Lelystad, Netherlands, 14 Dec 2004

pictures 001-039 (c) Marco / AirlineMeals.net
pictures 040-049 (c) Reinier / AirlineMeals.net

In December 2004 we visited the Marfo (Martinair Food) catering facilities in Lelystad (Netherlands), for our next Behind the Scenes photo report.
Started by Martinair founder Mr Martin Schröder in the 1960's, this company has now grown into a multi-caterer.
For not only does Marfo serve a large number of airlines (KLM, Northwest, Martinair, United, US Airways, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Thai Air, Alitalia, Excel Airways, Korean Air, Air Transat, Royal Jordanian, Aer Lingus, Dutchbird, Varig), it also provides meals to companies and institutes such as IKEA and Dutch Army divisions, but also to prisons and hospitals.
Marfo complies with the strict British health care regulations, which actually makes it needless to say that this is definitely the cleanest, the most hygienic catering facility we visited so far!

Marfo specializes in Frozen Foods, which results in a better food quality than so called Chilled Foods, a higher vitamin C level, frozen foods can be stored longer than chilled foods, and last but not least: your meal looks better when it's served ;-)

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