Business areas

The Bell Food Group consists of the Bell Switzerland, Bell International, Hubers/Sütag, Eisberg, Hilcona and Hügli business areas. Its range of products includes meat, poultry, charcuterie and seafood as well as convenience and vegetarian products. Its customers include retail as well as food service companies and the food processing industry. More than 13 000 employees in 14 countries work hard every day to prepare top-quality products that give great pleasure to millions of consumers.

To achieve this objective we work closely with our suppliers and distribution partners in the retail, food service and food processing industries.

Bell Switzerland

Through its production plants, the business area Bell Switzerland offers a complete range of meat, poultry, charcuterie and seafood. Meat production and maturation are centralised in Basel for pork and in Oensingen for beef. Poultry and seafood are each processed in an individual plant in Zell and Basel. National charcuterie production is located in Basel, while regional specialities are mainly prepared in Churwalden, Gossau, Chermignon and Cheseaux. These include a large number of specialities with protected geographical status. The facilities in Schlieren and Geneva focus on food service product ranges.

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Bell International

The business area Bell International consists of the Bell Germany, Bell Spain, Bell France, Bell Poland and Export divisions. The Bell Germany division focuses on its strong position in the segment for German and international air-dried ham products. Production plants for regional air-dried ham specialities are located in Seevetal (DE), Edewecht (DE) and Schiltach (DE). In Spain, Bell International has two production plants for Serrano ham in Fuensalida and Casarrubios del Monte as well as a plant specialising in Iberian charcuterie products in Azuaga. Bell France produces various regional cured sausage and air-dried ham specialities at its plants in Teilhède, Riom, Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, Virieu-le-Grand and Aime. Bell Poland produces local charcuterie specialities such as kielbasa and salami mainly for the Polish market in Niepołomice. The Export division incorporates the worldwide export business which focuses on marketing various product ranges from all business areas outside of Europe.

Hubers/Sütag

Hubers/Sütag, the new business area spun off from Bell International on 1 June 2024, handles the poultry business in Austria and Germany. The Pfaffstätt (AT) facility specialises in the slaughtering and cutting of chickens. Hubers is the market leader in organic and maize-fed chicken in Austria. Turkeys are slaughtered and cut at the Ampfing facility in Germany.

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Eisberg

The business area Eisberg specialises in the production of convenience salads, fruit and vegetables. Eisberg has three production facilities in Switzerland and one each in Austria, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Some of the raw materials are procured through a purchasing office in Spain.

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Hilcona

The business area Hilcona manufactures a broad range of fresh convenience products in its production facilities in Schaan (FL), Orbe (CH), Schlieren (CH) and Bad Wünnenberg (DE). It markets these products primarily in Switzerland and Germany as well as other European countries. The manufacturing facilities in Schlieren (CH) and Landquart (CH) specialise in the artisanal production of small batches, with the Landquart facility focusing on the production of vegetarian and vegan meat alternatives.

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Hügli

The business area Hügli has over ten production plants in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Spain, the UK and the Netherlands, making Hügli the one of the biggest providers of non-perishable convenience products in Europe. The international network of production facilities is supplemented by its own sales organisations in Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.

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