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EXTRAWURST has mutated into a global player

Since the opening of the first EXTRAWURST snack bar in the OBI car park in Meinerzhagen, everything in the family business from Schalksmühle in the Sauerland has revolved around sausages. The legendary OBI founder Manfred Maus personally shook hands with Lothar Hagebaum, the founder of EXTRAWURST...

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EXTRA SAUSAGE is expanding

The bratwurst still holds the top spot as Germany's favorite snack, ahead of doner kebab, hamburger and pizza. Snack stands are therefore more popular than ever with Germans because you can get a hearty bite there for little money. Around 100.000 tons of bratwurst and 800 million currywurst mark the dimension of the snack bar segment in gastronomy...

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Handtmann welcomes the Butcher Wolfpack world champion team

Handtmann is a gold sponsor of the Butcher Wolfpack team, which won the World Butchers' Challenge 2022 in Sacramento/USA in September and invited the world champions to a reception at the company headquarters in Biberach an der Riss in southern Germany in recognition of their extraordinary achievement ...

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Preliminary proceedings against Tönnies discontinued

The public prosecutor's office in Bielefeld has discontinued its investigation against Clemens Tönnies in the wake of the 2020 Corona outbreak. The approximately two-year investigations were directed against the managing partner and three other managing directors on suspicion of negligent bodily harm and violation of the Infection Protection Act...

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More transparency at Kaufland

After fresh meat, sausage and dairy products, Kaufland is taking the next step and labeling pork and poultry products from its own frozen brand with the husbandry levels. The company is once again committed to transparency and animal welfare in the range and is also making progress with items from higher husbandry levels...

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Weber Maschinenbau invites customers to an exclusive seminar

When Christoph Grabowski talks about his job, he sparkles with passion. The master butcher, qualified meat sommelier and author is a passionate advocate of the butcher's trade and has made it his mission to strengthen the appreciation and respect for food in society and at the same time to show new ways to create more value in the butcher's trade...

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Handtmann supports Food Congress Warsaw 2022 as a sponsor and participant

Handtmann is a sponsor of the international Food Tech Congress, which will take place in Warsaw from October 26 to 27, 2022 (www.foodtechcongress.com). The congress is committed to “Rethinking food and nutrition”. The aim is to establish a more sustainable basis for food and nutrition and to activate those involved to act quickly...

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