NFS Nordischer Food Service GmbH & Co. KG

What NFS Nordischer Food Service GmbH & Co. KG does

NFS Nordischer Food Service GmbH & Co. KG is a German B2B food-service wholesale company headquartered in Groß Schwaß near Rostock, operating as a regional partner within the Service-Bund group — a nationwide cooperative of family-owned wholesale businesses that pools procurement, marketing, and channel access. The company distributes a full-range assortment of over 10,000 articles across food, beverages, and non-food categories to professional kitchens in three primary segments: hotels (Hotellerie), restaurants and foodservice establishments (Gastronomie), and institutional catering (Gemeinschaftsverpflegung) including care homes and schools. NFS holds four audited quality certifications (BIO EU-Öko-Verordnung via GfRS, MSC, ASC, IFS) and operates a portfolio of over a dozen proprietary and partner brands (Servisa, ServisaPrime, Mermaid Seafood, Rodeo Steak, Sourcer, Salva D'Or, ServisaPOS, direkt.frisch., Completta, BurgerCraft, Sonnenreife, Gastrovinum, European Chicken Commitment, ExpertPartnership Sander).

The revenue model is straightforward B2B wholesale: products are sold on a transaction basis to professional buyers through telephone sales (Monday–Thursday 08:00–16:00, Friday 08:00–15:00) and a 24/7 webshop, supplemented by Service-Bund mobile ordering apps with barcode scanning. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Strategic partnerships extend reach beyond the regional core: Service-Bund provides the national footprint and Sodexo's Healthcare & Seniors procurement is routed through Service-Bund National, while Sander Gruppe collaboration supports the Care segment. Marketing is multi-channel, including a corporate website, Servisa magazine, newsletter, social media (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook), trade-show presence (Internorga, Nord Gastro & Hotel, FOODSpecial, ALTENPFLEGE), and the Service-Bund podcast 'Ran an den Pott'. Leadership consists of three managing directors: Marko Frehse, Lisa Raffel, and Martin Schmidt. The company has no public funding, no M&A activity, no disclosed AI/ML capability, and no disclosed revenue; the reported headcount of 9 employees is implausible for an operation of this SKU and delivery scale and is best treated as a CRM data artifact.

Name

NFS Nordischer Food Service GmbH & Co. KG

Legal name

NFS Nordischer Food Service GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://nfs.servicebund.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NFS Nordischer Food Service GmbH & Co. KG is a German B2B food-service wholesaler headquartered near Rostock, distributing 10,000+ SKUs to hotels, restaurants, and institutional caterers across Northern Germany as a regional partner of the Service-Bund cooperative.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Service Wholesale

NAICS

Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (424470), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140), Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

National/Multiregional Broadline Foodservice Distributors (AFAIAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Institutional Foodservice Distribution (Education, Healthcare, Government) (CRAOABAM), Noncommercial/Institutional Broadline Distributors (K-12, Higher Ed, Healthcare, Government) (AFAIAAAC), Temperature-Controlled Foodservice/Institutional Supply Wholesale (AFAIAHAK), Specialty & Gourmet Foods Wholesale Distribution (CRAOAAAI)

Keywords

• Food service wholesale
• B2B food distribution
• Professional kitchen supplies
• Gastronomy wholesale
• Hotel food supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Groß Schwaß

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food & Beverage Wholesale: Wholesale distribution of food, beverages, and non-food items to professional kitchens including restaurants, hotels, and institutional catering facilities. Revenue generated through product sales with full assortment of over 10,000 articles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NFS Nordischer Food Service GmbH & Co. KG is a B2B food service wholesaler that distributes a full-range assortment of more than 10,000 food, beverage, and non-food articles to professional kitchens in gastronomy, hotels, and institutional catering. The product portfolio is organized around its own private-label brands (Servisa, ServisaPrime, Mermaid Seafood, Rodeo Steak, Salva D'Or, Sourcer, BurgerCraft, Sonnenreife, Gastrovinum, direkt.frisch., Completta, ServisaPOS, European Chicken Commitment, ExpertPartnership Sander) and is sold via telephone sales and a 24/7 webshop.

