SAFE OFFICE CATERING IN TIMES OF CORONA

Now that things are loosening up, people are craving both normality and safety. Many are going back to the office and want to enjoy good food, but at the same time want to avoid large gatherings.

FELFEL offers companies the ideal way to safely cater for their employees in times of 'social distancing'. The meals are produced directly by FELFEL or in cooperation with local family businesses, pre-portioned and packaged under the highest hygiene standards, and delivered daily to the intelligent FELFEL fridge. Without having to leave the office, without queuing and through contactless payment via app or badge, employees can enjoy delicious meals in an uncomplicated and relaxed way.

The past few weeks in the lockdown have shown that the innovative catering concept is well received by companies with 50 or more employees: FELFEL has recorded growth of over 5% since mid-March - at a time when catering businesses are faced with turnover losses of up to 100%. The family-owned company's strongest growth was in French-speaking Switzerland. The sector in which FELFEL recorded the greatest growth, 20%, is the health sector with hospitals and hospital suppliers. Overall, the 500 mark was broken during this difficult period: with over 500 points of sale in Swiss companies, FELFEL has become the largest Swiss provider of employee catering.

The eating habits of Swiss employees have also changed in recent weeks: At open locations, 12% more people registered with FELFEL to benefit from the offer. In addition, more was consumed - the shopping baskets contained 20% more products, the purchase value increased by 15% and over the course of the day an additional 15% was consumed. Sales of sweets even increased by 62%. So good food and nourishment has definitely gained in importance.

In times of covid-19 and the lockdown, however, more and more offices were empty because whenever possible people worked from home. FELFEL reacted quickly to this new situation and demonstrated the highest level of agility with the launch of the Home Delivery Service and the Spark Joy Boxes. On the one hand, employees of companies that are already FELFEL customers are able to order food directly to their ‘home offices’. This service with an online shop and integrated logistics was set up in just three weeks. The Spark Joy Boxes are care packages filled with a wide variety of treats that companies can send home to their employees - to express their appreciation in difficult times and do something good for them with a small gesture. It took FELFEL only two days from the idea to the first delivery. And the demand shows that it was worth it: since the launch in mid-March, more than 3,000 people in the home office have already been made happy with Spark Joy boxes.

So FELFEL keeps its promise to deliver good food - no matter whether Switzerland works in the office or home office.

About FELFEL

FELFEL is revolutionising how Switzerland eats at work. Founded in 2014 by Zurich couple Emanuel and Daniela Steiner, the family-owned company now supplies over 500 companies throughout Switzerland with intelligent FELFEL fridges. This enables almost 100,000 employees to enjoy delicious, varied meals and snacks produced in-house and in cooperation with small family businesses.

Driven by the vision of freeing offices from mediocre food and bringing people together during breaks, FELFEL AG today employs over 90 people at two locations in Zurich and Lausanne. The innovative company concept and the two founders have received various awards, including the Swiss Economic Forum Award (2016) and the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2018), and was awarded the label 'SEF. High Potential'.

Contact

FELFEL AG
Jessica Lok
pr@felfel.ch