Company profile

Sligro Food Group consists of companies that specifically focus on the food service market in the Netherlands and Belgium by offering a comprehensive range of food and food-related non-food products and services in the wholesale market.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands, we are the market leader and operate a nationwide network of Sligro cash-and-carry and delivery service wholesale outlets serving large and small-scale companies in the hospitality industry, leisure facilities, caterers, large-volume users, company restaurants, petrol stations, small and medium-sized enterprises, small retail businesses, and the institutional market. Van Hoekel focuses specifically on the institutional market, while Sligro serves all the other segments. In the Amsterdam region, we are active with the “De Kweker” cash-and-carry formula. In a long-term strategic partnership with Heineken, Sligro is responsible for the exclusive distribution of Heineken keg beer in the Netherlands. Sligro/De Kweker and Van Hoeckel each have a dedicated commercial organisation focusing on their specific markets, while they make operational use of joint delivery and other shared networks and the back-office organisation.

Belgium

In Belgium, JAVA Foodservice, based in Rotselaar, focuses primarily on the institutional, corporate catering and hotel chain market segments within the Belgian food service market. Sligro-ISPC supplies high-quality, innovative food and food-related non-food products and services to culinary professionals, the rest of the hospitality market, wholesale customers and small and medium-sized enterprises. Sligro-ISPC operates combined cash-and-carry and wholesale delivery service outlets in Antwerp, Ghent and Liege. Sligro-ISPC and JAVA Foodservice both have their own commercial organisations and make increasing use of a common delivery structure and shared services.