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The German meat industry is still going through bad times. The large slaughterhouses are still suffering more than the smaller slaughterhouses from the decreasing demand for pork and rising costs.
The meat processing companies also did not develop as positively as before, according to the annual top ten of the German food newspaper.
In addition to the lingering problems with corona and export restrictions due to African swine fever, there are currently also the cost effects of the war in Ukraine. The historically high prices for beef compensated only a few meat companies.
The list of the 100 largest German companies in the meat industry shows that market leader Tönnies has to take a significant drop in sales and volume. Westfleisch came through the crisis better than Vion (4th) and rose to 3rd place among industrial companies with the highest turnover.
While meat consumption is decreasing again, the German poultry sector is growing. Poultry butcher Rothkötter (5th) even reports a turnover increase of 20 percent. Poultry specialist Geti Wilba (8th) grows by 87 percent after taking over Apetio Convenience.
The meat factories of the food retailers got a damper in 2021. Only Edeka Südwest Fleisch sells 11 percent more. Brandenburg loses 5 percent. Sales at sausage manufacturers are also falling mainly. Among the top 10, Egetürk, supplier of Turkish meat products, even grew by 23 percent. www.lebensmittelzeitung.net.
