Manufacture of French fries, delicatessen salads and potato products for food retail and food service
Wernsing Food Family GmbH & Co. KG
Addrup (Essen/Oldb.)New on Amplifa
About Wernsing Food Family
Wernsing Food Family GmbH & Co. KG is the parent company of the Wernsing Group, a German food manufacturer headquartered in Addrup (Essen/Oldb.), Lower Saxony. The company primarily produces French fries and has expanded its product range over the decades to include delicatessen salads, potato salad, mayonnaise and ketchup. The corporate family comprises more than 20 companies with production sites in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Poland; together they employ more than 5,000 staff. The group supplies customers in Germany, Poland, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and the Benelux countries. Sustainability is part of the company's policy: the group's science-based climate targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), including a 42 percent reduction in Scope-1 and Scope-2 emissions by 2030 (base year 2023) and net zero by 2050.
- Site
- Addrup (Essen/Oldb.)
- Processes
- Manufacture of French fries, delicatessen salads, potato salad, mayonnaise, ketchup
- Materials
- French fries, Delicatessen salads, Potato salad, Mayonnaise and ketchup
- Certificates
- SBTi-validated climate targets
- Founded
- 1962
- Employees
- 5000+
- Industries
- Food industry, Food service
- 01
Raw material procurement
- 02
Food production
- 03
Quality assurance
- 04
Sales and logistics
Products and Range
French fries
Core product of the company, originally sold to snack bars.
Delicatessen salads
Range expansion since 1979 for retail and food service.
Potato salad
Classic potato product of the range.
Mayonnaise and ketchup
Sauces and condiments complementing the potato range.
Locations
Addrup (Essen/Oldb.)
DEHeadquarters / Production
- Materials
- French fries, delicatessen salads, potato salad, mayonnaise, ketchup
Industries
Additional services
Quality and Sustainability
Production focuses on the efficient use of raw materials, energy and water, as well as careful and reliable processes. The group's science-based climate targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
| Evidence | Addrup (Essen/Oldb.) |
|---|---|
| SBTi-validated climate targets |
History
- 1962
Founded by Heinrich Wernsing in Addrup; initially selling French fries to snack bars
- 1972
47 permanent employees, construction of a production hall
- 1979
Range expanded to include delicatessen salads
- 1980
Split into an ownership company and a GmbH for tax reasons
- 1980
First acquisition of another company
- 1985
Ownership company becomes an oHG (general partnership)
- 1990
oHG becomes a holding company
- 2000
Heinrich Wernsing hands over management to his son Stefan and two employees; conversion into Wernsing Food Family GmbH & Co. KG
- 2002
Acquisition of the Pfanni plant from Unilever
- 2009
Heinrich Wernsing receives the Oldenburger Münsterland Entrepreneur Award
- 2023
Science-based climate targets (SBTi) validated; base year 2023
- 2025
Silver Dolphin Award at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards for the film 'What does a good life mean?'