Höllen reveals that the strength of these relationships means that the company does not even have contracts with some partners .
“ It ’ s just a handshake ,” he says . “ Of course , with some of the larger ompanies a contract is necessary .”
In total , L ’ Osteria works with around 120 partners . These include everyone from multinationals such as Coca-Cola to small , local companies .
“ The best-known of our partners are Coca-Cola or San Pellegrino . We also work closely with Molini Pivetti , who is one of the biggest wheat mills in Italy . With them we developed our pizza flour and the semolina we use for our pasta production . These have been developed exclusively for L ’ Osteria , and that is very important to us .”
Another key partner is Ecolab , a global sustainability leader offering , hygiene and infection prevention solutions .
“ Ecolab produces all our cleaning materials , so that we can have one standard everywhere . It was also a strategic step to move to Ecolab , taken about two years ago .”
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