Swiss food wholesale distributor serving 100,000+ hospitality and retail customers
Transgourmet/Prodega operates a large-scale food wholesale and distribution network across Switzerland, serving roughly 100,000 customers through 31 pickup locations and eight regional logistics centers. The tech stack reveals a modern infrastructure foundation—OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes tooling (Helm, Kustomize), Terraform, and observability (Grafana, Elastic Stack)—typical of an organization managing complex supply chains and multi-location operations.
Notable leadership hires: Deputy Department Head, Department Head, Strategic Projects Lead
Transgourmet/Prodega is Switzerland's largest food wholesaler by network reach, distributing fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy, and baked goods alongside 25,000+ SKUs to hotels, restaurants, catering operations, and retailers. The company employs approximately 1,900 staff and operates 31 customer-accessible pickup markets plus eight regional distribution hubs covering the country. Core operations include managing fresh-goods assortments (over 5,000 items), inventory logistics, customer delivery, and supplier management; increasingly, the company emphasizes sustainable and ethically sourced product lines. Founded in 2005 and now publicly listed, the business model combines direct customer pickup options with regional logistics delivery, differentiated by the breadth of assortment and density of distribution infrastructure.
SAP for ERP, Microsoft 365 and Office, Jenkins and ArgoCD for CI/CD, OpenShift and Docker for containerization, Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, Grafana and Elastic Stack for monitoring, Azure and Oracle Linux for cloud and OS layer.
Approximately 100,000 customers across hospitality, gastronomy, catering, and retail sectors, served through 31 pickup markets and eight regional logistics centers.
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