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Brau and Brunnen AG
legal form Corporation
founding 1972
resolution 2004
Seat Dortmund , GermanyGermanyGermany 
Branch Beverage manufacture and distribution

The Brau und Brunnen AG was a German beverage company with headquarters in Dortmund . It was created in 1972 through the merger of the Schultheiss brewery and the Dortmunder Union brewery . Until it was renamed to Brau und Brunnen AG in 1988, the company was called Dortmunder Union-Schultheiss Brauerei AG . Contrary to some other sources, Berlin was never the seat of the Group's head office, but was always given pro forma as "Dortmund / Berlin". At the beginning of the 1970s, after the merger of the Dortmund and Berlin breweries, a move of the headquarters to Berlin was considered, but it was discarded for reasons of cost.

Until the 1990s, Brau und Brunnen was the largest German beverage company with sales of over 15 million hectoliters , but sales of alcoholic beverages fell steadily until 1999. Another reason for the economic problems of Brau und Brunnen AG was that in 1994 the Jever brand was merged with Bavaria-St. Pauli Brewery at a price of around 800 million D-Marks, but the market value was later only put at around 250 million D-Marks. As early as 1995, Brau und Brunnen AG closed the business year with a loss of 180 million D-Marks. Through mergers and takeovers, other large beverage groups came into being, which put brewing and fountain under pressure. In 1999 the company had already slipped to fourth place among German beverage producers and was permanently in the red.

The planned restructuring by downsizing failed because a merger with the Schörghuber group of companies that was being sought at the same time was prevented by the main shareholder at the time, Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG . At the beginning of 2002, Cadbury Schweppes announced the joint venture Berliner Kindl operated with breweries and fountains , the Hamburg Apollinaris & Schweppes GmbH. As a result, the losses from the beer division could no longer be compensated for by profits in the soft drinks business, so in 2003 negotiations were held with several interested parties to buy the company. In 2004 the group became part of the Radeberger Group through the purchase of the HypoVereinsbank share stake by the Oetker Group for 220 million euros .

Breweries and beer brands
Haus Kölscher brewing tradition, Kölsch brands of the Radeberger Group
  • Haus Kölscher Brautradition GmbH, Cologne
  • Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei GmbH, Berlin
    • Berlin Pilsner
    • Schultheiss : Schultheiss Pilsener, Schultheiss Lager Schwarz, Schultheiss Diet Beer (until 2006 also Schultheiss Original Berliner Weisse, Schultheiss Berliner Mix Weisse)
  • Leipziger Brauhaus zu Reudnitz GmbH, Leipzig
    • Reudnitzer: Reudnitzer Pilsner Premium, Reudnitzer Export, Reudnitzer Heller Ur-Bock, Reudnitzer Schwarzbier, Reudnitzer Diet Beer, Reudnitzer Christmas Beer, Reudnitzer Naturtrüb
    • Sternburg : Sternburg Pilsener, Sternburg Export, Sternburg Schwarzbier, Sternburg Diesel, Sternburg Radler, Sternburg Doppelkaramel, Sternburg Hefeweizen
  • Tivoli brands & drinks GmbH, Dortmund
    • Dr. Q, chat!
  • Tucher Bräu GmbH , Nuremberg
    • Tucher Bräu: Tucher Hefe Weizen light, Tucher Hefe Weizen dark, Tucher Kristall Weizen, Tucher Hefe Weizen light, Tucher Urfränkisch dark, Tucher Original Urbräu, Tucher Übersee Export, Tucher Lorenzi Bock light, Tucher Reifbräu alcohol-free, Tucher Bajuvator Doppelbock, Tucher Pilsener, Tucher Pilsener Diet, Tucher Pilsener Light, Zirndorfer
    • Hasen-Bräu Brauereibetriebsgesellschaft GmbH, Augsburg
      • Hasen-Bräu Extra, Hasen-Bräu Urhell, Hasen-Bräu Pilsener, Hasen-Bräu Weißer Hase, Hasen-Bräu 33dry

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sales at Brau und Brunnen again declined . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 18, 1999
  2. ↑ Bremme-Pils: the last sip has been taken ... In: Wuppertaler Rundschau , No. 4 (January 25, 1997), p. 1/3.
  3. ↑ Fat instead of muscle . In: Der Spiegel . No. 31 , 2003 ( online ).
  4. ↑ The boss gives up . In: Spiegel Online , December 13, 2000
  5. ↑ Poorly poured . In: Manager Magazin , April 19, 2002
  6. ^ Jever only sold in 2004 . In: Focus Money , August 21, 2003.
  7. ↑ The pudding doctor becomes Germany's beer king . In: Spiegel Online , February 13, 2004
  8. ↑ Bremme-Pils: the last sip has been taken ... In: Wuppertaler Rundschau, No. 4 (January 25, 1997), p. 1.
  9. ↑ haus-koelscher-brautradition.de
  10. ↑ Kölsch-Net.de - Guilds
  11. ↑ Kurfürsten-Kölsch on December 31, 2011, production was discontinued and accessed on December 1, 2012