Family-owned manufacturer of meat and sausage products with a factory outlet, delivery service and supply to food retail and gastronomy.
Giersch GmbH & Co. KG
Westerkappeln (Gartenkamp 126)New on Amplifa
A dyed-in-the-wool family business
Giersch GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned manufacturer of meat and sausage products based in Westerkappeln near Osnabrück. The company produces fresh sausage, cooked sausage, raw sausage, roasts and barbecue specialties such as bratwursts, neck steaks and spare ribs in its own production. Meat from selected, certified regional suppliers is processed, with traceability of origin verifiable. Product development combines traditional recipes with modern production technology; numerous products are offered lactose-free and gluten-free. Customers include food retail, including Combi and EDEKA locations in northern Germany, gastronomy businesses and private customers via the company's own factory outlet, a delivery service with a regional delivery area and Click & Collect. Since 2005, the company has been producing on a 6000 m² site in the Gartenkamp industrial estate in Westerkappeln.
- Site
- Westerkappeln
- Processes
- Meat processing and refinement (sausage and meat product production), Factory outlet, Delivery service, Click & Collect, Lunch table, In-house laboratory (aw/pH value testing), Sensory panel quality assurance
- Materials
- Meat (pork, regional from selected suppliers), Meat (pork)
- Certificates
- IFS Food (TÜV SÜD), Environmental certificate, Tentracontrol
- Industries
- Meat and sausage products, Food retail (Combi, EDEKA), Gastronomy, Food retail (Edeka, Combi)
- 01
Goods receipt from certified meat suppliers
- 02
Cutting and processing
- 03
Sausage and meat product production
- 04
Order picking
- 05
Batch labelling and quality control
- 06
Delivery (retail, gastronomy, delivery service, factory outlet)
Raw materials and processing
Meat (pork)
Regional, from selected, certified suppliers with verifiable origin and supplier audits.
Production site
Westerkappeln
DEProduction, administration, factory outlet
- Materials
- Meat (pork, regional)
Product range
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat processing and refinement (sausage and meat product production)Other (food) | – | – | – | – | Meat, Sausage |
Additional services
Reference customers
Giersch quality concept
The quality concept includes supplier audits, electronically monitored production steps, hygiene self-controls with independent sampling plans as well as retention samples per batch. aw and pH values of raw sausage and raw ham are tested in the in-house laboratory; the products are also assessed by DLG, CMA and an in-house sensory panel.
| Evidence | Westerkappeln |
|---|---|
| IFS Food (TÜV SÜD) | |
| Environmental certificate | |
| Tentracontrol |
Fresh to the works. For over 100 years
- Ende 18./Anf
Founded by master butcher Paul Giersch in Silesia; the company was destroyed in the Second World War and the families displaced.
- nach 1945
Paul and Gertrud Giersch resumed the butcher's trade in Recke in the district of Steinfurt.
- 1963
Master butcher Egbert Giersch and Renate Rieth-Giersch continued the business in Osnabrück on Kommenderiestraße at the corner of Goldstraße.
- 2005
Purchase of a 6000 m² site in the Gartenkamp industrial estate in Westerkappeln; new construction of production, administration and factory outlet.
- 2010
Oliver Giersch, master butcher and business graduate, took over the management from Egbert Giersch at the beginning of the year.