Large-scale bakery for bread, pastries and sweet baked goods with daily production capacity of up to 120 tonnes

Ankerbrot GmbH & Co KG

Vienna (Headquarters) · Vienna-Absberggasse (Production) · Lichtenwörth (Large-scale bakery)New on Amplifa

1891Founded

1100Employees

3Locations

up to 120 t of baked goods/dayCapacity of the Lichtenwörth site

over 100Branches

The company Ankerbrot

Ankerbrot was founded in Vienna in 1891 by the brothers Heinrich and Fritz Mendl and, with over 100 branches in Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg and Burgenland, is one of Austria's major bakery chains. The company employs around 1,100 staff from more than 44 nations and has been part of the Austrian Austro Holding Group since 2013. At the Lichtenwörth production site – one of Austria's most modern large-scale bakeries since 2024 – up to 120 tonnes of bread and baked goods are baked daily for the ANKER branches, food retail and gastronomy throughout Austria. The product range includes breads, pastries, sweet baked goods, snacks and frozen baked goods for final baking. Ankerbrot delivers to gastronomy and food retail nationwide, provides freezers and ovens as needed, and also offers a franchise system with distribution channels in Austria and Slovakia. Production uses modern manufacturing methods, including a sourdough system in use since 1978 that shortens the production process and is patented in 14 countries.

Site: Wien
Processes: Delivery to food retail, Gastronomy supply with frozen baked goods, Provision of freezers and ovens for gastronomy, Franchise system, Own branches (around 110), Webshop/Foodora ordering
Materials: Sourdough process, Frozen baked goods
Certificates: IFS Food Version 7 (Foundation Level, Score 92.12%), state quality seal berufundfamilie, IFS Food, berufundfamilie (state quality seal)
Founded: 1891
Employees: 1100
Industries: Bakery/baked goods, Food retail, Gastronomy

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Raw material intake
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Dough production (incl. sourdough process)
03
Baking
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Packaging
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Logistics and distribution (branches, retail, gastronomy)

Products and processes

Sauerteig

Sourdough process

Patented system in use since 1978 shortens the two-day production process to eight hours.

Frozen baked goods

Baked goods delivered frozen for final baking, for portion-appropriate daily requirements in gastronomy.

Locations

Vienna

Holding/Headquarters (Haidingergasse 1)

Vienna-Absberggasse

Production site (Absberggasse 35, 1100 Vienna)

Lichtenwörth

Production site large-scale bakery, since 2024; home of quality assurance

Part weight / size: up to 120 t of baked goods/day

Fully automatic raw ingredient mixing
Sourdough system

Product groups

**Super Soft White Bread**Large-scale bakery · Food retail

**Frozen baked goods**Frozen range for final baking · Gastronomy

**Grain croissant with Marchfeld vegetables**Cooperation with iglo Austria · Food retail

Inside the production

Roll boxes, bread and pastries for pre-ordering

Ankerbrot awarded the state-approved berufundfamilie quality seal

Industries

Bakery/baked goodsFood retailGastronomy

Additional services

Delivery to food retailGastronomy supply with frozen baked goodsProvision of freezers and ovens for gastronomyFranchise systemOwn branches (around 110)Webshop/Foodora ordering

Reference customers

iglo Austria (cooperation partner)Food retail and gastronomy throughout Austria

Quality assurance

Quality assurance at the Lichtenwörth site tests in-house products as well as all purchased raw materials, semi-finished and finished products, packaging materials and merchandise. Ankerbrot is continuously audited by external, independent inspectors and is certified according to IFS Food.

Evidence	Lichtenwörth
IFS Food
berufundfamilie (state quality seal)

130 years of company history

1891
Heinrich and Fritz Mendl found the Wiener Brot- und Gebäckfabrik Heinrich und Fritz Mendl on the Laaerberg near Vienna; anchor as trademark, first dough machines in a bakery operation.
1907
Official registration as Imperial and Royal court supplier (k.u.k. Hoflieferant).
1920
Early advertising and branding activities, around 100 branches in Vienna.
1938
"Aryanization" of the company following the Anschluss of Austria.
1945
War damage and emergency programme to restore supply; returned to the Mendl family.
1969
Acquisition by the Vienna-based Schoeller Group, merger with Hammerbrotwerke.
1978
Introduction of a revolutionary sourdough system to shorten the production process; process patented in 14 countries.
1981
Acquisition by Dr. Helmut A. Schuster GesmbH and Gerhard Schuster.
1983
Renamed back to Ankerbrot; new logo as a word-and-image mark.
1990
Export to southern Germany.
1996
Founding of Ankerbrot Ungarn AG (Keszthely); acquisition of Ährenstolz GmbH.
2011
Introduction of the logo still in use today.
2013
Ankerbrot becomes part of the Austrian Austro Holding Group.
2020
Winner of the Franchise Award.
2022
IFS Food certification issued for Ankerbrot GmbH & Co KG.
2024
Opening of the new Lichtenwörth site.