Dinner Catering GmbH

What Dinner Catering GmbH does

Dinner Catering GmbH is a privately held German communal catering company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Korschenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia (registered office in Neuss). The company produces and delivers freshly cooked daily meals — without reheating — to daycare centers (Kindertagesstätten), schools, and senior living facilities, and provides full-service event catering for gatherings ranging from 10 to 15,000 guests. It operates a Meister- und Ausbildungsbetrieb (master craft and training business) employing approximately 16 culinary professionals across kitchen, pastry, and butchery disciplines, including a Metzgermeister running an in-house butcher operation that produces proprietary reduced-fat meat products (Gulasch, Hackfleisch, Fleischbrät, Geschnetzeltes).

The production backbone is an EU-certified 1800 sqm commercial kitchen completed in July 2017 in the Glehner Heide commercial area, purpose-built to current EU hygiene guidelines and subject to oversight by the Kreis-Veterinärsamt Neuss and LANUV (Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz). For the institutional child-catering segment, the company applies the Optimix nutrition concept developed by the Forschungsinstitut für Kinderernährung Dortmund (FKE) as a menu-planning framework. The associated restaurant Altes Bootshaus serves as a consumer-facing showcase of the same kitchen output.

Revenue is generated through two structurally distinct streams: recurring multi-year institutional catering contracts (Kitas, schools, senior homes) and transaction-based event catering plus B2B supply of daily dishes and partial food products (sauces, soups, dressings, desserts) to businesses and restaurants. Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly disclosed. The company is family-owned, managed by Reinhold Poschen and Wolfgang Poschen as Geschäftsführer, with no external investment or parent company structure identified. Geographic reach is limited to the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, with regional sourcing of produce, vegetables, salads, and meat as a stated operating principle.

Name

Dinner Catering GmbH

Legal name

Dinner Catering GmbH

Website

https://dinner-catering.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dinner Catering GmbH is a family-owned German communal caterer in Korschenbroich that delivers daily fresh-cooked meals to daycare centers, schools, and senior homes, and provides full-service event catering for 10 to 15,000 guests from an EU-certified 1800 sqm kitchen.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Institutional Catering Services

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Food Service Contractors (72231), Caterers (72232), Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Institutional Catering (Schools, Hospitals, Government) (THAFAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Catering (Weddings, Social, Private Parties) (THAFAIAB), Catering & Events Food Service (EDALADAC), Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA)

Keywords

• Institutional catering services
• School meal catering
• Daycare catering
• Event catering services
• Fresh daily meals

Headquarters

HQ city

Korschenbroich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional Catering (Kitas, Schulen, Seniorenheime): Daily meal catering to daycare centers, schools, and senior homes. Includes provision of complete meals with desserts or fresh fruit for balanced nutrition. Special diets offered: organic, vegetarian, and Muslim-compliant (no pork).
2. Event Catering: Full-service catering for private and corporate events ranging from 10 to 15,000 guests. Services include buffets, custom menus, finger food, office lunches, and complete event management including equipment and venue setup.
3. Food Products and Daily Meals: Supplying businesses, gaststätten (restaurants/pubs), and other customers with daily dishes and various partial products (sauces, soups, dressings, desserts, fresh salads).
4. Restaurant 'Altes Bootshaus': Associated restaurant where customers can experience the same quality as served in schools and Kitas, outside institutional settings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dinner Catering GmbH provides communal catering services for institutional clients including Kindertagesstätten (daycares), schools, and senior homes, delivering freshly prepared meals daily in heated containers. It also offers full-service event catering for private and corporate events ranging from 10 to 15,000 guests, and supplies food products to businesses and restaurants. The company differentiates through its own master butcher shop producing reduced-fat meat products, daily fresh cooking, regional sourcing, and adherence to the optimiX scientific nutrition concept for children.

Product overview

Dinner Catering GmbH operates as a master and training business in Korschenbroich offering a unified catering service portfolio focused on communal feeding. The core offerings consist of Kita Catering and Schulcatering (school catering), supplemented by an Event Catering service (Veranstaltungsservice) for events of 10 to 15,000 guests. The company differentiates through its own Metzgerei (butcher shop) producing fresh, reduced-fat meat products, and its adherence to the optimiX nutrition concept developed by the Forschungsinstitut für Kinderernährung Dortmund. A separate restaurant, Altes Bootshaus, showcases the same quality standards. The company also provides catering to senior facilities and companies. All offerings emphasize fresh, regional, and seasonal ingredients without artificial flavors or preservatives, with meals cooked daily and delivered hot.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kita Catering

Quantifiable outcome

• Fresh meals delivered hot daily, no reheating required - ready to serve immediately
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 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

One partnership is on record.

• Altes BootshausminorOthersAssociated restaurant 'Altes Bootshaus' operated separately (www.altesbootshaus.de) where customers can experience and taste the same quality of food served in Kitas and schools. Serves as a showcase for the company's cooking quality and standards outside institutional settings.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hofmann Menü: German family-owned contract caterer supplying freshly cooked meals to schools, businesses, and senior facilities. Directly comparable in size, regional focus, and recurring institutional delivery model.
• Menüpartner: German catering company focused on school and Kita meal supply with daily fresh delivery. Directly competes in the same primary segment (institutional child nutrition) with similar operational model.
• KDS Services: German catering company providing school, Kita, and corporate catering with regional kitchens. Comparable business model, customer mix, and delivery-driven catering service.
• Apetito Catering: German subsidiary of the Apetito Group, one of the leading German institutional caterers for schools, kindergartens, senior homes, and hospitals. Highly comparable product portfolio, customer segments, and delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group Germany: Global contract caterer with extensive German operations serving businesses, schools, hospitals, and events. Significant competitive overlap in institutional and event catering.
• Kofler & Kompanie: German premium catering company providing event and contract catering for corporate clients, public institutions, and private events. Comparable in event-catering capability and on-site service delivery.
• Dussmann Service: German facility services and catering group operating across institutional segments including schools, senior homes, and corporate catering. Headquartered in Berlin with nationwide coverage.
• Sodexo Germany: Global food service and facilities management company with broad institutional presence in Germany, including education, healthcare, and corporate services. Competes for the same tenders at a larger scale.
• Aramark Germany: International food service provider with a German footprint spanning business, education, healthcare, and event catering. Competes directly in the same institutional categories.

Regional players

• GVS Food & Non Food: German catering company serving schools, kindergartens, and senior facilities with daily fresh meals. Operates in a regional footprint with comparable customer segments and delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dinner-catering-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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