J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG

What J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG does

J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG is a German family-owned food processing company headquartered in Kerpen-Blatzheim, operating since 1932 as a general partnership (offene Handelsgesellschaft). The company manufactures preserved vegetables, fruit, and pickles delivered in glass jars, tins, and pouches, and self-identifies as one of Europe's leading producers in this category. Its portfolio spans five product groups — fruit preserves, pickled gherkins, pickled salads, vegetable preserves, and red-cabbage/sauerkraut specialties — supplemented by the Burgmühle Salate sub-brand for fresh convenience salads and the Spreewald-Feldmann sub-brand for cucumbers and fine pickled delicacies sold to both consumers and industrial customers.

The business is built on vertical integration: Stollenwerk Landwirtschaft operates its own farms in the Rhineland region to supply raw vegetables for canning, and the group operates four dedicated production facilities across Germany (Merzenich-Girbelsrath for the core canned range, Meldorf in Schleswig-Holstein for cabbage products, Kerpen for fresh convenience salads, and the Spreewald-Feldmann unit). This farm-to-finished-product chain supports a "fresh from field to table" traceability and quality narrative. The company is led by managing directors Willi Stollenwerk and Karl Hubert Stollenwerk, with no external institutional or private equity ownership indicated.

Commercially, Stollenwerk operates as a B2B food manufacturer, supplying Germany's food retail chains, discount retailers, and food service/industrial customers (Großverbraucher) both domestically and internationally, via direct sales relationships. Pricing is negotiated bilaterally and is not publicly disclosed. The company is active on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook for brand and employer marketing, maintains a dedicated career portal (jobs.stollenwerk-konserven.de) with a JobRad partnership, and runs both German- and English-language corporate websites. No AI/ML capabilities, software products, APIs, or technology partnerships are disclosed.

Name

J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG

Legal name

J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG

Website

https://stollenwerk-konserven.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG is a German family-owned food manufacturer producing preserved vegetables, fruit, and pickles in glass, cans, and pouches. It serves B2B food retail, discount, and food-service customers across Germany and internationally, operating four production facilities and own farms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Preserved Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Specialty Canning (311422), Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying (31142), Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)

SIC

Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Canned, Fruits, Veg, Preserves, Jams & Jellies (2033)

akta.pro primary industry

Fermented & Pickled Fruit & Vegetable Products (Pickles, Kimchi, Sauerkraut) (AFAKAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Preserved Specialty Foods Manufacturing (Olives, Antipasto, Relishes) (AFAKACAN)

Keywords

• Preserved food manufacturing
• Canned vegetables
• Pickled products
• Fruit preserves
• Private label food

Headquarters

HQ city

Kerpen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food Manufacturing and Sales: J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG generates revenue through manufacturing and selling preserved vegetable, fruit, and pickled products to food retailers, discount chains, and food service customers. The company operates with four production facilities and owns agricultural operations, enabling vertical integration from farm to finished product.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG manufactures and sells preserved vegetable, fruit, and pickled products in glass jars, cans, and pouches, including fruit preserves, pickled gherkins, pickled salads, vegetable preserves, and red cabbage/sauerkraut specialties. The company produces at four German facilities, with raw materials supplied by its own Rhineland agricultural operations, supplying food retailers, discount chains, and food service customers domestically and internationally.

Product overview

J. & W. Stollenwerk oHG is a mid-sized family-owned food processing company and one of Europe's leading producers of vegetable, fruit, and sauerkraut preserves in glass jars, cans, and pouches. The company operates under the Stollenwerk group with four production facilities and several agricultural operations. Their product portfolio consists of five main product categories: Obstkonserven (fruit preserves including cherries, plums, berries, and apple sauce), Gurkenkonserven (pickled gherkins in various styles), Sauerkonserven (pickled salads including red beet, cabbage, and pepper products), Gemüsekonserven (vegetable preserves including beans, peas, carrots, and greens), and Rotkohl- und Sauerkrautspezialitäten (specialty red cabbage and sauerkraut products with various regional and gourmet varieties).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Burgmühle Salate: Producer of salads and fresh convenience products, located in Kerpen.
• Spreewald-Feldmann

