History In 1977 "FELIX International GmbH" was founded in Glinde near Hamburg as the distribution company of the Swedish food group AB FELIX (now Orkla Food Schweden AB). In December 1985 an outsourcing took place, whereupon the tasks were transferred to the then newly founded LeV Lebensmittel Vertrieb GmbH were transferred. The business premises were then located in Reinbek in the east of Hamburg. The current managing director, Dipl.-Kfm. Axel K. Rehker, manages the company in 2nd generation since April 2001. In 2016 the company moved to its present location in Oberstenfeld Mrs. Marion Pfuff was appointed to the management board in August 2019. Expansion of firm supplier relationships 1985 Okla Food Sweden AB, Malmö Sweden (formerly AB FELIX/Procordia Food AB, Eslöv) 1985 Taabbel & Co. A/S, Hanstholm, Denmark 2001 Vilsund Musinge Industri A/S, Nyköbing Mors, Denmark 2002 Magnihill AB, Mörarp, Sweden 2006 allfreez NV, Maasmechelen, Belgium 2008 Menüko Island Usedom GmbH, Usedom, Germany 2008 Royal Greenland AS, Aalborg, Denmark 2013 FRÖDINGE Mejeri AB, Vimmerby, Sweden 2015 ABBA Seafood AB, Kungshamn, Sweden 2016 ANAMMA Vego AB, Malmö, Sweden

The LeV is based on the following philosophy

All LeV producers have a high level of raw material and production know-how. In Germany, however, these production companies have no basis as branded companies as in Scandinavia. The idea now is to make this know-how - from the origin of the raw material (e.g. seed) to the finished product - available to the German food industry and the wholesale trade.  The aim now is to supply the semi-finished and finished products required by the German food industry. Production is carried out according to individual specifications. The cooperation with the customers is closely designed so that the product development, planning, production, packaging, on-time delivery etc. can be carried out as optimally as possible. The resulting rationalisation effects thus benefit the customer. The cooperation goes so far that work processes that were previously carried out in the production of the customer or in the production of the raw material producers are transferred to the preliminary stage if this allows optimisation and cost savings. All deliveries are made directly "ex works" to processing plants in Germany or other countries.