Conserving our planet’s natural resources is of great importance to us within our business processes. In our company, we ensure the responsible use of resources at every stage of our value chain.
Too Good To Go – the app that acts as an affordable marketplace for surplus, delicious food
Too Good To Go, the food-saving app, and NORDSEE have been working together in Germany and Austria since 2018 – to bring you delicious, affordable fish and reduce food waste. Through the app, you can buy unsold, surplus food from NORDSEE at a reduced price. Whether it’s snacks such as baguettes, wraps, salads or main courses – with TGTG, you can simply order via the app and then collect your order from our branch at the specified collection time. Together with Too Good To Go, we’re offering an additional way to make use of surplus produce.
2018 National Award “Zu gut für die Tonne!”
Our work in the field of food rescue was recognised by Federal Minister Julia Klöckner with the 2018 national award ‘Too good for the bin!’. Out of a total of over 150 projects submitted, our two initiatives in particular – the ‘Doggybag Station’ and ‘30% off in the last 30 minutes before closing time’ – were honoured in the catering category.
These were selected by a seven-member jury, which included not only Bärbel Dieckmann, President of Welthungerhilfe, but also prominent figures such as Michelin-starred chef Christian Rach and TV presenters Cherno Jobatey and Yvonne Willicks. We are proud of this award and want to continue working with you to champion food rescue. For more details, please watch our video (Source: BMEL, Archive since 2018).
Clean seas & beaches
Here at NORDSEE, we regularly organise beach clean-up events, to which we invite our staff, their families and friends, as well as anyone else who’s interested, to help clean selected stretches of beach and the surrounding area. Among other things, we collect and dispose of rubbish such as furniture, plastic items, wooden planks and other small items of litter. Why not join us for the next beach clean-up? You’re very welcome to come along.
Bees at our Bremerhaven site
The bee is one of the most important farm animals. Around 85 per cent of agricultural yields in crop and fruit production in Germany depend on pollination by honeybees. (Source:
https://deutscherimkerbund.de/bienen-bestaeubung/ ) Since summer 2016, a total of four beehives have been situated on the roof of our head office in Bremerhaven. Honey has been harvested regularly since autumn 2016.
An external beekeeper looks after the bees and cares for them even in winter.
Cup Bonus
At NORDSEE, guests who bring their own cup receive a discount of 0.10 euros on hot drinks in Germany and Austria. With this campaign, we want to work together with our guests to promote the use of reusable cups even more actively.
Doggy Bag Station
Take it home instead of throwing it away! If you’d like to take your leftovers home with you, you’ll find handy, free-of-charge takeaway packaging at our Doggy Bag Station. Our packaging is made from FSC-certified paper. The Doggy Bag Station is available in over 130 selected branches across Germany and Austria.
Compostable packaging for takeaway meals
Our takeaway packaging for plate meals is made from bagasse (also known as sugarcane pulp). Bagasse is a by-product or co-product resulting from the extraction of sugar juice from sugar cane plants. This material is processed into a cellulose pulp, which is then moulded under pressure and heat. This material is processed into a cellulose pulp, which is moulded under pressure and heat. This is a sensible way of reusing a waste product, as no sugar cane is grown specifically to ‘harvest’ bagasse. The finished packaging is industrially compostable in accordance with EN 13432 Our bags and snack boxes are made from FSC-certified material.
Mak-Pak project for packaging solutions for out-of-home consumption
As part of the Mak-Pak project, we have been working with partners from the research and business sectors, including the Alfred Wegener Institute and Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, to develop packaging solutions based on macroalgae. The aim of the project was to develop a disposable and, where appropriate, edible packaging solution for food intended for consumption outside the home and in the takeaway sector.
The aim of the project was to develop a disposable and, where appropriate, edible packaging solution for food intended for consumption outside the home and in the takeaway sector. The project aimed to use exclusively marine, specific macroalgae raw materials for the recycling of waste materials.
The project was supported by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. You can find more information here: https://ble-digital.pageflow.io/mak-pak#246596
Source: © Federal Office for Food and Agriculture
The Mak-Pak project entered its second phase on 1 November 2020. The aim was to bring the prototype to production-ready status as part of the three-year Mak-Pak Scale-Up project. To this end, three further partners were brought on board.
