Our Story

A Brno Family Business

We first opened our business in 1995, with a single store on Bayerova. We started from the ground up, with our “warehouse” in our home and the whole business run by family members. We remain true to our roots, and we still rely on a personal approach and family atmosphere. Although we still sell dried fruits and nuts, as we did from the very beginning, we are constantly looking for new flavors and experiences to provide for our customers.

Environmentally Friendly

Every business, whether we like it or not, has an effect on the environment. We try to eliminate our own negative impact. We responsibly sort the waste that our business produces, and we deliver our goods throughout Brno using an electric vehicle rather than diesel. In all of our stores, we support minimal packaging and let customers use their own containers.

Solar Energy for Greater Sustainability

We installed solar panels at our company base, which help us achieve greater energy self-sufficiency, especially in the summer months. Thanks to these panels, we can effectively keep our products cool, which is vital for maintaining their quality. The panels also provide the charging of our electric car. We arranged this system without any subsidy, because we believe that investing in a sustainable future makes sense.

Quality and Freshness Come First

Maintaining the quality of our products is essential for us. We deliver goods in refrigerated trucks, which ensure that nuts, dried fruits, and other snacks remain fresh and full of flavor even in warm weather. Refrigeration technology is vital for us, not only for long-term freshness, but also for delivering to our customers the top quality products they deserve.

We carefully inspect and test each shipment to ensure that it meets our high standards. Our trucks regularly deliver goods not only throughout the Czech Republic, but also abroad — to Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria. Refrigerated trucks allow us to transport our products in optimal conditions, which is important for satisfying our wholesale partners and their customers.

Brno Is More Beautiful, Fragrant, and Stylish

We want the city of Brno to thrive, and we are happy to contribute to this in our own small way. In the Olfactory Map of Brno, which rates places based on how they smell, our sugared nut shop in the train station underpass was in first place for the “sweetest smelling space”!

Our store on Česká participated in the 2019 Brno Design Days festival under the auspices of Retailoko. Part of the festival was the competition Výlohy jak Brno, for the best shop windows. Thanks to our collaboration with the artist Lenka Křikavová, our shop won second place.

Oříšek Kobližná –Where Creativity Comes to Life

In our store on Kobližná, we pay attention to style. This store is listed as a model in the “Manual of Good  Manual of Good

V prodejně na ulici Kobližná dbáme nejen na kvalitní nabídku produktů, ale i na estetiku a styl prostoru. In our store on Kobližná, we pay attention to the quality of our products, and also to the aesthetics and style of the space. This store is listed as a model in the “Manual of Good Advertising and Branding Practices”. The Brno City Hall department for the care of historical monuments even listed our store in their training sessions as an example of how a shop window should look. We organize exhibitions of paintings and photographs; this display changes every two months, which makes our store a site of culture in the heart of Brno.

The success of our design was also confirmed at the WINDOW POP! festival where our shop won first place in the Shop Window of the Year competition. The playful installation of a mountain of nutshells, designed by talented designers Adéla Kadlčáková and Marie Sixtová, thrilled both the expert jury and the general public. This delightful success confirms that combining quality products with creativity can create something truly exceptional.

The Journey to Greener Transport

Our company actively adapts to environmental trends and strives to align with our customers, many of whom care about sustainability. That is why we decided to invest in an electric car, which serves for delivery and as part of our ecological communication. If this trial proves successful, we plan to replace the entire fleet with electric cars. An electric car helps us reduce transportation costs, and it contributes to lower greenhouse gas emissions in Brno and the surrounding area.

Program name: Operational Program Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness Call IV.

Project name: Oříšek jede ekologicky
Applicant: OŘÍŠEK s.r.o.   Implementation date: 11/ 2020
Eligible expenses: 373 950,00
Amount of subsidy: 280 462,50

The aim of the project was to introduce innovative low-carbon transport technology in our company and to test this technology in practice during everyday operation.

We replaced one gas-powered car with one electric car.
The Oříšek jede ekologicky project is co-financed by the EU from the Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness program.