customers in the hospitality industry on a recurring order basis, using an in-house ordering system (inOne) with daily delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Driessen Food is a Dutch fresh food processor and distributor supplying meat (vlees), fish (vis), fresh produce (AGF), dairy (zuivel), and convenience products (the Christoffels sub-brand) to professional hospitality kitchens and retail/industry customers. The company sources, processes, and delivers a consolidated daily shipment of all four fresh product groups via its own temperature-controlled fleet, with orders placed until 23:00 for next-day delivery across the Netherlands through the inOne ordering system.

Product overview

Driessen Food is a family-owned Dutch fresh food supplier established in 1899, serving the foodservice (gastronomie) and retail industries. The company operates as a one-stop-shop offering five core product categories: Meat (Vlees), Fish (Vis), Fresh Produce (AGF), Dairy (Zuivel), and Convenience (Gemak). The flagship convenience sub-brand Christoffels provides pre-cooked meats, soups, and sous-vide vegetables for professional kitchens. A proprietary inOne ordering system enables customers to order all four fresh product groups in a single consolidated delivery. For retail and industry, Driessen Food produces custom sous-vide products, hamburgers, and ground meat to customer specifications. Daily delivery is provided via the company's own temperature-controlled fleet serving customers 6 days per week.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Christoffels: Convenience product line featuring prepared components such as cooked meats, sauces, soups, and sous-vide products designed to save time in professional kitchens while allowing chefs to add their own signature.

Products and services

• Vlees (Meat) Meat products for professional hospitality kitchens and retail/industry customers, including Dutch Prime Beef, grain-fed beef, lamb, veal, poultry, Iberico pork, and slow-cooked meats. Sold through the inOne ordering system and delivered next-day via temperature-controlled fleet.
• Vis (Fish) Fresh fish from sustainable sources including Skrei Norwegian migratory cod, langoustines, Zeeuwse oysters, turbot, sole, salmon, red mullet, and seasonal varieties, including flyshoot-caught fish from sustainable Danish/Icelandic fisheries.
• AGF (Fresh Produce) Fresh fruits and vegetables including white and purple asparagus, wild mushrooms, microgreens from Stadsjochies and Koppert Cress, seasonal vegetables, and local Dutch produce from De Waog and De Wit.
• Zuivel (Dairy) Dairy products and artisanal cheeses including European cheeses (Manchego, Rocbleu, Toma Piemontese DOP), Dutch cheeses (Oudwijker Cigno), charcuterie (coppa di Parma, pancetta, pastrami, prosciutto crudo), and seasonal cheese selections.
• Christoffels Convenience Line Christoffels convenience sub-brand offering pre-cooked meats (duck confit, lamb, veal, poultry), soups (asparagus, pea, lobster, fish), jus bases, sous-vide vegetables, and ready-to-use components designed to save prep time in professional kitchens.
• Retail & Industry Custom Manufacturing Custom manufacturing for retail chains and food industry manufacturers including sous-vide products, hamburgers, and ground meat tailored to customer-specified recipes, packaging, and volumes.
• Gastronomie Foodservice Supply Complete fresh product supply service for professional kitchens serving restaurants, hotels, caterers, and cruise shipping companies. Provides daily consolidated delivery of meat, fish, produce, dairy, and convenience products via the inOne ordering system.
• inOne Ordering System Web-based digital ordering portal for registered B2B customers allowing orders to be placed until 23:00 for next-day temperature-controlled delivery, consolidating orders across the four fresh product groups.

Quantifiable outcome

• Consolidated delivery of four fresh product groups in a single delivery, reducing handling and increasing kitchen efficiency
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 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

