ALJACATERING SL

What ALJACATERING SL does

ALJACATERING S.L. is an Andalusian collective catering company headquartered in Sevilla that has operated for over 35 years since its 1989 founding as a family business. It produces approximately 6,000 meals daily from a central kitchen in Sevilla's Polígono Industrial El Pino, distributing them to roughly 80 institutional centers including schools, childcare facilities, elderly residences, and day centers across Sevilla province and parts of Huelva and Cádiz. The core technology is a Línea Fría (cold chain) production and distribution system that rapidly cools cooked food from 70°C to 10°C in under two hours using blast chillers, vacuum-seals it in modified-atmosphere packaging, stores and transports it under refrigeration at 0–4°C, and regenerates it to 70°C at the point of consumption. The company also operates a secondary office in Mairena del Aljarafe dedicated to celebrations and banquet catering, and is opening a new regional hub in Granada to extend service across Jaén, Almería, and Málaga.

The business model is B2B services revenue with custom-quoted, per-contract pricing across four primary revenue streams: collective catering for institutions (the dominant stream), wholesale supply of prepared meals to retail and food-service establishments, celebration and event catering with full-service setup, and home meal delivery contracted through public entities. The company employs qualified cooks, a veterinarian-led sanitary control team, and a nutritionist who designs 5-week rotation menus per Junta de Andalucía health recommendations, with customized diet offerings (celiac, Muslim, astringent, allergy-specific, liquidized/túrmix). Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales to institutional clients, supplemented by referrals within the sector; there is no consumer-facing brand or digital acquisition motion. Headcount data is ambiguous — firmographics list 13 employees while company materials cite 80+ trained professionals across direction, customer service, production, sanitary control, distribution, and cleaning functions, suggesting a mix of in-house staff and contracted operational labor.

Name

ALJACATERING SL

Legal name

ALJACATERING S.L.

Website

https://aljacatering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ALJACATERING S.L. is a 35-year-old Andalusian collective catering company headquartered in Sevilla that uses a proprietary cold-chain (Línea Fría) system to produce approximately 6,000 daily menus for roughly 80 institutional clients including schools, childcare centers, elderly residences, and day centers across southern Spain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collective Catering Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (72231)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate/Workplace Meal Programs & Bulk Prepared Meals (CRAHAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Catering & Office Food Programs (HSACAGAC), In-House Cafeteria Operations & Meal Preparation (EDAEAEAA)

Keywords

• Collective catering services
• Institutional food services
• Cold chain meals
• School meal programs
• Elderly care catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Sevilla

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Collectivity Catering Services: Provision of meals to schools, childcare centers, elderly residences, and day centers. Services range from food delivery only to full-service catering including setup and cleanup.
2. Prepared Meal Sales: Sale of packaged and pasteurized meals in individual portions or by weight for retail outlets, supermarkets, bars, and restaurants.
3. Celebrations and Events Catering: Banquet services for celebrations and events including furniture, tableware, linens, waitstaff, and complete menu execution.
4. Home Food Delivery: Meal delivery services to individuals in need, contracted through public entities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ALJACATERING SL produces and distributes meals to institutional clients (schools, childcare centers, elderly residences, day centers) across Andalusia, Spain, operating a central kitchen that produces approximately 6,000 daily menus using its proprietary Línea Fría (cold chain) production system. The company also offers celebrations and banquet catering, home meal delivery contracted through public entities, on-site kitchen management, and wholesale prepared meals for retail and food service establishments.

Product overview

ALJACATERING SL is an Andalusian food service company (catering specializing in collective feeding) headquartered in Seville. The company operates a multi-service model centered around its central kitchen production facility, producing approximately 6,000 daily menus. The core offering combines traditional meal preparation with the proprietary Línea Fría (cold chain) system that uses rapid temperature reduction and vacuum packaging to preserve nutritional and sensory qualities. The product portfolio includes healthy menus and customized diets (celiac, Muslim, allergy-specific) as add-on services, supported by refrigerated distribution to approximately 80 institutional clients including schools, children's centers, elderly residences, and day centers. Additional services encompass celebration and banquet catering with full event setup, home food delivery for public social programs, and on-site kitchen management for qualified facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Collective Catering for Schools and Childcare Centers Daily meal provision to schools, childcare centers, infant schools, and college dining halls using the Línea Fría cold chain system. Custom menus designed by a nutritionist with five-week rotation cycles and tailored to children's nutritional needs, with options for celiac, Muslim, and allergy-specific diets.
• Elderly Care and Day Center Catering Meal services for elderly residences and day centers featuring diets adapted to elderly nutritional needs, preservation of sensory qualities (flavor and texture), and specialized options including low-fat, astringent, and tùrmix (liquidized) presentations. Delivered via refrigerated vehicles maintaining cold chain integrity.
• Celebrations and Banquet Catering Full-service catering for celebrations, corporate events, and banquets including furniture, tableware, linens, professional waitstaff, and complete menu execution. Operated from a dedicated secondary office in Mairena del Aljarafe.
• Home Food Delivery Service Home meal delivery service for individuals in need, contracted through public entities as part of quality of life initiatives. Provides reliable meal delivery to dispersed and vulnerable populations.
• On-site Kitchen Management Services On-site meal preparation services for institutional clients with adequate kitchen facilities, where Aljacatering manages and operates the client's kitchen with conditions and service design established per client agreement.
• Wholesale Prepared Meal Sales Sale of packaged and pasteurized meals in individual portions or by weight to retail outlets, supermarkets, bars, and restaurants for resale. Meals leverage the Línea Fría cold chain system for extended preservation and food safety.

Quantifiable outcome

• Rapid cooling from 70°C to 10°C in under 2 hours, preserving food moisture and preventing bacterial proliferation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ausolan: Spanish collective catering group specialized in school meals, social healthcare, and institutional catering. Highly comparable to ALJACATERING in service portfolio (collectivities, customized diets, Línea Fría production) with broader national coverage.
• Mediterránea de Catering: Spanish collective catering company serving schools, social healthcare, and corporate clients with similar Línea Fría-style cold chain production. Closest direct competitor to ALJACATERING in business model and target customer verticals, but with multi-regional presence across Spain.

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo Iberia: Global facilities services and contract catering provider with significant presence in Spanish institutional and corporate food services. Comparable in target verticals (schools, healthcare, corporate) but as a much larger multinational operator.
• Eurest (Compass Group): Spain subsidiary of Compass Group focused on contract catering for corporate and institutional clients. Comparable to ALJACATERING as a contract caterer but operates as part of a global foodservice platform with vastly greater procurement and operational scale.
• Aramark: Global contract foodservice and uniform services provider with Spanish operations serving institutional clients. Comparable in collective catering business model and customer verticals, though at significantly larger scale.
• Serunion (Elior Group): Leading Spanish collective catering operator serving schools, hospitals, elderly residences, and corporate clients nationwide. Directly comparable to ALJACATERING in collective catering for institutions but operates at vastly greater scale and as part of the broader Elior Group.
• ISS A/S (Spain): Global facility services group offering catering among other services to institutions in Spain. Comparable in serving institutional clients but as a broader integrated facility services provider rather than a catering specialist.

Emerging players

• Catergest: Spanish regional contract caterer serving institutional and corporate clients, including school and elderly-care meal programs. Comparable to ALJACATERING in catering model and customer verticals, with similar regional-to-mid scale profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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