Craft bakery with around 160 branches under the Die Lohner's brand
Achim Lohner GmbH & Co. KG
Polch (company headquarters, production facility and administration)New on Amplifa
About Die Lohner's
Achim Lohner GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned company based in Rhineland-Palatinate and operates around 160 branches as well as cafés under the Die Lohner's brand. In its own bakery at the company headquarters in Polch, breads, rolls, pastries, cakes and snacks are produced daily in artisanal quality – with its own natural sourdough, flour from the region and without chemical or artificial additives. In addition to its branch operations, the company supplies delivery customers in the wholesale trade and resellers. Since 2015 the bakery has been certified to DIN EN ISO 50001. The production area in Polch was expanded in 2018 from 2,800 to 11,500 m². Founded in 1912 in Cochem, the company employed around 2,012 staff in 2020.
- Site
- Polch
- Processes
- Delivery customer supply (wholesale), Branch operations, Café
- Materials
- In-house natural sourdough, Flour from the region
- Certificates
- DIN EN ISO 50001, ISO 50001
- Founded
- 1912
- Employees
- 2012
- Industries
- Bakery/Food retail
- 01
Bakery goods production in the company's own bakery in Polch
- 02
Branch operations
- 03
Cafés
- 04
Supply of resellers
- 05
Supply of wholesale delivery customers
Ingredients and Production
In-house natural sourdough
The basis of the bread variety, freshly produced every night.
Flour from the region
Regionally sourced grain as a core ingredient of the breads.
Sites
Polch
DEProduction facility, company headquarters and administration
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Certification
The company has been certified under the energy management system DIN EN ISO 50001 since 2015. Bakery goods are produced in artisanal quality by trained bakers and confectioners.
| Evidence | Polch |
|---|---|
| ISO 50001 |
Company History
- 1912
Josef and Josefine Lohner take over the Peter Bodenbach bakery in Cochem
- 1950
Josef Lohner (son) takes over the bakery; 1952 conversion with café
- 1976
Achim Lohner takes over after the death of his father; 8 employees, DM 230,000 annual revenue
- 1987
Relocation of baking production from Cochem to Hambuch (Eifel); first four retail stores, 20 employees, DM 1.84 million revenue
- 1995
26 retail stores, 120 employees, takeover of the industrial bakery "Kross + Knackig", Mayen
- 1996
New production facility in Polch; relocation of the company headquarters
- 1998
Registered as Achim Lohner GmbH & Co. KG, Koblenz local court; 41 retail stores, 375 employees, DM 30 million revenue
- 2012
100th anniversary
- 2015
Certification to DIN EN ISO 50001
- 2018
Expansion of production area from 2,800 m² to 11,500 m²
- 2020
162 retail stores, 23 resellers, 2,012 employees
- 2025
Eifel Award for regional value creation; Rhineland-Palatinate State Honorary Prize