Local supply saved: Klaus Heininger receives the Wolfratshauser business prize
Created: 04/13/2022Updated: 04/13/2022 12:53 p.m
By: Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Saved the grocery store in Waldram: Klaus Heininger received the city's business prize.
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Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Klaus Heininger, operator of the Edeka market in Waldram, receives the city's business prize.
His commitment is important for the district.
Wolfratshausen – "The business prize of the city of Wolfratshausen", according to the award guidelines, "is awarded for outstanding entrepreneurial activities." This includes the creation of jobs and training positions, but also improving the competitiveness of companies in the district.
A description that fits Klaus Heininger like the proverbial punch in the eye.
Based on a city council decision from 2019, the 62-year-old should have held the prize in his hands for a long time, but an official award was not possible due to Corona.
That should now be made up for.
Local supply saved: Klaus Heininger receives business award from Wolfratshausen
Klaus Heininger has been in the food trade since 1975.
In 2007 he opened the Edeka market in Geretsried on Breslauer Weg, which quickly flourished.
The market in Waldram fared differently: The only local supplier on Faulhaber Strasse wanted to close for economic reasons, and there was no successor in sight.
"Helmut Forster, the city's economic officer, and City Councilor Manfred Menke approached me with the question of whether I could take over the market," recalls the 62-year-old.
Heininger hesitated at first - but then said yes.
The opening was on June 1, 2016, and from now on around 20,000 items will be offered in the 850 square meter shop.
Klaus Heininger runs Edeka in Waldram - and expands the range and staff
Heininger took over the workforce from his predecessor, redesigned the shop, installed a fresh meat counter and also offered fresh fish on a stick once a month.
The concept worked, the Waldramer were quickly enthusiastic about the diverse and growing range.
In the meantime, the number of employees in Waldram alone has risen to 22, including two apprentices in sales and in the butcher's shop.
Together with Geretsried, Heininger employs 60 people.
When Heininger got the news that Forster had nominated him for the business prize of the city of Wolfratshausen and the city council agreed, he was more than surprised.
"You don't expect something like that," he says.
The fact that the award ceremony will take place with some delay does not bother him.
"Then," he says and laughs, "the anticipation was just a little longer."
The business prize will be presented on Thursday, May 19, from 6.30 p.m. in the Badehaus Memorial in Waldram.
