Small quantities of goods
Two crates of salad, a tray of eggs, a few loaves. Freight companies count in pallets. Below that it gets expensive, or it is not offered at all.
Food logistics · Schleswig-Holstein
Hiesige Höfe
Food logistics for small quantities
We move food from one business to another. From the farm to the kitchen, from the bakery to the farm shop, from the warehouse to the point of sale: we collect the goods where they are and deliver them where they are needed. Food-safe, chilled or frozen, and often on the same day.
- From a single crate
- Chilled and frozen chain
The problem
Small quantities get left behind
It is not the big deliveries that are the problem, it is the small ones: a few crates that no trip pays for.
Food handling requirements
Fresh produce needs an unbroken cold chain, separate temperature zones and clean documentation. A parcel service cannot do that.
Logistics that doesn't add up
A few crates a day does not justify a route of your own. Vehicle, driver and refrigeration cost more than the goods are worth.
The solution
Food logistics for small quantities
We bundle many small deliveries into a single route. What makes no economic sense for one business alone becomes viable together.
Fast
Collection and delivery often the same day, next day as a rule.
Flexible
From a single crate to a fixed route. One-off, weekly or as needed.
Sustainable
One bundled route instead of many separate trips, short distances, reusable crates.
Affordable
You pay by volume, not for a fleet of your own.
All the way to the point of sale
Our routes don't end at the loading bay. We deliver into restaurant kitchens just as we do to farm shops, vending machines and collection points, and we keep the cold chain intact right up to the handover.
Partner voices
What our partners say
Two businesses that have been riding with us for months.
Whenever we are short of staff, Hiesige Höfe is a really good support. Deliveries can be arranged easily and at short notice, and we can rely on our bread reaching our reseller dependably. For us that is a real relief in day-to-day business
Original in German
Gerade wenn es bei uns personell mal eng wird, ist Hiesige Höfe eine richtig gute Unterstützung. Lieferungen lassen sich unkompliziert und auch kurzfristig organisieren – und wir können uns darauf verlassen, dass unsere Brote zuverlässig bei unserem Wiederverkäufer ankommen. Für uns eine echte Entlastung im täglichen Geschäft
We are very grateful to have such a reliable and sustainably minded logistics partner at our side in Stephan and his young team at Hiesige Höfe! We were a little sceptical at first about whether the promise could be kept: collecting the goods from us on the same day and delivering them to our customers, despite the added difficulty of the frozen chain. After several months we can now say that the promise has been kept 100%, and we could not be happier!
Original in German
Wir sind sehr dankbar mit Stephan und seinem jungen Team von Hiesige Höfe einen so zuverlässigen und nachhaltig denkenden Logistikpartner an unserer Seite zu haben! Auch wenn wir zuerst etwas skeptisch waren, ob das Versprechen die Ware am selben Tag bei uns abzuholen und, trotz erschwerter Bedingungen durch die Tiefkühlkette, unseren Kunden zu zustellen, einzuhalten ist können wir nun nach mehreren Monaten sagen: Das Versprechen wurde zu 100% gehalten und wir sind mehr als glücklich!
Step 1: Delivery area
Is your run inside our area?
Our regular area applies to both ends of a run: the place we collect from and the place we deliver to. If the two sit in different postcodes, just check the first one and then the second.
Check the collection point and delivery point. Enter one or more postcodes, separated by commas or spaces (e.g. 24013, 24191). Both results stay on screen.
Step 2: Price calculator
What does a transport cost?
Tell us how much you want to move. We'll work out the rest.
Regular tariffPlatform partner
€20 base price for up to 80 litres, then €0.25 for each further litre
Platform partners are businesses that offer their goods through the Hiesige Höfe marketplace.
Input
Euro containers in the 600 × 400 mm format. You can combine several formats.
E1
600 × 400 × 120 mm · 28.8 L per crate
E2
600 × 400 × 220 mm · 52.8 L per crate
E3
600 × 400 × 320 mm · 76.8 L per crate
Regular tariff
Enter above what needs to be transported.
Step 3: Enquiry
Send us your enquiry
We'll look it over and come back to you with a binding offer. A copy goes straight to your email address.
Frequently asked questions
Before you wait for our reply
Short answers, no small print: the things businesses ask us most.
Still something open?
Give us a call or drop us a line. We usually reply the same working day.