Manufacture of food products: beverages, confectionery, infant nutrition, semi-finished products as well as coffee capsule systems as a private-label and co-manufacturing partner.
Krüger GmbH & Co. KG
Bergisch Gladbach (headquarters) · 22 sites in 11 countriesNew on Amplifa
About the KRÜGER GROUP
Krüger GmbH & Co. KG (KRÜGER GROUP) is a German food manufacturer headquartered in Bergisch Gladbach. The company produces and sells food products with focuses in the areas of beverages, chocolate and sugar confectionery, infant nutrition, health products, OTC and pharmaceutical products, as well as semi-finished products for the further-processing industry. As a partner, Krüger offers private-label development, co-manufacturing and the supply of food ingredients such as milk and cocoa semi-finished products, fillings and glazes. The group is owned in equal halves by the founding Krüger family and the Pfeifer & Langen Group and comprises 11 subsidiaries with 22 sites in 11 countries. With around 5,700 employees and revenue of around €2.9 billion, the company exports its products to around 90 countries; its brands are represented in more than 80 countries.
- Site
- Bergisch Gladbach
- Processes
- Private Label, Co-Manufacturing, Food Ingredients (milk and cocoa semi-finished products, fillings, glazes), Coffee capsule system (K-fee), Water treatment
- Materials
- Milk (QM-Milch certified), Cocoa semi-finished products, Instantization
- Certificates
- QM-Milch (milk certification)
- Founded
- 1971
- Employees
- 5700
- Industries
- Food industry, Beverages, Sweets & Chocolates, Infant Nutrition, Healthy Snacking & Sports Nutrition, Food Supplements & Pharma
- 01
Raw material sourcing (including milk from contracted farmers)
- 02
Manufacture of semi-finished products (milk and cocoa products)
- 03
Food production (beverages, confectionery, nutrition, pharmaceutical products)
- 04
Filling and packaging
- 05
Distribution as own brand, private label and co-manufacturing
- 06
Export to around 90 countries
Product categories and ingredients
Milk (QM-Milch certified)
Every day, contracted farmers in the area around Stendal deliver 1.2 million liters of milk as a raw material for milk products.
Cocoa semi-finished products
Cocoa semi-finished products for the further-processing industry are manufactured via Fuchs & Hoffmann GmbH.
Instantization
Process for the production of instant products such as instant tea, with which the company started in 1971.
Sites
Bergisch Gladbach
DEHeadquarters
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
The milk deliveries from the contracted farmers in the area around Stendal are certified according to QM-Milch.
| Evidence | Bergisch Gladbach |
|---|---|
| QM-Milch (milk certification) |
History
- 1971
Willibert Krüger opened up a market niche with the instantization of lemon tea; Krüger became a major European provider of instant products.
- 1991
Acquisition of Milchwerke Mittelelbe (formerly VEB Dauermilchwerke Stendal).
- 2009
Step-by-step acquisition of Fuchs & Hoffmann GmbH in Bexbach (cocoa semi-finished products) from the WAWI Group.
- 2012
Strategic collaboration with Starbucks (Verismo coffee capsule system) with an investment of around €50 million and 300 jobs.
- 2013
Aldi launched the Krüger "Expressi" coffee capsule machine.
- 2017
The Krüger subsidiary Healthy Nutrition Company (HNC) acquired the insolvent start-up Shrewd Foods GmbH.
- 2019
HNC took over the muesli bar manufacturer Hafervoll; acquisition of the nut-nougat-cream manufacturer Peeters Produkten B.V. (a Zentis subsidiary).
- 2021
Full acquisition of Sodapop Austria; start of coffee capsule production for the Coca-Cola brand Costa Coffee.
- 2023
Acquisition of the brands Kaba, Suchard Express and Benco from Carambar.
- 2024
Acquisition of the Swiss sweetener manufacturer Hermes Süssstoff (brands Hermesetas and Assugrin).