Circular economy
Repair
Redesign/Rethink > Reduce > Reuse > Repair > Recycle
Repairing instead of throwing away - and thus significantly increasing the useful life of products! We are already doing a lot to give our products a long life. A product that can be repaired well can last much longer and therefore be used for longer. As a result, less waste is produced and resources are conserved. To ensure good reparability, this must be integrated into the product by the designer during the design process. The durability of products is therefore an important building block on the road to a circular economy.
Aftersales Service
We currently offer aftersales services in four different areas: Non Food, Furniture, Coffee Machines , Watches and Jewelry. The Non Food area includes various electronic devices sold by Tchibo, such as sewing machines and stereo systems. Depending on the defect of the product and the price range, we enable our customers to replace or repair their Tchibo product or provide them with the appropriate spare parts, provided these are not commonly used items such as light bulbs. Customers whose product is defective can contact us via the complaint form on the Tchibo website or the service hotline to make use of the repair or replacement service. To ensure a smooth service, we have been working for years with various repair center partners in different regions of Germany, each of which specializes in different Tchibo product lines and handles spare parts handling and the repair and replacement service for us. For years, we have been working with five repair centers, each of which specializes in different Tchibo product lines:
Ordering Spare Parts
Independently of our aftersales service, we also offer spare parts for our fully automatic Esperto machines online in our webshop so that we and our customers can enjoy the machine for a long time. Whether brew group, water tank or drip tray - if a part of the machine is no longer working properly, customers can easily reorder a wide selection of spare parts via our online store. Individual parts can be easily replaced instead of having to buy a new machine.
We are gradually rolling out this service to other product groups, such as furniture and cases.


Video inspection for Tchibo fully automatic machines and other coffee machines
Problems with your fully automatic coffee machine or another Tchibo coffee machine? Perhaps the video inspection can help solve it. We introduced this service for all our coffee machines at the beginning of 2022. To do this, our customers simply make an appointment with our service technicians. Many problems can be solved with the video inspection. In this way, we avoid unnecessary postage and improve the service experience for our customers.
Textile repair
Repair it yourself: Our cooperation partner Bridge&Tunnel can help with all kinds of textile repairs! Watch the videos on YouTube, from sewing on buttons to mending holes - everything you need for an easy repair at home! In cooperation with Bridge & Tunnel, we have also twice offered a sewing and repair service for all beloved Tchibo textile products in our Hamburg store at Rathausmarkt. The aim of these events: To show our customers how easy repair can be and that it is worthwhile to repair beloved items in order to save resources.

Repair of old Tchibo IT devices
“Green IT”: Our old Tchibo IT devices are also being repaired! We have been cooperating with AfB social & green, Europe's largest non-profit IT company, for over five years and pass on employees' decommissioned notebooks, tablets and smartphones. AfB deletes and cleans the devices, refurbishes them, installs new software and sells them with a warranty of up to three years. Through our cooperation with AfB, we protect the environment and resources and create jobs for people with disabilities.