Rügenwalder Mühle gets a new majority owner: The food company Pfeifer & Langen (Diamant Zucker, Funny-frisch) is joining the previous family business and wants to take over the majority there, as both companies announced on Tuesday. The Federal Cartel Office still has to approve the takeover. The Cologne family holding company Pfeifer & Langen did not provide any information about the amount of the majority stake.
Rügenwalder Mühle will remain as a brand and company, and there are no plans to cut jobs, said a spokesman for the German Press Agency. The current management should also remain in office. Rügenwalder Mühle spoke of an “actively sought partnership”https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/.”With the investment, we want to use the opportunity to further develop this portfolio, especially beyond the German market,” said Christian Rauffus, who The seventh generation has been running the family business since 2020. The vegan food sector in particular is to be further expanded. Rügenwalder employs 1,030 people. Since the end of 2014, the company has been producing vegetarian and vegan products in addition to classic sausages.