DeliYo Lunchérie & Catering

DeliYo Lunchérie & Catering is located in Van DoorenVeste at Zernikeplein 11 in Groningen. The business combines a lunch café with catering services and primarily caters to visitors of the Zernike Campus. The menu features coffee, sandwiches, salads, soups, pastries, and smoothies. Additionally, DeliYo highlights vegetarian and vegan options.

Yolanda van der Kroft is listed as the owner and manager on the official website. No separate co-founder is mentioned in the available information. Before starting DeliYo, Van der Kroft worked for several years for the permanent caterer of Hanzehogeschool. She previously gained hospitality experience, including time at an Italian ice cream specialist abroad.

In 2019, Van der Kroft was given the opportunity to become a self-employed entrepreneur. She took over the former Wadapartja location in Van DoorenVeste and continued the venue under the name DeliYo. Approximately six months later, the lunch café was operational. A profile from May 2020 described the business as being about half a year old at the time. This suggests the opening likely took place in late 2019, although no exact date has been publicly recorded.

Since March 2024, DeliYo has also managed Space Werkcafé in the ICE Building at Blauwborgje 31. This second location is set up as a workspace and meeting place for campus organizations, employees, and external visitors. The collaboration was formalized in an agreement between Van der Kroft and Triade director Edward van der Meer.

DeliYo serves locally roasted coffee from Tiktak Koffie. This company is also listed as one of the regular local suppliers. The public menu lists regular coffee, espresso, doppio, cappuccino, flat white, and latte macchiato. Additionally, a caramel latte, Dirty Chai, and DeliYo Koffie Special are featured on the menu.

A house-made iced coffee is also described. It consists of a double espresso, ice cubes, milk, and caramel syrup or another flavor syrup. Whipped cream can be added as a topping. For hot coffee drinks, the menu lists oat milk, coffee syrup, and whipped cream as possible extras.

The available information primarily points to preparations using espresso. The brand or model of the espresso machine has not been made public. Furthermore, brewing methods such as filter coffee, pour-over, AeroPress, French press, and batch brew are not documented. Therefore, it cannot be determined whether these methods are offered at the locations.

DeliYo states that sandwiches, salads, soups, pastries, and other products are sourced locally or prepared at their own locations. The business claims a preference for organic, sustainably produced, and locally made products. This relates to their own procurement policy. No independent certification covering the entire range is known.

In addition to Tiktak Koffie, Bakkerij Jager, Oudebosch Fruit, and Luuks Brood are named as regular suppliers. According to DeliYo, the choice of local partners is intended to support local businesses and limit transportation distances. Campus Groningen also describes the offering as locally roasted coffee and locally sourced lunch products.

The location on Zernikeplein is also listed on Too Good To Go. Through this platform, leftover sandwiches, sweet items, or drinks can be offered in food packages. Specific goals regarding waste, reusable packaging, energy use, or CO₂ emissions have not been publicly recorded.

Information about the origin of the coffee beans is also lacking. Countries, farms, producer groups, and processing methods are not mentioned. The same applies to traceability data and coffee-specific sustainability certifications. Therefore, the term locally roasted primarily refers to the place of roasting, not the origin of the coffee.

Space Werkcafé is described as a location for work, meetings, networking, lunches, lectures, and events. The venue also lists workshops, training sessions, book presentations, seminars, co-working days, product launches, and high teas as possible formats. This overview describes the available functions but does not confirm that every type of gathering has actually taken place.

Some collaborations have been documented. In April 2024, an exhibition took place featuring artists Bea van Wijk and Emilia Bolier. Earlier, the location on Zernikeplein was an official stop during the Campus Christmas Walk on December 12, 2023. Coffee Bean Station and Brasserie Zernike were also involved in that event.

DeliYo and Van der Kroft appeared in the magazine in May 2020 KIC-in Binnenstebuiten. The profile covered her background in the hospitality industry, the takeover of the former café, and the first months of operation. Additionally, DeliYo is listed in the Campus Groningen directory and in the HappyCow guide due to its vegetarian and vegan options.

The listing on HappyCow is a registration in a business directory and not an award. No distinctions, competition results, or positions in national coffee bar rankings were found in the reviewed information. The public profile of DeliYo therefore focuses primarily on lunch, espresso-based drinks, local suppliers, and its function as a meeting place on campus.