Products and services

• Obstkonserven (Fruit Preserves) Fruit preserves including morello cherries, sweet cherries, plums, gooseberries, wild blueberries, and apple sauce, packaged in glass jars. Sold to food retailers, discount chains, and food service customers.
• Gurkenkonserven (Pickled Gherkins) Pickled gherkin products including Gewürzgurken Auslese, Cornichons, Gurkentopf, Salzdillgurken, Party-Gurken, Senfgurken, Gurkenhappen, Gurkensticks, Sandwichgurken, Dill-Schnitten, and Schleiermachers Gurken.
• Sauerkonserven (Pickled Salads) Pickled salads including red beet, apple-red cabbage, red cabbage, silver onions, celery salad, corn cobs, carrot salad, mixed pickles, bean salad, Puszta salad, pumpkin cubes, peppers, shepherd's peppers, tomato peppers, wine sauerkraut, and sauerkraut.
• Gemüsekonserven (Vegetable Preserves) Vegetable preserves including green beans, sliced beans, wax beans, large beans, peas, peas & carrots, whole carrots, carrots, baby carrots, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, leek, young spinach, savoy cabbage, kale, potatoes, and salsify.
• Rotkohl- und Sauerkrautspezialitäten (Red Cabbage and Sauerkraut Specialties) Specialty red cabbage and sauerkraut products including Feuriges Schlachterkraut, Schlachterkraut, Weinsauerkraut, Ananaskraut, Sauerkraut Bayerische Art, Champagnerkraut, Feinschmecker-Rotkohl variants, Festtags-Rotkohl, Winter-Rotkohl, and Apfel-Rotkohl.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Wernsing Feinkost: Wernsing is a large German family-owned producer of fresh salads, convenience and pickled vegetables, including sauerkraut and red cabbage - directly comparable as a German private-label preserve and convenience supplier.
• Hengstenberg: Hengstenberg is a long-established German pickled-vegetable and sauerkraut specialist - directly comparable in product mix (Rotkohl, Sauerkraut, pickles) and German retail customer base to Stollenwerk.
• Bonduelle: Bonduelle is the European leader in canned and processed vegetables (corn, peas, beans, salads) - directly comparable as a multi-category, multi-format preserved-vegetable manufacturer serving retailers and food service across Europe.
• Develey Senf & Feinkost: Develey is a German family-owned producer of mustard, pickles and sauerkraut, serving German LEH, discount and food service with overlapping preserved-vegetable SKUs to Stollenwerk.
• Carl Kühne: Carl Kühne is a major German producer of vinegar-preserved vegetables, pickles, sauerkraut and red cabbage - the closest German head-to-head on Stollenwerk's Sauerkonserven and red cabbage specialties.
• Reitzel Group: Reitzel is a Switzerland-based specialist in pickled cucumbers and gherkins (Bistro, Picard brands) - a direct competitor in Stollenwerk's core Gurkenkonserven category across European retail and food service.

Broad incumbents

• Frosta AG: Frosta is a major German frozen-vegetable and convenience producer; while its core format is frozen rather than canned/pickled, it competes for the same German retail and food-service shelf space and frozen vegetable shopper.
• Kraft Heinz (H.J. Heinz): Heinz is a global broad-line food manufacturer whose pickled vegetables (gherkins, pickled peppers, cabbage) compete head-to-head with Stollenwerk in international retail, but on a much broader product portfolio.
• Ardo Group: Ardo is a large Belgian producer of frozen and preserved vegetables supplying European retail and food service - overlapping on preserved vegetable categories and operating at a larger, multi-country scale than Stollenwerk.

Regional players

• Spreewald Konserven GmbH & Co. KG: Spreewald Konserven (part of the Bauernland group) is a regional German/Spreewald specialty producer of pickled gherkins and vegetables, comparable to Stollenwerk's Spreewald-Feldmann brand in product profile though smaller and more regionally focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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