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Evert Schonhage (Meester Fromager)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 January 2025World champion cheese master (2019) and maitre fromager who co-leads Driessen Food's Cheese Colleges, providing expertise on raw milk cheeses, aging, and flavor profiles to hospitality professionals.
• Koppert CressminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDriessen Food sources specialty cresses and micro-greens from Koppert Cress, a Dutch supplier known for innovative aromatic crops. The partnership provides Driessen Food customers with unique garnish and flavor ingredients for fine dining applications.
• StadsjochiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Dutch microgreen and cress supplier whose products are featured in Driessen Food's seasonal offerings, including the Slamix used by partner chefs such as Restaurant Vroeg.
• De WaogminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Dutch vegetable grower supplying specialty produce (e.g., purple kohlrabi, cavolo nero, chard) featured in Driessen Food's seasonal AGF assortment.
• De Wit (Asparagus Grower)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDriessen Food partners with asparagus grower De Wit for white asparagus, specifically selecting AA extra quality variants for their premium seasonal offering.
• Meester-AffineursminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Dutch cheese supplier in Rhenen that opens its doors to Driessen Food customers through the VersAcademie program, offering tours of farms, cheesemaking, and affineur facilities.
• SVO Vakopleiding Food (Houten)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerA vocational training institute for food professionals in Houten. Driessen Food partners with SVO for the VersAcademie workshops, using their practical training facilities for hands-on sessions such as game & poultry butchery.
• John Dee (Australia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian premium beef producer supplying Driessen Food with Black Angus grain-fed beef (150-180 days), known for excellent marbling, tenderness, and rich flavor. Available exclusively at Driessen Food in the Netherlands.
• SysteemKeukenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA kitchen systems company that participated in the 125th anniversary cooking theater at Fort bij Vechten, sharing culinary expertise alongside Driessen Food's culinary advisor Cor van Dusschoten.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Performance Food Group: Performance Food Group is a major US foodservice distributor serving restaurants, healthcare, education, and convenience stores with broad-line and specialty distribution including fresh, frozen, and ambient products. It is a structural comparable for Driessen Food's gastronomy and retail/industry dual-channel model, though operating at vastly greater scale across multiple US verticals.
• Koninklijke VION N.V. VION is a major Dutch and international meat processor producing fresh pork, beef, and prepared meat products for retail, foodservice, and industrial customers. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Driessen Food on the meat processing and supply side, particularly relevant to Driessen Food's custom burger and ground meat manufacturing business and broader meat category supply.
• Sysco: Sysco is the largest foodservice distributor in North America and globally, supplying restaurants, healthcare, education, and hospitality with a full range of fresh, frozen, and specialty products including meat, seafood, produce, dairy, and equipment. It represents the broad incumbent model that Driessen Food operates within, illustrating how foodservice distribution scales globally but with far greater breadth than Driessen Food's specialty Dutch focus.

Direct peers

• Bidfood Netherlands: Bidfood is a leading international foodservice distributor (formerly Bidvest) operating in the Netherlands with broad out-of-home delivery across fresh, frozen, ambient, and non-food categories to hospitality, healthcare, and workplace catering. It competes directly with Driessen Food in Dutch foodservice distribution, with greater scale, broader category coverage, and an international parent (Bidcorp).
• Sligro Food Group: Sligro is the largest Dutch foodservice wholesaler, operating cash-and-carry wholesale centers and delivering fresh and frozen products to hospitality, retail, and foodservice customers in the Netherlands and Belgium. It directly competes with Driessen Food across gastronomy, retail, and industry channels with overlapping meat, fish, produce, dairy, and convenience assortments and broader multi-country scale.
• Versunie: Versunie is a Dutch purchasing cooperative focused on fresh produce, meat, fish, and dairy for the hospitality and foodservice sector, serving independent restaurants and caterers with daily fresh delivery. It is highly comparable to Driessen Food as a fresh-focused specialist serving Dutch hospitality with multi-category supply, though structured as a member cooperative rather than a family-owned distributor.
• Hanos: Hanos is a major Dutch cash & carry and foodservice wholesaler operating large-format warehouses serving hospitality professionals across the Netherlands with fresh meat, fish, produce, dairy, and convenience products. Like Driessen Food, it serves restaurants, hotels, and caterers with multi-category fresh assortment, though at greater scale and with a self-service cash-and-carry model rather than daily consolidated delivery.
• Metro Cash & Carry Netherlands: Metro is a global cash-and-carry and foodservice wholesaler with operations in the Netherlands serving hospitality and small-business customers with fresh, frozen, and ambient food plus non-food supplies. It competes with Driessen Food for Dutch hospitality accounts across multi-category supply, though with a self-service wholesale format rather than consolidated delivery.

Regional players

• Brakes Group: Brakes Group is a major UK and Ireland foodservice wholesaler serving hospitality, healthcare, education, and public-sector customers with fresh, frozen, and ambient products. It is a strong functional comparable to Driessen Food's gastronomy-focused delivery model with similar multi-category fresh supply, though operating in a different geography rather than competing head-to-head in the Netherlands.

Others

• Jan Steen Stadsprodukties: A smaller Dutch specialty fresh fish supplier and processor serving restaurants and retail with sustainable North Sea fish and seafood. It is an adjacent comparable to Driessen Food's fish category, illustrating the kind of specialist fish supplier that Driessen Food competes with or sources alongside in the Dutch fresh seafood segment.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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