Milchwerke Schwaben
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| legal form | eG |
| founding | 1922 |
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Ulm , Germany
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| Number of employees | 184 (2018) |
| sales | 226.9 million euros (2018) |
| Branch | food industry |
| Website | www.weideglueck.de |
The Milchwerke Schwaben eG is a German dairy , based in Ulm .
Company profile
The company, founded in 1922, processes an average of 380 million kilograms of milk at the production site in Neu-Ulm and employs around 180 people. The product portfolio includes natural and fruit yoghurt , dessert , butter , cheese, as well as milk and whey powder . With 24% and 22.7% market share of the brand pasture luck Milchwerke Schwaben is the market leader in the segments of natural and fruit yogurt in 1000 g cup. Milchwerke Schwaben eG achieved total sales of 226.9 million euros and an annual profit of 2.7 million euros in 2018. This means growth of 12.5% compared to the previous year 2017.
Cooperative system
The Milchwerke Schwaben eG company is a dairy cooperative and is run as if in a representative democracy . In other words, in contrast to direct democracy, business-relevant decisions are not made directly by the cooperative members themselves, but by representatives. Each cooperative member, usually a natural or legal person with a milk production company, has one vote to elect a representative from his or her constituency.
The meeting of representatives of Milchwerke Schwaben eG, consisting of 139 representatives, forms the highest decision-making body of the dairy cooperative. It decides on the statutes, determines the annual financial statements and decides on the distribution of profits. Furthermore, the representative assembly elects the two bodies, the executive board and the supervisory board, and can also recall them.
The board of directors of Milchwerke Schwaben eG consists of 6 people and is responsible for managing the cooperative through external representation and internal management.
The supervisory board of Milchwerke Schwaben eG consists of a total of 8 members of the cooperative. Its tasks include monitoring the management of the board of directors, carrying out controls and audits, and reporting to the meeting of representatives.
In addition, 16 advisory boards support and advise the aforementioned bodies.
history
The foundation stone for the cooperative was laid on February 15, 1922, when 53 milk traders from Ulm met in the Gasthaus Zitronenbaum and decided to found the “Buying and Selling Cooperative of the Milk Traders of Ulm and Surroundings eGmbH”.
Sponsorship
Milchwerke Schwaben eG has been supporting the German athlete Alina Reh since 2015 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release of April 16, 2019. In: weideglueck.de , accessed on May 3, 2019.
- ↑ A stable year at Milchwerke Schwaben. In: BW Agrar. Verlag Eugen Ulmer KG, April 16, 2019, accessed on May 6, 2019 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '40 " N , 9 ° 58' 58.2" E