KACHEN #28 (Autumn 2021) English Edition

MADE IN LUXEMBOURG
FRESH
AND REGIONAL
Fresh from the farm or the factory and onto the table: whether vegetables, fruit, homemade
jam, mustard or sauces of local production – thanks to the young entrepreneurs of
the FrëschKëscht a large variety of fresh and dry products is carefully selected and can be
collected or delivered to the comfort of your own home. Currently, around 120 boxes are
sold per week, that’s around one ton of goods.
Jessika Maria Rauch
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When the seven students from Luxembourg founded
their company around two years ago, it was especially
important for them “to do something good for the environment”
and to foreground the variety and quality
of Luxembourgish products. Since more and
more people place importance on a healthy
diet and reach for regional and seasonal
products when shopping, the
director Ivo Silva and his team
developed their business idea
at exactly the right time.
“Every week, we put a box
together that is made up of 100
% Luxembourgish products.
The box always varies, and
sometimes there is an exclusive
box, for example at Christmas,
that can be specially made up
to order for individual clients,” explains Ivo
Silva. “The boxes can be collected in Mullendorf
(Steinsel), or we deliver them to the door – across the
whole of Luxembourg.
In order to find the right products for the FrëschKëscht,
the young entrepreneurs have done a lot of research,
visited farms, fruit and vegetable growers, as well as other
producers in order to guarantee a high quality in goods
and to discuss the basis for collaboration. “At the
beginning it was not always easy since
we started as a school project, and we
had to work to gain the necessary
respect. Now, we are taken seriously,
and our contractors delight
in the growing purchase quantity.
At the start there were five
contractors, now the makers
of the FrëschKëscht work with
more than twenty. Among them
Lëtzebuerger Geméis, Forum pour
l’emploi, Moutarderie du Luxembourg, as
well as private individuals – like one lady,
for example, whose homemade jam is part of
the range of goods.
For more information and to order, go to freschkescht.lu
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