Committed team of
over 130 employees
The Bode team works hand in hand: with expertise,
team spirit, and a passion for organic food.
“Together strong for natural, certified organic food
— with passion and expertise since 1960”
Behind Bode Naturkost are people who do their work with conviction and passion for organic food. As a family-owned company with a long tradition, we combine experience with fresh ideas and a clear view of the future. Our team works closely across departments—shaped by mutual respect, responsibility, and reliability. What connects us is the shared commitment to living quality, transparency, and partnership-based action every day. This is how we create the foundation for trusting relationships with customers, suppliers, and one another.
A good team naturally works together!
At Bode Naturkost, we stand for high-quality organic products,
partnership-based cooperation, and the continuous development of our processes.
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Insight Stories
Employees here talk about their diverse working environment. Take a look behind the scenes!
The sales professionals report:
“In our fast-paced and challenging times, which are currently affecting us, it is all the more important to strengthen teamwork. In sales, we therefore place great value on teamwork and a good, appreciative working relationship. We are always working together on new strategies and supporting one another constantly so that we can learn from and with each other. Our new colleagues already feel part of our ‘Bode family’ after a short time. As sales experts, we are guided first and foremost by the needs of our valued customers. Through fair, reliable, and tailored solutions, we achieve our goal of a long-term and sustainable customer-supplier relationship. The wide range of customer structures in both wholesale and direct customer business, as well as our worldwide export trade, make our everyday work especially varied and exciting. We work every day on interesting projects and look forward to working with different personalities. Our expertise and enthusiasm for handling raw materials enable us to process orders quickly and achieve short delivery times with low freight rates. From private-label products to full container loads—we always have a solution for our customers.
And what else?
We enjoy spending our breaks and evenings off with our office dogs in nature. Our location on the outskirts of Hamburg provides the perfect backdrop for this.”
Finest goods in purchasing:
“Our products come from a wide variety of countries: from sun-ripened tomatoes from Italy and sultanas from Turkey to cashew nuts from Vietnam. Whether the annual volumes are small or large, we place great importance on making sure that the responsible member of our purchasing team carefully looks after each product. This is how we ensure that we always have goods in stock in top quality, at a fair price, and in the right quantity. On the way there, however, there are always challenges to overcome: from obtaining numerous documents to rejected samples and analyses, as well as delivery problems and minimum shelf-life dates that need to be negotiated. That can certainly bring on a few gray hairs. But we are proud not only to be professionals in purchasing, but also in solving problems! And it feels all the better when our goods arrive successfully, and we like to celebrate that together.”
And what else?
Our many products and tasks are incredibly exciting and varied. But the best thing about working in purchasing at Bode is that this diversity is also reflected in our team: we all bring different experiences and interests, yet we still work hand in hand. There is always time for a quick chat or a hearty laugh.
An exciting day-to-day in quality assurance:
“Welcome to the exciting world of quality assurance! There is always something going on here, because every day brings new challenges. Over the past five years, our staff has doubled: today we are a committed team of just under 15 people, including student employees and interns. Our tasks are varied and range from goods-in inspection to quality-assuring support throughout the production process of our mueslis, nut mixes, and more. We carry out regular hygiene inspections to ensure that all products meet the highest quality standards. We look after our suppliers and customers closely, support our colleagues with questions and problems, and are always looking for solutions to ensure the best possible quality.”
As an organic importer, we have to undergo an organic inspection three times a year, as well as audits for our food safety standard IFS Broker and the Fairtrade certification. Despite all these challenges, we never lose sight of our daily harmonious working relationship, which for us is the guarantee of a dynamic and successful workday at Bode.
And what else?
We are proud to be a rather young and committed team that also meets outside work for a drink at the Christmas market or a good pizza. We live the team spirit and support one another, whether with good advice or a helping hand.
Insight: Marketing and product development introduces itself:
“Since 2016, we have proudly presented our organic products to the world and are committed to the ongoing development of our product range and packaging. Originally a one-woman show, we are now a successful team of five, firmly committed to our values such as good, affordable organic products and innovative concepts. We design our homepage and shop, manage our social media channels, organize trade fairs, and write newsletters. We create all our content ourselves. Our team combines a wealth of creativity; everyone has special strengths, and we align them with the company’s goals. We have a lot of fun making videos for Instagram, creating graphics, and evaluating our marketing activities. In product development, we discover new trends and continuously improve our products. That is how a better crunchy was born too: without industrial sugar, without palm oil, and vegan! That’s what Bode Naturkost does! Our business partners can rely on an innovative and sustainable way of working as well as professional collaboration with our team. We are proud to share our products and values and to make organic food accessible to even more people together.”
And what else?
We combine not only our talents, but also our passion for nature. With family and friends, we like to let off steam through sports or get creatively artistic. When cooking, we enjoy experimenting with new ingredients and surprising ourselves and others.
IT reports:
“We have many interfaces and developments here, and that means you need not only a fast network but also powerful servers. In our department, you can feel not only how fast-moving our times are, but also how we are developing within the industry — our projects keep adding up, and we always have to stay up to date in order to consistently deliver the best performance possible. We equip every workstation from network connection to peripherals and ensure that our network grows with us: everyone needs suitable hardware and software for that! Our operational infrastructure and data traffic are kept running through our maintenance. To have the right brain food for our high-speed performance, our colleagues from the other departments feed us well. The great thing is that a lot of it is nutritious — our nut mixes (and also homemade cookies) keep us up to date.”
And what else?
Helpful by nature is our occupational disease, and it stays with us in our free time too: programming and development are our passion there as well, alongside music or family time.”
