Summary:
Renowned farmers cooperative from the Netherlands is a developer and producer of mainly handmade artisanal cow cheese.
The cooperative is looking for distributors and/or agents in Europe and beyond. With their own laboratory, the company can also produce special cheese on clients' request and can offer this in exclusive batches.
Collaboration is sought in the frame of a distribution or agency agreement.
Description:
The cooperative of cheese farmers is based in Gouda (the Netherlands), the famous cheese city.
The company, set up in 1915, uses classic Dutch cheese recipes for natural cheese in combination with new exiting combinations of herbs and other natural additions. In its own lab, it is developing new cheese recipes like for example tartuffo goat cheese and nut cheese with walnut/hazelnut. It is also creating cheeses specialties upon request. Their cheeses mature from young (5 weeks) until very old (24 months).
Whole cheese wheels can be supplied in 1kg, 5kg and 12kg (export formats) with and without herbs. Wedges for retail are in for example 150ge, 200ge or 250ge vacuum packaging and can be supplied in batches of 500kg per cheese type.
The cooperative has an own ultra-modern warehouse where cheese is ripened, labeled, packaged and controlled on quality and hygienic aspects against the highest IFS/ BRC (retail) food regulations.
To increase its market share in Europe and beyond, the company seeks to partner with agents and distributors in order to conclude commercial agency agreements or distribution services agreements, for a long-lasting and mutually profitable business relation.
The company is also offering a distribution agreement for (private label) farmhouse cheese.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
An agent with existing network in the cheese/food retail market for a commercial agency agreement or a distributor already supplying the (cheese) retail market for a distribution agreement.
It would be nice if the partner already has established trade lines in the cheese to wholesale, cheese shops, online shops, market trade and/ or retail.
Distribution agreement with companies that are looking for (private label) specialty cheese.
Stage of Development:
Already on the market
External code:
BONL20201210001