Manufacturer of beverages, confectionery, infant nutrition and food ingredients for brands and private label
Krüger GmbH & Co. KG
Bergisch Gladbach (headquarters) · further sites worldwide (22 sites in 11 countries)New on Amplifa
About the KRÜGER GROUP
Krüger GmbH & Co. KG (KRÜGER GROUP), headquartered in Bergisch Gladbach, is a German food manufacturer and is equally owned by the founding Krüger family and the Pfeifer & Langen Group. The Group produces and distributes food with focuses on beverages, chocolate and sugar confectionery, infant nutrition, health products, OTC and pharmaceutical products, and semi-finished products for the further-processing industry. The offering comprises three core areas: private label production, co-manufacturing and its own brands. In the food ingredients segment, the Group supplies milk and cocoa semi-finished products, fillings and glazes. With 11 subsidiaries, around 5,700 employees, 22 sites in 11 countries and revenue of around €2.9 billion, the Group is globally positioned; its products are exported to around 90 countries. Customers include discounters such as Aldi as well as cooperation partners such as Starbucks and Coca-Cola (Costa Coffee).
- Site
- Bergisch Gladbach
- Processes
- Private label production, Co-manufacturing, Manufacturing of food ingredients (milk and cocoa semi-finished products, fillings, glazes), Distribution of own brands
- Materials
- Milk and cocoa semi-finished products, Fillings and glazes, Coffee capsules (K-fee system), Milk
- Employees
- 5,700 (worldwide)
- Industries
- Food industry, Beverages, Chocolate and sugar confectionery, Infant nutrition, Health products, OTC and pharmaceutical products
- 01
Raw material sourcing (including milk from contract farmers around Stendal)
- 02
Production of semi-finished products and food ingredients
- 03
Production (private label, co-manufacturing, own brands)
- 04
Worldwide distribution
Business Fields & Products
Milk and cocoa semi-finished products
Semi-finished products of consistent quality for further processing in the food industry.
Fillings and glazes
Ingredients with excellent processing properties for efficient further processing.
Coffee capsules (K-fee system)
Capsules for own brands (Espresto) as well as for partners such as Starbucks and Costa Coffee.
Milk
1.2 million litres of certified milk (QM milk) daily from contract farmers in the area around Stendal.
Sites
Bergisch Gladbach
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Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Company History
- 1971
Willibert Krüger opened up a market niche with the instantization of lemon tea; Krüger became one of Europe's largest suppliers of instant products.
- 1991
Acquisition of Milchwerke Mittelelbe (formerly VEB Dauermilchwerke Stendal).
- 2009
Start of the gradual acquisition of Fuchs & Hoffmann GmbH in Bexbach (cocoa semi-finished products) from the WAWI Group.
- 2011
Fine of €9 million imposed by the Federal Cartel Office for coordinated behaviour in connection with Family Cappuccino price increases (appeals withdrawn in 2014).
- 2012
Strategic collaboration with Starbucks; supply of the Verismo coffee capsule system (approx. €50 million investment, 300 jobs).
- 2013
Aldi launches the coffee capsule machine from Krüger under the name 'Expressi'.
- 2017
Krüger subsidiary Healthy Nutrition Company acquires the insolvent start-up Shrewd Foods GmbH.
- 2019
Acquisition of muesli bar manufacturer Hafervoll by HNC; purchase of nut-nougat cream manufacturer Peeters Produkten B.V. from Zentis.
- 2021
Complete acquisition of Sodapop Austria; start of production of coffee capsules for Costa Coffee (Coca-Cola) after the end of the Starbucks cooperation.
- 2023
Acquisition of the brands Kaba, Suchard Express and Benco from Carambar.
- 2024
Acquisition of Swiss sweetener manufacturer Hermes Süssstoff (brands Hermesetas and Assugrin).