Tönnies Holding GmbH & Co KG is a German food company that specialises in meat processing. It has eight operational segments: pork, beef, convenience, sausages, ingredients, logistics, international and central services. Headquartered in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany, the company was founded by Bernd Tönnies in 1971.
The company began as a meat and sausage wholesaler, eventually acquiring the pig abattoir in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, in 1990. Today, the Weißenfels site produces approximately 2,300 tonnes of meat daily.
Tönnies has expanded and modernised its production through state-of-the-art butchering, which includes the acquisition of Europe’s most advanced fully-automatic butchering facility in 2003. Tönnies began their international expansion into Denmark in 2005. By 2006, it had grown to include a staff of 4,900, and it now sees pig processing production of 8 million per year.
Today, Tönnies employs around 16,500 individuals in Germany and Denmark and generates an annual sales of approximately $8 billion.
- Family name: Tönnies family
- Sector: Consumer Products & Retail
- Founded: 1971
- Founder: Bernd Tönnies
- Country: Germany
- Company headquarters: Rheda-Wiedenbrück
- CEO: Clemens Tönnies
- Revenue: US$8 billion
- Family ownership: 100%
- Employees: 16,500
- Website: https://toennies.de/