Swiss manufacturer and wholesaler of fresh, chilled and frozen products for gastronomy and retail.

Culturefood frigemo SA

Fribourg · Zollikofen · Cressier (NE) · Bern · Märstetten · Mellingen · PayerneNew on Amplifa

1974Founding of Frigemo AG (legal predecessor Cisac from 1943)

850Employees of the Frigemo Group (as of 2008)

450 Mio. CHFRevenue of the Frigemo Group (2008)

7Production and storage sites in Switzerland

CHFCurrency / home market Switzerland

About Culturefood frigemo

Culturefood frigemo SA (formerly CFD SA) is a Swiss food group headquartered in Fribourg and part of the Fenaco Group. It produces and markets fresh, chilled and frozen products for gastronomy, retail and wholesale, including potato products such as French fries and instant mashed potato, frozen vegetables, pasta and ready meals, eggs, salads and prêts-à-cuisiner. Frigemo is the Swiss market leader in chilled and frozen potato products and operates production sites in Cressier (NE), Zollikofen, Bern, Märstetten and Mellingen; in 2018 a potato storage hall was commissioned in Payerne. Since 1976, Frigemo has been the exclusive supplier of French fries to McDonald's Switzerland. The group also comprises seven regional trading companies and, with Culturefood, offers a daily delivery service and online shop with a broad range from fruit and vegetables to frozen and dairy products through to grocery staples.

Site: Fribourg
Processes: Daily delivery service, Online shop (ordering around the clock), Market information (weekly updates on availability/origin), Special offer and promotion programmes, Regional customer support by field sales staff, Production expertise for salads/prêts-à-cuisiner (frigemo Zollikofen)
Materials: Potato products, Frozen vegetables & fruit, Eggs, Salads & prêts-à-cuisiner, Pasta & ready meals
Founded: 1974 (Frig
Employees: 850 (Frigemo Group,
Industries: Gastronomy, Retail, Wholesale (food wholesale), Food wholesale

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Agricultural raw material procurement (potatoes, vegetables, eggs)
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Production (potato products, frozen vegetables, pasta, salads/prêts-à-cuisiner)
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Frozen storage
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Distribution via regional trading companies
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Daily delivery to gastronomy, retail and wholesale

Range & Products

POM

Potato products

French fries, rösti, oven fries and instant mashed potato (Stocki) for gastronomy and retail.

Frozen vegetables & fruit

Frozen vegetables (including Haller AG, Mellingen), fruit, mushrooms and finger food.

EIER

Eggs

Egg trading via the acquired EiCO AG with sites in Bern and Märstetten.

SAL

Salads & prêts-à-cuisiner

Production in Zollikofen, where Frigemo is the market leader for salad products.

PASTA

Pasta & ready meals

Dry and frozen pasta as well as ready meals.

Locations

Fribourg

Headquarters and sales (Culturefood frigemo SA, Rte des Daillettes, 1701)

Zollikofen

Production of salads/prêts-à-cuisiner (market leader)

Frozen storage with around 1000 pallet spaces (2013)

Cressier (NE)

Production, entire potato production (since relocation in 2006)

Bern

Production and registered office of Frigemo AG

Märstetten

Egg production (EiCO site)

Mellingen

Production of frozen vegetables (Haller AG)

Payerne

Potato storage hall (from 2018)

Product Groups

**Salads / prêts-à-cuisiner**Production · Gastronomy

**Fresh fruit and vegetables**Wholesale · Gastronomy and retail

**Fresh products from regional production**Wholesale · Gastronomy

Inside the production

Regional products for the kitchens of Switzerland

Market information – weekly availability and origin

Industries

GastronomyRetailWholesale (food wholesale)Food wholesale

Additional services

Daily delivery serviceOnline shop (ordering around the clock)Market information (weekly updates on availability/origin)Special offer and promotion programmesRegional customer support by field sales staffProduction expertise for salads/prêts-à-cuisiner (frigemo Zollikofen)

Reference customers

McDonald's Switzerland (exclusive French fries supplier of Frigemo since 1976)

History

1943
Renaming of Cisa to Cisac, Chimie des Fermentations S.A., in Cressier (NE); initially production of potato starch.
1949
VLG Bern acquires the majority of Cisac shares.
1951
Commissioning of the first Swiss potato flake factory.
1961
Industrial production of instant mashed potato (Stocki) together with Knorr.
1966
Golden Frites: the first pre-fried Swiss French fries.
1974
Founding of FRIGEMO AG by VLG Bern and VOLG (50 % each), headquartered in Cressier; frozen vegetables and pasta are added.
1976
Frigemo becomes the exclusive French fries supplier to McDonald's Switzerland.
1980
New frozen food factory commissioned; revenue of around 50 million CHF.
1985
Formation of the Frigemo Group under joint management.
1993
Emergence of Fenaco; Frigemo, with its registered office in Bern, is integrated into the Fenaco Group.
2003
Acquisition of EiCO AG (Bern, Märstetten); Frigemo SA Cressier deleted, EiCO renamed Frigemo AG.
2005
Acquisition of Unilever Switzerland's frozen food business (Thayngen); integration of the Lusso ice cream sales team into Gourmador (Zollikofen).
2006
Closure of the Weinfelden production facility; relocation of the entire potato production to Cressier.
2013
New frozen storage facility in Zollikofen with around 1000 pallet spaces.
2017
Beat Wittmer takes over the management of Frigemo AG as of 1 January.
2018
New potato storage hall in Payerne; the previous hall in Bargen is used for carrots.
2019
Acquisition of Culturefood (CFD SA, Fribourg) and Berger SA (Marly) as of 1 January.
2020
COVID-19 pandemic: collapse in demand for French fries.
2022
Merger of Berger SA with Frigemo AG as of 1 January; deletion of the acquired Krenger FGT AG.