| On a taste-good course to success | ||
 | Dear customers: Against the backdrop of generally improved overall economic conditions, our look into the future can be in the positive vein again. Even though consumption figures in the meat and sausage segment are stagnant or still on a decline, the market niches of convenience foods, out-of-home eating and party service still offer good growth rates coupled with good value created for the bottom line. And it is particularly for the butcher businesses and meat specialty stores that excellent perspectives are opening up in this field. More ... |
| Glutamate: Crowning the finest in eating culture |
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 | Glutamate makes it into the public discussion forum time and again. And it is in particular the meat specialty store where the most personal customer contacts are made on a daily basis, and where consumers' questions into the subject matter should be met with technically competent answers. More ... |
| In a state of radical change: Genetically modified foods |
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 | It is not only since the decodification of the human genotype in the year 2000, that gene technology has opened the door to possibilities unthought of until that point in time. Cloned superman humans, designer babies from the test tube, cancer cure by gene therapy, or early diabetes recognition are not only fascinating but also frightening prospects. What may sound like a dream of tomorrow today could, in fact, already be reality tomorrow. With a view to manipulating the genotype of humans, animals and plants in an uncontrolled manner, we should first of all explore with great care and accuracy whether or not such manipulation would mean crossing borders that should better not be crossed. More ... |
| Proteins and fat: Fitness from within |
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 | This writing is intended to clear away yet another prejudice against the consumption of animal protein (i.e. meat) ostensibly being questionable with respect to human health. Background information presented here is important for butcher shops and meat specialty stores where, as a rule, personal contact with consumers occurs on a daily basis and where pertinent information can be offered to clarify doubts and questions possibly on hand. More ... |
| Country report: Switzerland | ||
 | Bordering our German state of Baden-Württemberg to the south, our neighboring country Switzerland is relatively small in area, with high mountain ranges covering more than 60 percent. A general distinction can be made among three larger regions: More ... |
| Bratwurst manufacturing technology |
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 | Overall quality requirement: given the wide range of different bratwurst-type frying sausage varieties, the consumer as the ultimate customer definitely wants a finished product offering both visual and sensorial points of difference. More ... |
| Using ads and promotion specials to get customers into action for extra sales success |
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 | Great shopping experience in the premium segment Butcher shops and meat specialty stores must also adapt to the changing and more fastidious desires and expectations of customers in this day and age. As such, producing or marketing first-class high-quality products is no longer enough. The decisive point being that these products must be attractively presented in an emotionally entertaining ambient atmosphere, and are being sold with good and solid across-the-counter arguments in terms of the taste and the meal-to-serve preparation options they offer. More ... |
| 125 years of good taste, great ideas and innovations | ||
 | Some 130 noted people from politics, the economy, and from the business and industry sector came to Stuttgart on May 9, 2006, to join in the festivities staged to celebrate 125 years of existence of HAGESÜD INTERSPICE Gewürzwerke, our company that is ... More ... |