Presentation

Bio Partner Schweiz AG

Tradition and expertise

2007founded

Founded in 1962Product range: fruits, vegetables,

raw material

Founded in 1974Product range: food, non-food,

Demeter products

Founded in 1989Product range: fruits, vegetables,

chilled foods, dry goods

Founded in 1994Product range: fruits, vegetables,

food, non-foods

2012integrated

2014integrated

2016integrated

Founded in 1983Product range: dry goods,

kitchen equipment

Founded in 1989Product range: fruits, vegetables,

chilled foods, dry goods

Bio Development Holding

Bio Development Holding is a majority shareholder of Bio Partner Schweiz AG

It is the purpose of the holding to make a contribution to the sustainable and authentic development of SMEs in the organic food sector in Europe, focussing on both retail and wholesale.

Bio Partner Schweiz AG in figures (31 december 2015)

Turnover: CHF 106.1 million

Employees: 249 (207 FTE)

Customers: 3’015

Products: 9’074

Trucks: 18

Seon

MarinCustomer service for the french-speaking

part of Switzerland is located in Marin.

Our office in Seon attends to all other

other regions.

7‘500Palett Storage Places

Storage Area:

10‘000 m2

Warehouse

5 differentes zones

of temperature andhumidity

Organisational chart

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Customers

Our customer base covers the entire Swiss organic market:

specialised organic retail

retail

food service industry

commodity trading

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Excerpt from our customer base

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Your specialised organic retail partner

• Nationwide delivery to organic retailers

• Unique organic whole range of over 9500 products: food & beverage, natural cosmetics and Non Food

• Wide range of marketing services

• Wide range of courses and trainings

• Individual consulting and support through professional and competent staff

• Attractive conditions through sustainable partnerships with industry organizations

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Ihr Partner für den KONVENTIONELLEN HANDEL

Your retail partner

Bio Partner offers:

• individual layout solutions for your range of organic food, natural cosmetics and ecological household products

• Solutions for special product ranges, such gluten-free, lactose-free, etc.

• Brand distribution in the retail sector

• Compliance with the necessary data standards and certification for wholesalers and online retailers

• suitable products for your private label

• Largest range of organic products in pharmacies and chemists

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Ihr Partner für HORECA

Your food service industry partner

• Wide organic product range for hotels, restaurants and caterers

• Main customer groups

– Homes - Restaurants

– Hotels - Restaurant chains

– Hospitals

• Exclusive distribution of food from the range of ProSpecieRara

• Wide range of courses and training

• Individual consulting and support through professional and competent staff

• Sales promotion and event support

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Ihr Partner für VERARBEITER

Your commodity trading partner

• International sales of organic raw materials to manufacturers directly ex works.

• Global purchasing of organic and Fair Trade certified commodities with continuous quality checks

• Professional customized solutions through individual consulting of our professional staff

• Long-standing partnerships with suppliers and producers

• Development, promotion and support of projects in developing and emerging nations

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Our product range

We offer an unique whole range of organic products of over 9500 products:

Our brand portfolio is characterized by products with the organic certification “Knospe" and "Demeter“.

From long-life deep-frozen and dry products like chocolate and cereals, fresh products like fruits and vegetables, dairy and vegetarian products to natural cosmetics and household products.

Green range

Beverages

Non Food

Natural cosmetics

Commodities

Chilled range

Dry range

We offer powerful own brands:

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Product range policy

Our product range is characterized by:

• Sustainable products: Bio Partner’s product range consists of products monitored by official certification bodies and independent boards of control.

• Swissness: Switzerland offers a great variety of inland production or agriculture

• Regional specialities: Regionalism plays an important role for us

• Fair Trade and ethical trade: The basis for best product quality and fair prices

• Seasonality: we promote seasonal products

• Ecology/climate neutrality: our environmental management system guarantees the highest quality standards in sustainable packaging, transportation, origin and production

• Attractive basic price range: we plead for fair prices

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Excerpt from our brands

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Our services

Own fleet and trainedlogistics staff

Customized logisticsservice modules

Modern centralwarehouse with

different cooling zones

Paperless picking

Delivery of singleitems

Delivery before shopopeniong hours

Logistics

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Our services

LogistikMarketing

Sales promotion, communications andproduct offer range

consulting

Creation of layoutrecommendations

Sales forceconsultation

Key accountmanagement

Trainings and events:

- health

- nutrition

- food

In-house exhibition«biopartnertage»

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Certified quality

• Our product range is certified organic:EU-Bio/CH-Bio/Bio Knospe/Demeter/NOP

• We comply with the requirements of the

FAIRTRADE standards based on the FLO-

CERT Compliance Criteria

• We meet the Swiss GAP standard - for a good sustainable agricultural practice

• We ensure the highest standards of food safety - thanks to compliance with the BRC Standard Food & Storage: hygienic standards for trade and logistics throughout the supply chain

• Our integrated environmental management is certified ISO 14001

• Our quality management is certified ISO 9001

Organic

SwissGAP

ISO 14001

ISO 9001

BRC

FLO-CERT

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Together for the organic market

In order to provide varied services to our customers, we promote the Swiss organic retailers together with our partners:

• Bio Suisse Umbrella association of Swiss organic producers

• Demeter Association for the biodynamic agriculture

• Veledes Swiss association of food retailers

• Bio.Inspecta Swiss controlling body for organic Farming and certifiedorganic food

• ProSpecieRara Swiss foundation for the genetic diversity of plants and animals

• Sativa Expertise in organic seeds and cultivation

• Bio Alliance Association of Swiss organic wholesalers

• Bio Partner Schweiz AG promotes and supports sustainable development projects

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CONTACT DETAILS

Bio Partner Schweiz AG

Staufferstrasse 2

CH-5703 Seon

Tel: +41 62 769 00 00

Fax: +41 62 769 00 01

Email: info@biopartner.ch