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VW currywurst
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Volkswagen wants to become more sustainable and is carrying out the most serious change in its corporate history - and this is also noticeable in the canteen.
Because currywurst will soon be disappearing from the menu in the Wolfsburg branded high-rise.
According to an internal announcement, the company restaurant should be meat-free after the work holiday.
The 150 or so recipes should then do without meat.
Only now and then will fish be part of the offer.
Many employees wanted vegetarian and vegan alternatives, according to the reasoning in the information letter.
The realignment also serves the topic of sustainability, because less meat consumption per week also helps the environment.
The responsible Service Factory has already successfully implemented the concept at the Hanover location.
Via detours to the sausage
That sounds like a radical upheaval: Because the VW currywurst is popular and is a regular part of the plate for many employees.
But as with electric vehicles and combustion engines, Volkswagen is still pursuing a two-pronged approach when it comes to sausage.
The employees in Wolfsburg do not have to do without completely.
Currywurst will continue to be served in the canteen a few meters away on the opposite side of the street.
For good reason: The VW works council had to intervene last year because the cult dish was only served once a week.
The reason given at the time was the corona pandemic: To protect employees, self-service with the tongs on the sausage tubs should be prevented.
After protests, the group gave in at least at certain food distribution points.
Sausage as a best seller
Most recently there were around seven million curry sausages from the Volkswagen butcher's shop in the pre-Corona year 2019, plus more than 550 tons of ketchup, as a spokesman said.
However, many company restaurants at the car manufacturer are currently still closed.
With the switch to vegetarian and vegan cuisine, VW is relying on a trend that has been around for several years, according to the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga).
"The days when vegetarian cuisine was neglected by some are over for good," said a Dehoga spokesman.
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