Warsteiner and Karlsberg beverages want to join forces.

29-Nov-2022 - Germany

Beverage producers Warsteiner and Karlsberg are seeking to close ranks in the face of rising costs for raw materials, packaging and Energy. Karlsberg Getränke Verbund and the Warsteiner Group intend to establish a new independent purchasing company, the two family-owned companies announced on request. The new company is to be based near Frankfurt am Main and will be open to other beverage producers and bottlers in the near future. The project still requires the green light from the antitrust authorities. Several media reported on the planned purchasing cooperation.

The aim is to achieve improved purchasing and supply conditions by pooling procurement volumes and to ensure an optimum supply of goods to customers. According to the company, the purchasing company will negotiate framework agreements with suppliers on behalf of its members, who will then purchase the goods independently. Warsteiner and Karlsberg Getränke Verbund see themselves as founding members.

"From malt shortages to bottlenecks in packaging materials, we face the same challenges across the industry. With the planned company, we are offering a collaborative approach to solutions that will benefit members, suppliers and customers alike," explained Markus Meyer, head of Germany at Karlsberg Getränke Verbund. The Chairman of the Management Board at Warsteiner, Helmut Hörz, expressed a similar view, saying that the current political and economic situation had shown that a reliable supply of materials to the production sites was enormously important in order to be able to supply customers with beverages.

Karlsberg Getränke Verbund produces mineral water, lemonades, juices and beer at a total of six sites. This also includes a brewery in France. The German sites of the Karlsberg Getränke Verbund are located in Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg. The group has around 1100 employees. In addition to the Warsteiner brewery, the Warsteiner Group also includes the Herforder Brauerei and Paderborner Brauerei in North Rhine-Westphalia and shares in the König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei Kaltenberg in Bavaria. (dpa)

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