BISCATE food is service

About BISCATE

BISCATE food is service is a manufacturer and distributor of portion pastries, ice cream wafers, decorative pastries and sugar sticks for the out-of-home catering market. The product range includes individually wrapped Welcome Cookies, loose butter pastries, ice cream cones, wafers, donuts as well as vegan pastries and Proteincookies from the Fysis Sport brand. From 5,000 portions, the company offers private-label manufacturing according to customer recipes including packaging design; production of matching sugar sticks is also offered. Distribution is via specialist ice cream wholesale, C+C stores and catering wholesale, with customer groups in catering, hotels, ice cream cafés, system catering and the promotional products market. The company was founded in 1991 by Peter and Michael Cleven as Tiefkühlkost GbR and renamed BISCATE food is service in 1995. Its business location is Korschenbroich near Mönchengladbach; the managing director is Michael Cleven.

Site

Korschenbroich

Processes

Private Label / own brands from 5,000 portions (recipe and packaging design development), Sugar stick production, Distribution via specialist ice cream wholesale, C+C stores and catering wholesale

Founded

1991

Industries

Catering, Hotels, Ice cream cafés, System catering, C+C stores, Catering wholesale

1. 01

   Recipe development

2. 02

   Production

3. 03

   Packaging (individually wrapped, 125 g to 2 kg)

4. 04

   Distribution via wholesale

Locations

Korschenbroich

DE

Head office/Sales

Products

Inside the production

History

1. 1991

   Founding of Tiefkühlkost GbR by Peter and Michael Cleven, supplying hotels and catering with menu components

2. 1995

   Renaming to BISCATE food is service

3. 1996

   Product range expanded to include ice cream wafers and pastries; focus on individually wrapped pastries

4. 1997

   General distribution rights for Germany, Austria and Switzerland of a well-known pastry manufacturer

5. 1998

   Sale of the frozen food division; distribution thereafter via ice cream and baking wholesale

6. 2000

   Sales to system catering, C+C stores and catering wholesale

7. 2004

   Founding of CES GbR 'creative european sugar'; end of the business relationship with the pastry general distribution partner

8. 2005

   Introduction of the pastry range under the label 'BISCATE Welcome Cookies'

9. 2010

   Departure of Peter Cleven from the company

10. 2014

    Sale of CES GbR, focus on Welcome Cookies

11. 2022

    Year-round product range under the brand 'BISCATE Welcome Cookies'