Business Area
Wholesale and Production
Wholesale and Production
Transgourmet Group
Ländergesellschaften
Deutschland
Transgourmet Deutschland
In the cash & carry sector, Riedstadt-based Transgourmet Germany operates 38 stores under the Selgros Cash & Carry and three stores under the Transgourmet Cash & Carry sales brands. Transgourmet also supplies bulk customers in the hotel, restaurant, corporate catering and social service sectors from 13 different locations.
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Polen
Transgourmet Polen
With Selgros Cash & Carry, Poznan-based Transgourmet Poland is one of the largest cash & carry specialists in the country. Transgourmet Poland operates 19 Selgros Cash & Carry stores. Transgourmet also operates in the food service business in Poland. Specifically to this end, the company established its first logistics centre near Warsaw from which it supplies contract catering firms and hotel/restaurant/catering customers.
Rumänien
Transgourmet Rumänien
Selgros România, based in Brasov, operates 23 cash & carry stores. Catering customers are supplied from the individual stores. In Bucharest, customers are served from Selgros’ own distribution warehouse.
Frankreich
Transgourmet Frankreich
Based in Valenton near Paris, Transgourmet France operates 22 warehouses, 20 platforms and a cash & carry store. In the French wholesale supplies market, Transgourmet ranks second.
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Iberien
Transgourmet Iberien
On the Spanish market, Transgourmet is the leading food wholesale company thanks to its cash & carry and retail business.
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Österreich
Transgourmet Österreich
Traun-based Transgourmet Austria is the market leader in wholesale catering supplies, and offers its catering and commercial customers a combination of cash & carry stores and delivery services. The company supplies customers throughout Austria from 11 locations (including Riedhart).
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Schweiz
Transgourmet Schweiz
Based in Moosseedorf near Bern, Transgourmet Switzerland is the market leader in the cash & carry and wholesale supplies sector. The 31 Prodega stores stock the widest range in Swiss wholesale. Deliveries are made from ten regional warehouses, mostly linked directly to a cash & carry store.
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Production Production
The Coop Group has several manufacturing companies, including Bell Food Group, Halba, Steinfels, Reismühle Nutrex, Pearlwater and Swissmill. The Bell Food Group, in which Coop is the majority shareholder, is one of the leading companies in meat processing and the production of convenience products in Europe.
Net sales of the Coop Cooperative Production segment came to 894 million Swiss francs in 2023. Added to this are net sales for the Bell Food Group, which grew to 4.514 billion Swiss francs. Total net sales of sustainable ranges in Production totalled 1.625 billion Swiss francs in 2023. Coop therefore increased its net sales of sustainable products in the production area by 12.1% year on year.
Bell Food Group
Bell Food Group
The Bell Food Group is one of the leading meat and convenience food processors in Europe and is the market leader in Switzerland. With its brands Bell, Eisberg, Hilcona and Hügli, the Bell Food Group covers a whole variety of customer requirements. The company supplies retailers and wholesalers, caterers/restaurants and the food industry with some 547 000 tonnes of goods a year. The Bell Food Group has production facilities in 13 countries. The company is listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.
Halba
HALBA produces around 20 000 tonnes of Swiss chocolate, 7 000 tonnes of innovative snacks and 18 000 tonnes of high-quality baking and cooking ingredients for retail and industry each year. HALBA is committed to sustainability and is involved in pioneering sustainability projects in the countries of origin.
Tropenhaus Frutigen
Tropenhaus Frutigen is a pioneer of sustainable fish farming and caviar production in Switzerland. Use of warm water from the Lötschberg base tunnel creates optimal conditions for fish farming. Besides perch, sturgeon also swim in the Tropenhaus Frutigen, and are the source of the only caviar produced in Switzerland. In addition to sustainability, Tropenhaus Frutigen attaches particular importance to high product quality and innovative approaches.
Swissmill
Swissmill is Switzerland’s largest grain mill and one of the most modern enterprises in the sector across Europe. It processes over 200 000 tonnes of grain a year and manufactures more than 100 products.
Steinfels Swiss
Steinfels Swiss develops, manufactures and markets over 18 000 tonnes of effective and sustainable cleaning and bodycare products for private households, industry and bulk consumers each year. Steinfels Swiss is the market leader with its range of sustainable products.
Coop Bäckereien
In total, the five large bakeries produce around 69 675 tonnes of baked goods and pastry per year. In-house bakeries at 56 Coop supermarkets across Switzerland produce a further 6 740 tonnes of fresh breads and pastries.
Reismühle Nutrex
Organic, fair-trade – the Nutrex rice mill refines over 75 varieties of rice and produces over 55 varieties of vinegar, producing and selling over 13 000 tonnes of rice from around the world and 10 million litres of vinegar. It is the European market leader in fair-trade rice and the Swiss market leader in vinegar.
Pearlwater
Pearlwater bottles around 100 million litres of mineral water and soft drinks a year, including the Coop own label brands “Swiss Alpina”, “Aquina” and “Prix Garantie”. The water comes from four premium-quality Alpine springs in Valais with different mineralizations.
Cave
The Coop winery vinifies must from seven Swiss cantons. Wines from all over the world are managed, refined, bottled and packaged. Sparkling wines are fermented with the "Méthode charmat" in a second fermentation to produce Spumante and Frizzante. Aromatized wine-based drinks round off the range. Cave is the largest winery in Switzerland, filling around 40 million bottles/units a year.
Banana ripening plant
The banana ripening plant produces 28 000 tonnes of bananas each year, and packages them along with around 2 300 tonnes of pineapple and 3 000 tonnes of kiwi as well as dried fruits and nuts. The plant is one of the most technically and environmentally advanced in Europe.
