Berent Friele

Friele Holding AS provides administration and management services. It offers investment banking, asset management, and property management services. The company was founded in 1984 and is located in Nesttun, Norway.

B. Friele & Sønner AS engages in coffee roasting. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.

In 1799 Herman Friele bought his first coffee consignment and shipped it back to Bergen. Even today, Friele travels all over the world in order to taste coffee and choose the best batches. Kaffehuset Friele is today, Norway's leading coffee roaster, with a market share of about 32 % (value). There are four other major players in the Norwegian coffee market, Joh. Johannson with 29 %, Nestle with 16%, COOP with 15% and Kjeldsberg with a market share of 7%. Its largest coffee brand, Friele Frokost kaffe is also Norway's leading brand and has a market share of 29 %(volume). They also have the brands Krone, Café Noir and Spesialkaffe (speciality coffee). Kaffehuset Friele offers products to both the food service segment (20 %) and the retail trade (80 %).