Municipal provider of school meal catering in Rostock with its own cook-and-chill production kitchen
Die Mittagsmatrosen GmbH
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About Us
Die Mittagsmatrosen GmbH is a municipal company and a 100% subsidiary of the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock. Starting in summer 2025, the company will take over meal provision at public schools in the city. Cooking is done using the cook-and-chill process: the dishes are prepared in its own production kitchen, quickly cooled to below four degrees, and then reheated and gently prepared for serving only at the dispensing points – the satellite kitchens. Until the completion of its own production kitchen, the cook-and-chill components will be purchased from the market according to its own standards; the company expects to start its own production in Rostock in late summer 2026. The offer includes healthy, affordable meals including special diets for illnesses and intolerances, as well as an ordering app. In the future, senior homes, daycare centers, hospitals, and private schools are also planned to be supplied.
- Site
- Rostock
- Processes
- Cook-and-Chill Process (School Meal Provision / Large Kitchen), School Feeding/Catering for Public Schools, Cook-and-Chill Production (own production kitchen from approx. late summer 2026), Operation of Satellite Kitchens/Dispensing Points, Special Diets for Illnesses and Intolerances, Ordering App for Lunches
- Materials
- Cook-and-Chill Process
- Industries
- School Catering/Group Catering, Future: Senior Homes, Daycare Centers, Hospitals, Private Schools
- 01
Meal Planning and Ordering App
- 02
Central Purchasing of Regional Food
- 03
Cook-and-Chill Production (own production kitchen from 2026)
- 04
Cooling to below 4 °C
- 05
Serving in Satellite Kitchens
Process
Cook-and-Chill Process
Dishes are pre-cooked, cooled to below four degrees, and gently prepared for serving in the satellite kitchens, thereby preserving freshness and ingredients.
Locations
Rostock
DECentral and production kitchen from 2026 (Cook-and-Chill)
- Materials
- Cook-and-Chill
Rostock (Satellite Kitchens)
DEDispensing points at public schools
- Materials
- Cook-and-Chill
Services
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook-and-Chill Process (School Meal Provision / Large Kitchen)Other (Food Production, no manufacturing) | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 2019
The Rostock City Council intensively addresses school meal provision and decides on the re-municipalization of meal services.
- 2025
Start of meal provision at public schools in Rostock; cook-and-chill components are initially purchased from the market.
- 2026
Planned start of own production kitchen in Rostock in late summer 2026.