Fall 2008

A variety of good taste

The company Frischkost & Delikatessen Service GmbH provides about 1000 customers in Southern Germany with their delicacies from all over the world. Regarding their range of goods they set a high value on quality and a maximum of freshness. Due to the diversity of their products a lot of new questions continually emerge concerning the packaging. At this point VC999 can help with words and deeds.

Taste is a matter of course, especially for the team of Frischkost & Delikatessen Service GmbH in Willstätt. The company was founded in 1979 by Günter Geiser. He had the idea that selected products should also be available for the exalted gastronomic establishments. Six years later Alfons Bächle, an award-winning chef joined the company. To this day, he is responsible for the production and the creation of new products. New products are often initiated by customers. Karl-Heinz Renz is in charge of the sales and organisation. In 2007 he was appointed to the management. Together with their team of 130 employees they cultivate a lobby of good taste.

Fine foods form all over the world.
The assortment of Frischkost & Delikatessen Service GmbH comprehends apart from the core business (fish and seafood) also meat, venison, poultry, home-grown and exotic fruit, mushrooms, Asian specialties and dairy products as well as lots of delicatessen like home-made terrines, pies, pastries, sauces and stocks.

Mainly in Southern Germany Frischkost supplies about 1000 customers from the exalted gastronomic establishments, the food retailing and also large-scale consumers with fish, seafood, meat, venison, poultry, smoked foods, vegetables, exotic fruit, mushrooms and Asian specialties. A lot of award-winning chefs are among the regular customers of the company.

In peak times up to 20 tons of fish and seafood are provided to their customers per week. For the food retailers without serve-over counters fish specialties are produced. They are sold in modern packaging concepts in self-service areas. The range includes also packed home-made terrines, pies, pastries, sauces and stocks.

For events Frischkost provides large-scale consumers with convenience goods and portioned and if required bound delicatessen. The Frischkost fresh fish portioning is said to be unique in the region. A lot of cooks appreciate the hand-sliced portioned filets for canteen meals and also customers of food retailers do.

The company has the ISO 9001:2000 certification. For the packaging, the latest technologies only are used.

Continuous development of the product range
In the early years after the foundation, Frischkost & Delikatessen Service GmbH started to work with the vacuum chamber machines VC999 07D and VC999 K5. In 2002 as a result of the perfect partnership with VC999, Frischkost complemented the machinery with a tray sealing machine VC999 TS10. Still today pies and terrines for the self-service counters are packed in trays under MAP (modified atmosphere) on this machine.

The product range has been enlarged and therefore in 2003 a VC999 tray sealer TS400 Skin had been purchased. In 2004 a VC999 TS900 followed, which was replaced in 2007 by a more productive VC999 TS1300 tray sealer. With this TS13000 mainly fish products in trays for the self-service counters and large-scale consumers are packed.

It is still a challenge for Frischkost to adapt their products to the needs of the consumers. For this reason the service and know-how of VC999 is helpful to adjust and optimize the tools and machines for the new product dimensions and categories. Thus smaller machines have been taken back and replaced by models with higher performance when increase in product output was required.

Over the years a very close partnership was developed thanks to the support of the VC999 sales rep. Herbert Wunsch. This partnership bases upon give and take from both sides. Frischkost is convinced of the products and of the service of VC999.

The trend leads from serve-over counters to packaging for the self-service areas. Therefore good prospects arise for Frischkost to enlarge the sales of their products. With their many years of experience VC999 will continue to support Frischkost on the topic of all questions about packaging.