Gropper Dairy
| Dairy Gropper GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1929 |
| Seat | Bissingen , Bavaria |
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| Number of employees | 880 (2019) |
| sales | 635 million euros (2018) |
| Branch | Food industry, dairy products, beverages, fresh products |
| Website | www.gropper.de |
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The Molkerei Gropper GmbH & Co. KG is a 1929 in Berg bei Donauwörth company, established dairy products, direct juices and smoothies manufactures for commercial enterprises or as a co-packer fills. In addition to the main location in Bissingen, Bavaria, there is another location, Gropper Fruchtsaft GmbH & Co. KG, in Stockach . The Gropper dairy is one of the leading German providers of private labels and produces for almost all major European trading houses. The family company is currently run in the third generation by Heinrich Gropper.
Key figures
In 2018 the dairy had a turnover of 635 million euros.
To manufacture the products, around 345 million kilograms of milk are processed into finished products by 870 milk suppliers every year . 75 million kg of this is organic milk. The production of instant coffee , fruit juices and desserts is making an ever larger share of sales . 60 percent of the products go to customers in Germany , 40 percent are exported to other European countries .
Products of the dairy Gropper have the EU - identity code with the code DE BY 77723 EG .
history
In 1929 Heinrich Gropper took over a cheese dairy and restaurant in Berg near Donauwörth and founded the Gropper dairy there. There, 600 liters of milk were processed into butter and cheese every day. In 1953 Heinrich Gropper senior, son of the company founder, joined the company, which had already grown strongly. He became sole managing director in 1960.
In 1973 the company moved to nearby Bissingen. The dairy that was acquired there was continuously expanded in the years that followed and the development of new products and packaging was promoted.
In 1987 the company was the first dairy in Germany to introduce a fully automatic filling system for returnable bottles. Up to 60,000 liters of milk were now processed every day. The dairy thus achieved its breakthrough on the milk market as a specialist in retail. In 2007, the filling in returnable bottles was stopped due to the changed market situation.
In 1993 the family business - now under the management of Heinrich Gropper jun. - the license for the use of the brand name “Käfer” from the Munich delicatessen of the same name . Since then, Gropper has been active nationally.
The expansion of the range made it necessary to expand the company in 1996. Gropper decided to build a new building on the outskirts of Bissingen. This is how today's company headquarters came about. A year later, Gropper acquired the traditional Munich brand Deller and thus increased its sales figures in the Munich area .
In 2003, Heinrich Gropper Jr.'s management decided to strengthen the Gropper brand, and at the same time the Deller brand was discontinued.
The following year, the dairy started producing PET bottles . In 2005, a second filling line for PET was installed and the high-bay warehouse was expanded by 3,600 storage spaces. In 2009 Gropper started producing not-from-concentrate juices (fruit juices). Shortly afterwards, the range was expanded to include desserts. According to a report by the Financial Times Deutschland , the company was able to more than double its sales from 2002 to 2011. The increase in so-called organic food is a particular focus.
In 2011 the dairy installed two more filling systems and began building a new high-bay warehouse.
At the end of 2012, the dairy started operating its own combined heat and power plant, which was intended to cover 65 percent of the total electricity requirement and to heat it. Since the thermal power station produces heat, cold and electricity, general energy savings and the associated reduction in CO 2 emissions are guaranteed. Since 2014 Gropper has been able to cover 95 percent of its energy needs itself.
Range of services
The Gropper dairy produces its own brands or works as a contract packer for branded goods companies. The product range mainly includes milk and milk drinks, yoghurt, pudding and other desserts as well as mixed coffee and milk drinks, not-from-concentrate juices and smoothies.
Some of the not-from-concentrate juices from the British juice and smoothie manufacturer innocent are bottled at Gropper in Stockach for continental Europe.
The company offers support in the design and implementation of packaging and marketing concepts until they are ready for the market, with an innovation workshop since 2014.
Milk catchment area
The catchment area of the dairy includes numerous communities from northern Swabia and parts of Upper Bavaria . The company's milk suppliers include around 870 farms from Marktoberdorf to Nördlingen and from Ulm to Rosenheim . These include around 130 organic farms that supply the dairy with over 70 million kilograms of organic milk every year.
Products and ranges
The Gropper dairy supplies products to Germany and other European countries. The products are manufactured as trademarks for Aldi , Lidl , Metro , Norma , Edeka , Netto , Real , Kaufland , REWE and SPAR , among others .
Gropper also produces a wide range of products made from organic milk. The dairy is entitled to label products with the GQ seal. In addition, the dairy has not used genetic engineering in all milk products since 2018.
The Gropper dairy has been producing animal welfare milk since 2017. It is available as a trademark from Aldi, Netto, Edeka and Lidl under the label of the German Animal Welfare Association “For More Animal Protection”.
Certificates and awards
2010
- Certification according to EMAS III
2012
- Federal Honorary Prize of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV)
- Top 100 seal of approval as one of the most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany
2014
- Top 100 seal of approval as one of the most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany
2016
- BrandEins award as an innovative company
- 10 times DLG gold for organic products
2017
- For the sixth time in a row: Award of the Federal Honor Award
- Third Top 100 seal of approval as one of the most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany
Trivia
Since 2003 the dairy has sponsored and named after the Gropper-Cup, an annual tennis tournament of TSV Bissingen.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Facts & Figures. In: Company. Molkerei Gropper, July 10, 2019, accessed on July 10, 2019 : "Status 2019"
- ^ Augsburger Allgemeine: partner of 900 milk producers . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on February 16, 2018]).
- ^ Dairy Gropper GmbH & Co. KG. In: Lists of the companies approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 for trading in food of animal origin in Germany (BLtU). Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, accessed on March 18, 2013 : "Approval number: BY 77723"
- ↑ Julia Graven: Everything Gropper or what? Financial Times Deutschland , July 9, 2012, archived from the original on September 13, 2012 ; Retrieved March 18, 2013 .
- ↑ http://gropper.de/de/unternehmen/ueber_gropper/historie (status: 2012)
- ↑ http://www.b4bschwaben.de/nachrichten/dillingen_artikel,-Molkerei-Gropper-produziert-jetzt-auch-Energie-_arid,122603.html b4b schwaben: Gropper dairy now also produces energy.
- ↑ Sustainability report and environmental statement 2016 - 2019. In: http://www.molkerei-gropper.de/ . Molkerei Gropper GmbH & Co.KG, accessed on February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Medium- sized companies and global corporations: The time of the lone warrior is over. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Beyond the rim of the mug. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Product worlds. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.gropper.de/de/produkte/gutes_von_gropper/bio_produkte (as of 2012).
- ↑ http://gropper.de/de/produkte/gutes_von_gropper/produkte_mit_gq_siegel (status: 2012).
- ↑ Sossna: Moproweb - Home - Gropper: renunciation of glyphosate. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/noerdlingen/Bebeispielhaftes-fuer-die-Region-gelezte-id9119266.html (as of December 2010).
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento from June 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (as of June 2012).
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of October 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (as of June 2012).
- ↑ Sossna: Moproweb - dairy industry - News - Gropper honored again in 2017 as a TOP 100 innovator. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ press. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Gropper receives the Federal Honor Award - Dillingen - B4B Schwaben for the sixth time in a row . ( b4bschwaben.de [accessed on February 16, 2018]).
- ↑ Sossna: Moproweb - Milk Marketing - News - Award of Bundesehrenpreis Prices 2017. Accessed February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.kreichauf.de/tennis/groppercup.php?kat=grop (as of 2012).