Rungis Express
| RUNGIS express GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1978 |
| Seat | Meckenheim |
| management | Carsten Kley, Kai D. Schneider |
| Number of employees | approx. 600 (2014) |
| sales | approx. 130 million euros (2014) |
| Branch | Food wholesale |
| Website | www.rungisexpress.com |
| Status: 2016 | |
RUNGIS express is a food wholesaler in Meckenheim near Bonn , which supplies its customers, mainly from the upscale gastronomy , with food from all over the world.
The name refers to the Paris wholesale market in Rungis , where most of the goods were initially bought. Through numerous television reports on various channels, the company has also achieved a general level of awareness outside of the catering trade.
history
Rungis Express was founded in 1978 by Karl-Heinz Wolf, a Bonn restaurateur. In 1980 Georg Kastner (called "George W. Kastner") joined and in 1986 took over sole management of the company. The shares of Wolf were taken over by Kaufhof AG , which was later taken over by Metro AG . In 1997 the company sold its shares to an investment bank. On January 19, 2005, RUNGIS express had to file for bankruptcy after several years of falling sales and large losses . Kastner left and RUNGIS express was taken over by Ponaxis AG via the subsidiary Cool Chain Group (CCG) and continued as an AG (previously GmbH & Co. KG ). Half of all jobs (approx. 150) were cut.
In April 2016, Rungis Express AG , the logistics business of Cool Chain Group DE GmbH , CC Delivery GmbH , the Swiss subsidiary Fideco AG and the company's activities in Austria, Poland, Portugal and Spain were taken over by the Metro Group .
Products
Today, shopping is no longer restricted to the Rungis market. More than 3,000 products from over 80 countries make up the basic range of RUNGIS express. These include meat, fish, seafood, poultry, vegetables, coffee and spices as well as dairy and bread specialties, as well as pies and terrines. Every night of delivery, around 20 tonnes of fresh produce from all over the world are distributed to around 1,000 top restaurateurs, delicatessens, hotels and restaurants.
Web links
- Rungis Express website
- Gourmet pioneer Karl-Heinz Wolf ( Memento from February 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), WDR , August 14, 2004 with video , 30 min.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b rungisexpress.com: Imprint
- ↑ a b c metrogroup.de: METRO GROUP strengthens wholesale business with takeover of RUNGIS express
- ^ Meckenheim: Former Rungis Express boss before indictment. In: General-Anzeiger Bonn. Retrieved February 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Heinz Horrmann: Top gastronomy suffers from the bankruptcy of Rungis Express . In: Welt Online . January 21, 2005 ( welt.de [accessed February 20, 2016]).
- ^ Groceries : Metro takes over Rungis express. In: www.wiwo.de. Retrieved February 20, 2016 .