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Strategy

The fenaco cooperative's mission is to support farmers in developing their businesses. To achieve this cooperative goal in the long term, we pursue a clear strategy – de la terre à la table.

Strategie / Stratégie / Strategy

fenaco is active in four strategic business fields and aspires to occupy a leading position in the market along the entire value chain – de la terre à la table. To ensure we remain successful in the long term, we pursue three strategic avenues: innovation, sustainability and international competence.

We aim to continuously strengthen our position in Switzerland in all four business fields – Agro, Food Industry, Retail Trade and Energy. Our growth is primarily organic. We make acquisitions when they strengthen our company in the interests of our members and strategy. Using business models with a proven track record in Switzerland, we take targeted steps towards international growth – provided they serve our cooperative purpose. Our main target area is Europe. As a cooperative organisation, we aim to strike a balance between profitability and delivering benefits to our members.

To successfully implement our strategy, our company is organised into flexible, decentralised organisational units that are all managed according to the exact same principles. These units serve their markets autonomously, in close collaboration with the regional LANDIs. Our network organisation ensures we are always close to our customers. We are an attractive employer for ambitious employees, providing an equal opportunities work environment.

 

To achieve our cooperative purpose in the long-term, we pursue three strategic avenues:

Innovation / Innovation / Innovation

Innovation

fenaco sees itself as a driver of innovation in the Swiss agriculture, food and energy industries. We enter into research collaborations and start-up partnerships. We see our role in trade and manufacturing as well as in the promotion and procurement of new technologies.

Nachhaltigkeit / Développement durable / Sustainability

Sustainability

fenaco is committed to ensuring that the Swiss agriculture and food industry plays an internationally leading role when it comes to sustainability. To achieve this, we invest in alternative crop protection measures, an ecological circular economy and renewable energy.

International competence

fenaco is selectively increasing its international competence to ensure it can continue to fulfil its purpose as a Swiss cooperative in the future. Our goal is to create sustainable, productive and resource-efficient farms.

Agro

We offer the best possible prices for the highest quality, provide exceptional advisory services and have a clear division of roles with the LANDIs. All this makes us the partner of choice in the agricultural sector, across all kinds of production methods. Our farmers benefit from our economies of scale. We play an active role in advancing Swiss agriculture and are a leader in smart farming technologies.

Our companies and brands in the Agro Business Field

 

Food Industry

We create value for our members through marketing and processing agricultural products. Continual process optimisations and automation keep us competitive and enable us to pay fair prices to producers. In order to develop new sales opportunities for high-quality Swiss foods, we are stepping up our efforts in the 'last mile' of the food service market.

Our companies and brands in the Food Industry Business Field

 

Retail Trade

We are active in the food, near-food and home and garden sectors, where we have innovative franchising concepts. We promote sales of Swiss products and leverage the regional and agricultural roots of the LANDIs and other partners in developing the market. Our omnichannel distribution system is geared towards the needs of our customers.

Our companies and brands in the Retail Trade Business Field

 

Energy

Together with the LANDIs, we are the leading rural energy provider for heating and mobility. We develop new markets for renewable energies and serve as a link between energy producers and customers.

Our companies and brands in the Energy Business Field

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