About Van Delft
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Van Delft
Our Peppernuts stores, who doesn't know them? Since 2014, Van Delft has opened several pop-up stores throughout the Netherlands every year around September. You will find a large assortment of, among other things, Peppernuts in up to 50 different flavors.
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About our stores
Our Peppernuts stores, who doesn't know them? Since 2014, Van Delft has opened several pop-up stores throughout the Netherlands every year around September. You will find a large assortment of, among other things, Peppernuts in up to 50 different flavors. New flavors are added every year. What's your favorite? Caramel sea salt? Extra dark chocolate! Or stroopwafel... or truffle cinnamon? The choice is endless! Since 2020, there are also a number of permanent stores open all year round. So you can enjoy our delicious Peppernuts all year round! Great right? Of course we also sell other products in our stores, such as glacé cookies,Eggynuts, Almonds and Cookiccini's, all in different flavors. Is your mouth already watering?
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About Van Delft
History
We are the oldest and largest factory of the most famous Dutch cookie, the pepernoot! Ever since 1880 we have been the 'purveyor of Sinterklaas'. Of every 100 Peppernuts sold in the Netherlands, about 75 come from our bakery. And that's quite a lot; all together, the Dutch eat over 7 billion Peppernuts. Every year again.
In 1880 begon Jan van Delft in Koog aan de Zaan Van Delft Biscuits. En wel in dezelfde straat waar ook Albert Heijn en Verkade hun eerste winkel openden. In 1958 verhuisde de bakkerij naar de huidige locatie in Harderwijk. Van Delft was een van de eerste bakkers met een lopendebandoven voor de productie van pepernoten. “Daardoor zijn we de grootste en oudste pepernootfabriek in de wereld geworden. Groei door innovatie is nog steeds onze rode draad,” vertelt Oscar de Lange, directeur en eigenaar. “Ieder jaar komen er nieuwe producten bij”.
The beginning
In 1880 begon Jan van Delft in Koog aan de Zaan zijn eigen bakkerij, waar hij met vakmanschap en ondernemersgeest experimenteerde met authentieke recepten en zich al snel specialiseerde in ambachtelijke pepernoten. Dit bescheiden begin legde de basis voor een groeiend familiebedrijf, waarvan de naam Van Delft nog steeds synoniem staat voor kwaliteit en tijdloze lekkernijen.
The first assembly line
De eerste industriële lopende band werd geïntroduceerd in 1902, op deze manier kan een ambacht worden omgevormd tot industrie. De bekende kruidnoot wordt sneller dan ooit gemaakt.
In the war
At the risk of their lives, Van Delft employees work to make emergency rations for the army of both the Allies and the Netherlands itself.
Small gesture, big meaning
In the spring of 1945, Johannes van Delft Jr. donated this silver sugar spoon with Golden Coach motif and the inscription "In gratitude March 18-19, 1945" to Ada Vis-Duyvis, who had hidden it under her bathroom floorboards during a German invasion. The spoon embodies her courage and the strength of personal solidarity in hard times.
Transportation in the 1950s
This photo shows a typical Van Delft from the mid-1950s, bearing the distinctive logo. With such reliable trucks, Van Delft delivered freshly baked delicacies directly to stores throughout the Netherlands on a daily basis, which not only guaranteed freshness but also strengthened brand awareness.
New chapter
The move to Harderwijk took place in 1958. Here not much later it is also announced that Van Delft has the longest conveyor belt oven in the Netherlands. At this location, much goes on.
A first
Een belangrijk moment in Van Delfts geschiedenis was de introductie van de eerste chocolade-pepernoot in 1990: Direct een schot in de roos. Met de vakkundige combinatie van knapperige pepernoot en fluwelen chocolade verraste hij liefhebbers en bracht hij een nieuwe ster binnen het assortiment tot leven.
Stores
In the year 2014, Van Delft opened its very first peppercorn store in Amsterdam and it proved to be an instant hit: the store was wildly popular. From then on, growth took off and Van Delft expanded at an unprecedented pace.
Present
Inmiddels verkoopt Van Delft jaarlijks meer dan 7 miljard kruidnoten in meer dan 50 smaken, van klassiek kaneel tot verrassende limited editions.
