Swiss Lions 100 | 2026 edition
Bell Food Group
Bell Food Group is No. 55 in the Swiss Lions 100 and No. 6 in Food & Beverage, with a score of 51.9 out of 100. Headquarters: Basel, canton of Basel-Stadt.
- Swiss Lions score
- 51.9
- Overall rank
- 55of 100
- Food & Beverage
- 6of 10
About
Basel meat, poultry and convenience food producer, majority-owned by Coop, with plants across Europe.
Why Bell Food Group ranks No. 55
Bell Food Group is one of Europe's large meat and convenience food producers, with brands such as Eisberg, Hilcona and Hügli and around 12,600 staff. It is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and controlled by Coop, whose validated net-zero target it shares. Much of its production is in Switzerland, with further plants in Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Spain.
Swiss connections
- Founded in Basel in 1869 as a butcher's shop by Samuel Bell.
- Coop holds a majority of the shares.
How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 4.9bn revenue.
Swiss value
Partly Swiss made.
Global visibility
Online attention across languages, and worldwide search interest.
Impact
Net-zero target validated. Not a certified B Corp.
Philanthropy
No charitable foundation found.
Impact and philanthropy together make up the impact measure. How the ranking works.
Key figures
- Revenue used in the ranking
- CHF 4.9bn2025, company
Not listed on a stock exchange, so profit, dividends and employee numbers are not published in a comparable form.
Employees in Switzerland and dividends paid to Swiss shareholders are not published consistently, so they are not shown.
Profile
- Headquarters
- BaselCanton of Basel-Stadt
- Language region
- German-speaking
- Category
- Food & Beverage
- Ownership
- Listed, controlled by Coop
- Main customers
- Businesses (B2B)
- Chief executive
- Marco TschanzSince 2024. Source
- Founded
- 1869
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2NespressoScore 76.4
3Lindt & SprüngliScore 63.8
4Barry CallebautScore 58.6
5RicolaScore 55.6
7EmmiScore 51.7
See all 10 brands in Food & Beverage.
Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: bellfoodgroup.com (2025).
- Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, October 2026. Foundations: Swiss commercial register. B Corp: B Lab directory.
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