Product overview

NFS Nordischer Food Service GmbH & Co. KG operates as a food service wholesale company serving gastronomy, community catering (care facilities, schools), and hotel businesses. The company offers a comprehensive full-range assortment of over 10,000 articles spanning food, beverages, and non-food categories. The product portfolio is organized around its own brands (Servisa, ServisaPrime, Mermaid Seafood, Rodeo Steak) complemented by specialized sub-brands (Sourcer for beverages, Salva D'Or for Mediterranean products, ServisaPOS for POS, direkt.frisch. for fresh fish, Completta for sustainable take-away, BurgerCraft, Sonnenreife, Gastrovinum) and partnership brands (ExpertPartnership Sander, European Chicken Commitment). Customers can order via telephone sales, the Webshop platform, or mobile apps.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Servisa: Private label brand for food products
• ServisaPrime
• ExpertPartnership Sander
• Mermaid Seafood
• Sourcer
• Salva D'Or
• ServisaPOS
• Rodeo Steak
• direkt.frisch.
• Completta
• BurgerCraft
• Sonnenreife
• Gastrovinum

Products and services

• Servisa

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Service-BundcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026NFS is part of the Service-Bund group, a nationwide network of family businesses in food service wholesale. The group combines regional closeness with national strength, providing shared resources, brand identity, and collective purchasing power.
• European Catering Distributors (ECD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean trade organization for catering distributors that NFS participates in, enabling international networking and knowledge exchange with European counterparts.
• Sander GruppemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Sander Gruppe for Care segment operations. Collaboration showcased at trade events like Internorga under 'Partnerschaft schafft Zukunft' (Partnership creates future) motto.
• SodexomajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorService-Bund National (SBN) serves as strategic partner for Sodexo's food purchasing in Healthcare & Seniors segment, bundling food procurement through selected supplier partners.
• eagle brands and media GmbH (ebam)supportingGTM or Marketing Partner100% subsidiary of Service-Bund functioning as central communication hub for the company and its shareholders. Responsible for customer magazine, print and online content, press work, social media, newsletters, sponsorships, and Food-Service Akademie (FSA).

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group Germany: Global contract caterer with significant German institutional presence. Represents the demand-side institutional catering operator that sources from broadliners like NFS.
• Aramark Germany: International contract foodservice and supplier operator. Comparable to NFS on the institutional catering side (Care, schools) and as a wholesale-converged operator across broader food services.
• METRO Deutschland (Cash & Carry / Foodservice): Large HoReCa-specialist cash-and-carry and foodservice operator with proprietary brands. Competes with NFS across broadline assortment but operates at significantly larger scale and format.

Others

• Sodexo Germany: Global contract food services and facilities management company. Direct customer/partner of Service-Bund for Healthcare & Seniors procurement; relevant peer for understanding institutional catering demand.

Direct peers

• EDEKA Foodservice: Edeka-Gruppe's foodservice wholesale arm serving restaurants, hotels and community catering in Germany. Directly comparable broadline foodservice competitor with deep retail-anchored sourcing.
• Sander Gruppe: German foodservice wholesaler focused on community catering and senior care. Direct comparator for NFS's Care segment and already an active partnership brand (ExpertPartnership Sander).
• Chefs Culinar: German broadline foodservice distributor serving restaurants, hotels and community catering. Mirrors NFS's customer mix and full-range assortment model across Germany.
• Transgourmet Deutschland: One of Germany's largest broadline foodservice wholesalers serving HoReCa and institutional customers. Directly comparable to NFS as a full-range foodservice distributor with national scale and broad SKU coverage.

Emerging players

• FrischeParadies: Specialist premium fresh food wholesaler (seafood, meat, produce) serving top-tier restaurants and hotels. Comparable to NFS's Mermaid Seafood and direkt.frisch. premium fresh positioning.

Regional players

• Handelshof: Cash-and-carry and delivery wholesaler in Western Germany serving HoReCa. Comparable foodservice wholesale format though concentrated in different regions than NFS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UClRJAd34dBN6-peUkx560AA
• Facebookfacebook.com/NFSNordischerFoodService
• Instagraminstagram.com/nfs_rostock/?hl=de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nfs-nordischer-food-service-gmbh-&-co.-kg

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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