The Thursday Gevulde-Koek, a very tasty tradition

As a family-owned company, we like traditions. For example, the Thursday Gevulde-Koek tradition we have kept up since we were founded in 1985! A rough estimate brings that to an astounding 35.100 cookies! We asked our colleague Gerco van Diemen how he got involved.

“Our company is in the middle of the division between the metropolitan area around Leiden in the West and the protected Green-Heart region in the East. Some of my colleagues were born and raised in that beautiful area, which is, for example, famous for its Gouda cheese and stroopwafels. I’m from a small town called Zevenhoven, and my former neighbour, Pieter Koedam, got me my job at Comtest. He has been working here until his retirement in 2017. His daughter worked at the bakery in our town that makes excellent cakes and cookies, and Pieter trusted me with the task of bringing them to the office every Thursday after his retirement. No problem!”

We advise our clients to visit us on Thursdays from now on if they want to be part of this delicious tradition.

Fun fact: the man in the photo on the box has been involved since the beginning of this tasty tradition.

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