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Tönnies puts 500 employees out on the street – benefactor and ruthless profit and market consolidation


The management of the Eberswalder Wurstwerke, which belong to Tönnies, has announced that the East German traditional company will be closed as of February 28, 2026.



The Food, Beverages and Catering Union (NGG) reports on its website that the Zur Mühlen Group – part of the meat giant Tönnies – will shut down the operation. Affected are the Eberswalder Wurstwerke. More than 550 people in the region earn their livelihood from producing the traditional products “Eberswalder sausages.”

Tönnies is accused of pursuing a “ruthless policy of buying up and shutting down.” “When the company was purchased, people were lavishly promised a future for the plant. The opposite is the case: Tönnies is revealing itself as the gravedigger of tradition,” says Uwe Ledwig, chairman of the NGG’s Eastern regional district. “There was no sign whatsoever of the promised investments. Operations were run into the ground for two and a half years, and now people are being thrown out onto the street. This is nothing other than market consolidation. In this way, Tönnies secures market shares and its dominant position in the German meat industry – on the backs of the employees,” the NGG continues.

The works council is also accused of failure.

The website states: The plant looks back on a long history; in GDR times it was one of the largest meat plants in Europe with over 3,000 employees.

On the legal loophole in company takeovers: Under Section 112a of the Works Constitution Act, “establishments of a company in the first four years after its founding” are exempt from the application of a social plan. The takeover of Eberswalder by Tönnies took place in 2023, but the company at this location has existed for decades.


Tönnies as a benefactor in Weißenfels

At the end of December, Weißenfels Mayor Martin Papke appeared together with Clemens Tönnies, with whom it was agreed that Tönnies would take over and renovate a derelict property in Weißenfels. According to Papke, Clemens Tönnies is thus a “financially strong and reliable entrepreneur.”

Author: AI-Translation - Michael Thurm  | 

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