HACO Swiss
Individuality and innovation are demands that we live every day, not only among ourselves, but also in cooperation with our customers, partners and suppliers. As a specialist for tailor-made food products, we can respond to a wide variety of needs. Always promptly and always with the best solution in focus, we develop a wide variety of culinary products and services.
Our vision
We are at home in the culinary world. Its diversity gives us the passion for our daily work, where we are always on the lookout for individual, innovative and contemporary convenience food solutions with our customers.
Creating food that matters
We want to create and produce food that makes a difference, that means something, that fits the customer's needs. This combination of creation and meeting customer expectations sets us apart from a mere manufacturer or mass producer – creation, innovation, strong customer focus, all these are essential components of our business activity and purpose.
Making a difference
We want to make difference – for our customers, for our colleagues, for our managers and employees, for our owners; because it is precisely this infectious passion for what we do and the willingness to go the extra mile that ultimately gives our product (“creating food that matters”) its compelling credibility.
Shaping a great HACO
We want to make strenghten HACO again and again with our activities and our attitude, act as a reliable partner for our customers and suppliers, be profitable and entrepreneurial on the road, help HACO to remain an employer where you can contribute and develop. Because only as a strong HACO will it be possible for us to create and produce food for our customers that makes a difference, that means something, that fits the needs.
Our principles and values
Vision and courage, pioneering spirit, innovative, entrepreneurial and forward-looking thinking and action, long-standing partnerships with our customers as well as outstanding performance have always characterized the history of the HACO Group.
We build on our successful past to actively shape our future. A balance in our focus on people, products, performance and success is just as important to us as the values that drive us:
Appreciation
For productive collaboration, we treat people with respect, consider different views and celebrate achievements together.
Cohesion
With reliability, understanding and helpfulness, we work together across divisions for the success of our customers and HACO.
Enthusiasm
Based on our own motivation, we are enthusiastically committed to a successful future for HACO.
Dynamics
As the basis for our innovations, we constantly learn from mistakes, are flexible, adaptable and curious.
Management
Milestones
- 1922
Foundation of HACO Ltd. in Gümligen, Switzerland - start of the supply of pharmacies, from 1929 start of the food production
- 1979
Foundation of Narida Ltd. in Schwarzenburg, Switzerland – Start of the production of cereal bars
- 1994
Foundation of HACO Holding Ltd. in Gümligen, Switzerland, and thus laying the foundation stone for the HACO Group
- 2004
Foundation of HACO Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd in Shah Alam, Malaysia – start of the coffee production in Asia
- 2005
Foundation of HACO Canada in Blainville-Québec, Canada – start of the distribution of HACO products
- 2007
Acquisition of GFF, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, USA – takeover of the production of dressings as well as start of the manufacturing of culinary products
- 2009
Acquisition of Gutschermühle GmbH in Traismauer, Austria – expansion of competencies and capacities in the category of cereal bars / snacks
- 2010
Acquisition of Plochman, Inc. in Manteno, IL, USA – takeover of the production of mustard and start of the production of the dressings
- 2011
Expansion at the Malaysia site – expansion of the production capacities and start of the production of new packaging options
- 2012
Acquisition of the cereal bar manufacturer Ravensbergen Food B.V. in Sassenheim, Netherlands - further expansion of competences and capacities in the cereal bar / snacks category
- 2013
Acquisition of Gautschi Spezialitäten Ltd. in Utzenstorf, Switzerland – expansion of competencies in the category of
liquid-/ -viscous culinary products (e.g., soups, sauces, dips, dressings) - 2015
Acquisition of Merschbrock-Wiese GmbH in Rietberg, Germany – takeover and expansion of the production of spices and culinary products
- 2016
Acquisition of Bigfood GmbH in Hamburg and Zarrentin, Germany – further expansion of competencies in the category of liquid / viscous culinary products (e.g., soups, sauces, dips, dressings)
- 2019
Acquisition of Altius Spices & Seasonings Inc. in Montréal, Canada – acquisition of the production of spices in North America
- 2020
Acquisition of Zamek Food Solutions in Dresden, Germany, and integration into the Merschbrock-Wiese Group – takeover of the production of culinary products and seasonings
- 2022
100 years of HACO
HACO shop
The HACO-shop team in Gümligen is looking forward to your visit!
The HACO Shop will be closed on the following dates. Thank you for your understanding.
15.04. - 19.04.24
01. / 10. / 31.05.24
29.07. - 09.08.24
29.09. - 11.10.24