Stefan Behrendt (47) took over responsibility for Dachser Food Logistics on January 1, 2025. He succeeds COO Road Logistics Alexander Tonn, who had also held the position of Managing Director Food Logistics since January 1, 2024.

Stefan Behrendt joined Dachser in 2015, initially as head of the Niederrhein logistics center in Neuss, where he successfully expanded the food transport and storage business. While still under outgoing Managing Director Alfred Miller, he moved to Dachser’s Head Office in Kempten on October 1, 2023. Since then, as Deputy Managing Director Food Logistics, he has dedicated himself to this business line’s strategic orientation and further development. Behrendt began his logistics career at DHL Freight before working for several years in international management positions and as a branch manager at the food logistics company Nagel Group.

“Stefan Behrendt is a leader who thinks strategically and can draw on a wealth of experience from operational logistics practice,” explains Alexander Tonn, COO Road Logistics at Dachser. “He has the ideal qualifications to position Dachser’s immensely important food business with its crisis-proof growth dynamics for the long term, and to consistently drive forward our development in Germany and Europe.”

The Food Logistics business line has grown strongly over the past two years through the acquisitions of Müller Fresh Food Logistics in the Netherlands, Frigoscandia in Sweden and the Nordic region, and Brummer Logistik in southern Germany and Austria. Today, Dachser’s food transport and storage business contributes around EUR 2 billion to the company’s revenue.

Dachser Food Logistics is represented by its own country organizations in Belgium, France, Hungary, and Italy in addition to its home market of Germany. Dachser is also the system leader of the European Food Network, which covers 34 European countries and offers manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers in the food market access to leading network coverage for groupage transports within Europe.

“Dachser’s history began with food logistics. Even today, this business symbolizes the family-owned company’s philosophy of long-term growth,” explains Burkhard Eling, Dachser CEO. “The future-proof, international character of Dachser Food Logistics is an important element of Dachser’s growth strategy. Against this backdrop, Stefan Behrendt has taken on a key position with plenty of scope for him to move and shape things.”