Monday, August 9th, 2021
Meat-free in Wolfsburg
VW canteen removes currywurst from the menu
Volkswagen employees who feel a certain hunger for meat at lunchtime will sometimes have to accept detours in the future. Because the canteen in the Wolfsburg brand tower is revising its range and will soon only offer vegetarian and vegan dishes.
The VW currywurst is popular and is a regular part of the plate for many employees: however, the classic will soon disappear from the menu in the canteen in the branded high-rise building in Wolfsburg. 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.
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 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 in which the vegetarian cuisine was neglected by some are finally over,” said a spokesman.
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