Buying authentic Italian food in Zurich with home delivery is now simple: order online from LAPA, the Embrach (ZH) supplier that stocks over 1,500 restaurants across Switzerland. The same goods that reach professional kitchens — fresh mozzarella, pasta, olive oil, preserves — arrive at your door in refrigerated vans, with no minimum order.
Why real Italian grocery shopping in Zurich now comes to your door
Zurich loves Italy: Italian families, expats, and Swiss food lovers who head south at every opportunity. But proper Italian shopping in the city has always been a treasure hunt — the good little shops are few, often far from home, with tight hours and small shelves. And the "Italian" aisle at the supermarket is usually the industrial version of the real thing.
LAPA was founded in 2016 in Embrach, twenty minutes from Zurich, as a supplier for professional gastronomy: every day our refrigerated vans stock restaurants, pizzerias and hotels all over Switzerland. That same catalogue — over 3,000 authentic Italian products — is open to private customers online. Order today, receive tomorrow: Italian shopping is no longer an expedition, it is a delivery.
Fresh mozzarella and burrata: the quality test
Mozzarella is the toughest test for any Italian supplier: if it arrives fresh and properly chilled, everything else will too. That is why we run refrigerated logistics only — the same cold chain we guarantee to restaurants.
In the Mozzarella & Burrata category you will find what the pizzaioli and chefs among our clients actually use: mozzarella di bufala campana DOP, fior di latte, burrata, stracciatella, ricotta and mascarpone. The same products, in formats that also suit a family.
The LAPA house tip
Order mozzarella the way restaurateurs do: little and often. With next-day delivery there is no need to stockpile — you eat it at its peak, while the milk and whey are still alive.
The essential Italian pantry: pasta, oil, preserves, coffee
Fresh products make the difference, but Italian cooking rests on the pantry. In our shop you will find the references Italian chefs in Switzerland order from us every week:
- Pasta: classic cuts and chef-grade quality in the Pasta category, from durum-wheat dried pasta to filled fresh pasta.
- Extra virgin olive oil: the Oil category holds the oils that end up on restaurant tables, not anonymous supermarket bottles.
- Tomatoes and preserves: pelati, passata, San Marzano DOP — the base of any sauce worth the name.
- Coffee and staples: coffee, professional flours, spices and everything real Italian cooking needs.
Every product comes with a full data sheet: ingredients, origin, allergens, DOP and IGP certifications. You always know what goes into your basket.
Your first order: where to start
For a first order, keep it simple: a fresh mozzarella or burrata for the same evening, a pack of durum-wheat pasta, a bottle of extra virgin olive oil, pelati or passata for the sauce — and coffee for the morning. That base already covers half of Italian cooking. From the second order on, the catalogue does the rest: 3,000 products are more than any corner shop in town will ever shelve, and there is something new to try every week.
What does it really cost? Online shopping vs the corner shop
The Italian corner shop pays city rent, imports small volumes and has to mark up accordingly. LAPA is a wholesaler: we buy directly from Italian producers, in restaurant-scale volumes, and the prices you see online come from that scale.
Then add what you save yourself: no trips across town, no Saturday-morning queues, no fridge filled "just in case" that ends up in the bin. You order what you need, when you need it — with no minimum order, even a single product.
How does LAPA delivery to Zurich work?
Simply — it is the same operation that serves the restaurants:
- Area: we deliver across the whole Zurich region — the city, Winterthur, Baden, Dietikon, Uster, Wetzikon — and the rest of Switzerland.
- Timing: deliveries 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday. Order today, receive tomorrow.
- Cold chain: refrigerated vans for fresh and frozen goods, from our Embrach base to your door.
- How to order: at lapa.ch/shop — choose, add to basket, enter your address. Done.
There is no need to plan the week with military precision: many families simply order when they need to, just as restaurateurs do. Cooking for a special dinner? Order the day before and the fresh goods arrive on delivery day, ready for the table. It is the same logistics our professional clients expect every morning: on time, refrigerated, no surprises.
FAQ – Frequently asked questions
Does LAPA deliver to private customers in Zurich?
Yes. LAPA started as a supplier to restaurants and pizzerias, but the online shop is open to everyone: families, expats, lovers of Italian cooking. Same catalogue, same products, same refrigerated logistics we run every day for professional kitchens across the Zurich region.
Is there a minimum order?
No, there is no minimum order: you can buy even a single product. It has been a LAPA house rule from the start. Since the van is coming anyway, many customers use the chance to do the full shop: fresh products, pantry staples and a few discoveries from the catalogue.
Does the mozzarella really arrive fresh?
Yes: it travels in refrigerated vans with a controlled cold chain, exactly like our restaurant deliveries. It is the same product our pizzaiolo clients put on their pizzas — mozzarella di bufala campana DOP, fior di latte, burrata — delivered at the correct temperature to your door.
How fast does the order arrive?
As a rule, the day after you order: we deliver 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday, across the Zurich region and Switzerland's main cities. Order in the evening, the goods leave Embrach and reach your home the next day.