Seeberger (company)

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Seeberger GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding 1844
Seat Ulm , Germany
management Ralph Beranek, Clemens Keller
Number of employees 615
sales EUR 247.33 million
Branch Manufacturing
Website www.seeberger.de
As of December 31, 2018

The Seeberger GmbH is a company for nuts , dried fruit , coffee and tea with headquarters in Ulm .

Career

The merchant Christoph Seeberger opened in 1844 a grocer's shop in the Ulmer Pfluggasse. His son Friedrich expanded the business with the opening of a coffee roastery in 1882, which at that time developed from a pleasure drink to a folk drink. In 1902 the expanding company moved to the larger property of Friedrich Seeberger's father-in-law.

In 1924 Friedrich Seeberger jun. Took over. the enterprise. The coffee market largely collapsed after the First World War and Seeberger was only able to prevent the company from going bankrupt by selling food. Since his children were still minors, Julius Rohm joined Seeberger KG as a partner in 1949; he was initially busy with the consolidation of the company. As an importer and exporter of coffee and dried fruits, he relocated the company to these areas from 1952. In 1963 the company moved to new buildings in Neu-Ulm. In 1981 the North German market was opened up with the purchase of Schwartau-Import . In 1983 the company moved to the Danube Valley industrial area in Ulm.

In 2004 Julius Rohm senior died. 91 years old. Since then, the company has been run by his son and his nephew, Clemens Keller.

Products

Seeberger GmbH produces dried fruits, nuts, cereals and coffee. The coffee is produced exclusively for the catering sector.

As a manufacturer of nuts and dried fruits, the company is the market leader in Germany and Europe.

The Dried Fruits, Nuts and Grains division is divided into the divisions with the following names:

  • Valuable snacks : selection of nuts and fruits as well as mixtures, e.g. B. the trail mix
  • Fine specialties : various kernels and baking ingredients, cereals and pulses

The range of coffees for the catering trade is divided into five labels: Black Label, Gold Label, Silver Label, Green Label and Giulio Caffè. The coffee area is complemented by the “samova” tea line and various choco drinks.

criticism

In June 2010 the German Coffee Association Hamburg was accused by the Federal Cartel Office of having promoted a cartel of coffee companies with a press release in February 2005, which is why a fine of up to 90,000 euros was imposed. In addition to Seeberger, the coffee roasters involved included Kraft Foods Aus Haus Service , Bremen, Luigi Lavazza Germany, Frankfurt, Tchibo , Hamburg, Segafredo Zanetti Germany , Munich, Gebr. Westhoff , Bremen, Melitta System Service , Minden, and JJ Darboven , Hamburg . The latter two companies received reduced fines because of their cooperation in investigating the allegations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2018 in the electronic Federal Gazette
  2. ↑ Wensauer & Partner wins Seeberger. In: Advertise & Sell , February 5, 2010.
  3. ↑ Again fines against coffee roasters , In: Wertheimer Zeitung , June 10, 2010, accessed on July 5, 2011.
  4. ^ Overpaid for coffee for years , In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , December 21, 2009, accessed on July 5, 2011.

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '31.5 "  N , 9 ° 56" 58.8 "  E