Brewery-Aus after 150 years: beer giant closes production

Created: 07/10/2022 05:04

By: Lisa Bender

The Radeberger Group has to close a production site.

Among other things, Schöfferhofer is brewed there.

Do beer fans have to do without the drink now?

Dortmund – It was not until July that the beer industry had to announce the bad news that beer will experience a price increase of unimagined proportions and now the next earthquake: The market leader Radeberger is reacting to the energy crisis and is closing production at its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main.

Beer market leader closes location - energy crisis hits Radeberger

The energy crisis does not stop at any industry.

In particular, the shortage of gas and the resulting high costs for energy and production are causing problems for the beverage industry.

At first they tried to cushion the consequences of the crisis with a second price increase for beer, but then came the fact that carbon dioxide is currently running out.

At the beginning of September, the first breweries had already announced that they would have to shut down production due to the CO2.

At the beginning of the carbonic acid shortage, it was mainly smaller companies in southern Germany who felt the effects.

With the announcement of the Radeberger brewery, however, it now hits a group that offers its beer brands in almost every region.

Whether Dortmunder Kronen, Allgäuer Büble beer, various Kölsch brands, Binding or Schöffehofer - all these brands belong to the beer market leader and they literally run like a swath through Germany, as RUHR24 reports.

What are the consequences of the fact that the subsidiary of the Oetker Group is taking drastic measures?

Radeberger closes production site - "economic disadvantages" no longer acceptable

The last beer is to be brewed and bottled at the Frankfurt am Main site by October 2023 at the latest - production will then be finally stopped there.

According to the company, this is a reaction to overcapacity in the beer market, heavy cost burdens as a result of the Ukraine war and "economic disadvantages" affecting the Binding brewery in Frankfurt am Main.

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, these have so far been accepted in order to maintain the location.

In the current situation, that is no longer possible.

Even the price increase for beer, which was passed on to consumers twice in 2022, is no longer enough, Radeberger boss Guido Mockel told the

.

In order to compensate for the rising costs and the lack of carbonic acid, one must therefore look for other alternative approaches.

One of them is the production stop at the Binding brewery in Frankfurt am Main.

Binding - a beer brand of the Radeberger Group

The Binding brewery was founded in 1870 in Frankfurt am Maim by Conrad Binding and has been producing beer for around 150 years.

In 2001, the Binding brewery took over the trademark and distribution rights for the Henninger beers and launched the Clausthaler Radler.

The company has belonged to the Radeberger Group since 2002.

The Binding, Henninger, Schöfferhofer Weizen and Clausthaler brands are brewed at the Frankfurt site.

The Radeberger Group has to stop production at its brewery in Frankfurt am Main.

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Beer fans can breathe a sigh of relief: the closure of the Radeberger production is not noticeable in the supermarket

Will beer fans soon have to do without the hop juice from the Radeberger Group?

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Binding beer will also continue to be produced and sold.

But only as a brand without its own brewery.

The beer quantities are to be relocated to other of the 13 production facilities in Germany and not reduced in the process.

Breathe a sigh of relief for all fans of Radeberger Group beer brands, an empty drinks shelf in the supermarket is imminent, so not for the time being.

And what will happen to the approximately 150 employees who are currently still working in the Sachsenhausen district of Frankfurt?

According to the group’s announcement, they want to look for a “socially acceptable solution” for them.