Volkswagen is not only relying more on cars with electric drives – there is also a focus on sustainability in the factory canteens: the production figures for the famous Volkswagen currywurst, which are often higher than those of the vehicles, are being scaled down. The classic will disappear from some canteens.
The VW currywurst is popular and is a regular part of the plate for many employees. 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.
Currywurst in millions
Nobody at VW has to do without the sausage. They will still be there in the canteen a few meters away on the opposite side of the street. Most recently there were around 7 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 of 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.
The successful “VW original part with the number 199 398 500 A” has been produced according to a secret recipe since 1974.
In any case, a good step if the worldwide factory farming or the consumption of mass produced meat is considered a climate killer.