Biscuiterie Jules Destrooper
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| legal form | Holding company |
| founding | August 8, 1885 |
| Seat | Lo-Reninge , Belgium |
| management | Emmanuel Blomme (2015–) |
| Number of employees | 160 |
| sales | 36 million euros |
| Branch | Bakery products |
| Website | www.jules-destrooper.com |
| As of April 28, 2015 | |
The Biscuiterie Jules Destrooper NV is a Belgian bakery . It was founded in 1885 by Jules Destrooper and is one of the Belgian purveyors to the court .
history
The young baker Jules Destrooper opened a bakery in Luilekkerstad in Flanders on August 8, 1885 .
Jules Destrooper, actually Julius Renatus Maria Destrooper (born November 4, 1856 in Beselare , municipality of Zonnebeke ; † June 28, 1934 ), was the son of Adolphus Norbertus (1823–1873) and Amelia Maria Destrooper, née Verlende (1815–1900) .
He started using the exotic herbs from his shop in Amandelbrood, a type of almond biscuit. He gave these biscuits to his customers as a business gift. One of them was the owner of the Hotel Teirlinck, which served the biscuits to their English guests . Driven by his first success, Jules Destrooper added a second biscuit to his range in 1890: the Flemish “Natuurboterwafel” (“natural butter waffle”; meaning butter waffle biscuits). Jules baked the waffles with diagonal windows, which he made with self-developed wafer baking machines. The success of these biscuits was so great that it soon found international recognition: in 1911 Jules Destrooper won a gold medal for his “Amandelbrood” at the prestigious Paris fair .
His marriage to Felicia Maria Verweirder (1863–1928) resulted in two daughters and son Julius Josephus Cornelius Destrooper (1893–1973; known as Jules Destrooper junior ), who in 1911 took over the father's business.
In 1911, son Jules Destrooper Jr. took over. the father's business.
After the Second World War , in which several butter shortages had a heavy impact on the biscuit industry, Jules Destrooper Junior managed to export his products to the USA. Patriek and Peter Destrooper bought the biscuit shop in 1984, expanded the company and continued to expand. Since 1986 there has been a second factory in Ypres . A series of acquisitions followed in the 1990s and 2000s .
Change of ownership
On April 28, 2015, the independent family company, which the brothers Peter and Patriek Destrooper each owned 50 percent, was sold to the Vandermarliere family's holding company GT & CO .
The Jules Destrooper bakery sells its biscuits in 75 countries, according to GT & CO. With its 160 employees, it generates an annual turnover of around 36 million euros.
Web links
- Website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Destrooper, Julius Renatus. ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dermout.eu; Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ↑ Own presentation on the company website
- ↑ Four generaties koekjeskoningen. Nieuwsblad, January 22, 2011.
- ↑ Four generaties koekjeskoningen. Nieuwsblad, January 22, 2011.
- ↑ a b just-food.com of April 29, 2015: GT & CO buys biscuit maker Jules Destrooper (English; accessed November 9, 2017)
