Processing of poultry, pork and frozen delicacies at 15 locations in Germany
Sprehe Geflügel- und Tiefkühlfeinkost Handels GmbH & Co. KG
Cloppenburg · Berlin · Cappeln · Emsdetten · Hainspitz · Kleve · Lorup · Mockrehna · Neuenkirchen-Vörden · Oldenburg · Pulheim · Rheda-Wiedenbrück · Wittenburg · ConowNew on Amplifa
About the Sprehe Group
Sprehe Geflügel- und Tiefkühlfeinkost Handels GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1987 and bundles its activities in Cappeln (Lower Saxony). As a full-range supplier, the group produces fresh and frozen meat and poultry products, meat and sausage products, and canned goods at 14 locations in Germany. The value chain includes its own slaughtering and cutting operations (poultry and pork), processing plants for frozen delicacies, fresh products and convenience items, as well as packaging and logistics with its own vehicle fleet. Chickens (also in organic quality since 2022/2023), turkey, goose and pork are processed. The products are manufactured under eight own brands (including Gräfendorfer, Wernke, Daut, Astenhof, Bernard Matthews) as well as private labels for retail partners. In-house food laboratories support quality assurance; customers come from food retail and gastronomy. The activities are consolidated in Union-Besitz Holding GmbH & Co. KG, based in Cappeln.
- Site
- Lorup
- Processes
- Poultry slaughtering and cutting, Pig slaughtering, Meat and sausage products manufacturing, Frozen delicacies production, Fresh poultry production, Canned goods manufacturing, Convenience food production, Quality control / food laboratory
- Materials
- Chicken (also organic), Turkey, Goose, Pork, Chicken
- Certificates
- QS, IFS
- Founded
- 1987
- Industries
- Food industry, Food retail, Gastronomy/Convenience, Meat and poultry processing
- 01
Slaughtering and cutting (poultry, pork)
- 02
Meat and sausage products manufacturing
- 03
Frozen, fresh and canned goods production
- 04
Convenience and private label production
- 05
Packaging
- 06
Quality control in own laboratory
- 07
Logistics with own vehicle fleet
Meat Types & Processing Methods
Chicken
Main raw material for fresh, frozen and convenience products, also in organic quality since 2023.
Turkey
Core raw material of the Sprehe frisch brand for fresh poultry products.
Goose
Processed at the Hainspitz location in the fresh poultry range.
Pork
Raw material for meat and sausage products as well as canned goods, slaughtered at the company's own Wernke location.
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poultry slaughtering and cuttingAssembly | – | – | – | – | Chicken, Turkey, Goose |
| Pig slaughteringAssembly | – | – | – | – | Pork |
| Meat and sausage products manufacturingAssembly | – | – | – | – | Pork, Chicken, Turkey |
| Frozen delicacies productionAssembly | – | – | – | – | Chicken, Turkey, Pork |
| Fresh poultry productionAssembly | – | – | – | – | Chicken, Turkey, Goose |
| Canned goods manufacturingAssembly | – | – | – | – | Pork, Chicken |
| Convenience food productionAssembly | – | – | – | – | Chicken, Turkey |
| Quality control / food laboratoryTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| PackagingAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Quality
All products are subject to strict quality standards. Quality is continuously monitored in the company's own food laboratories; the Astenhof brand is QS and IFS certified.
| Evidence | Hainspitz |
|---|---|
| QS | |
| IFS |
History
- 1987
Founding of Sprehe Geflügel- und Tiefkühlfeinkost Handels GmbH & Co. KG and S&H Tiefkühlfeinkost Produktionsgesellschaft mbH
- 1989
Acquisition of a production facility in Cappeln/Oldenburg
- 1990
Acquisition of a production facility in Lorup/Emsland
- 1991
Acquisition of the former Treuhand company "Gräfendorfer Geflügel" in Mockrehna near Leipzig
- 1993
Construction of a central cold storage facility in Cappeln/Oldenburg
- 1997
Acquisition of a stake in the meat products factory Paul Daut GmbH & Co. KG in Rheda-Wiedenbrück
- 1999
Acquisition of all shares of Paul Daut GmbH & Co. KG
- 2004
Acquisition of the Fine Food group with headquarters in Emsdetten and a facility in Wittenburg
- 2005
Acquisition of the Wernke/Cloppenburg pig slaughterhouse
- 2006
Acquisition of Astenhof Frischgeflügel in Hainspitz/Thuringia and a sales office in Cologne
- 2007
Acquisition of the Tils processing facility in Kleve
- 2012
Acquisition of the Herta processing facilities in Berlin and Neuenkirchen-Vörden from Nestlé AG
- 2016
Acquisition of Bernard Matthews Oldenburg GmbH
- 2022
Expansion of the product range to include organic-quality chicken
- 2023
First slaughter of organic chickens
- 2026
Acquisition of Conow Betriebs GmbH in Conow/Malliß