FRANKENBERG NEWS


Frankenberg at WTCE 2023 in Hamburg

We are pleased to be back at WTCE in Hamburg this year. We are looking forward to welcoming our customers, guests and experts from all continents. Visit us at 4D 30, meet the Frankenberg Family, sample some of our creations and discuss how we can Tailor a Solution for you.

https://www.worldtravelcateringexpo.com/


What a show!

After 2 years, it was so great to meet all our customers, friends and experts from the industry back in Hamburg. We enjoyed a great show with motivating and interesting talks, good food and an optimistic outlook into the future.

Thanks to our team on the show but also to the entire team in Würselen, who make so much possible and are hence the reason for happy customers in these challenging times.

Thanks to all our long term customers for the fruitful and open conversations and the trust you place in Frankenberg as your suppliers. But also thanks to all the interesting talks to industry experts and potential new customers. It was good to see so many on the show and we are looking forward to seeing you all again at Frankenberg or latest at WTCE 2023!


Frankenberg at WTCE in Hamburg

After 2 years, we are pleased to be back at WTCE in Hamburg this year. We are looking forward to welcoming our customers, guests and experts from all continents. Visit us at 4D 30, meet the Frankenberg Family, sample some of our creations and discuss how we can Tailor a Solution for you.

https://www.worldtravelcateringexpo.com/


Frankenberg's Quality & Food Safety Promise
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This quarter of 2020 has been like nothing anyone in our industry, or any other industry, has experienced.
Besides preparing for the after-pandemic times and minimizing the damage, Frankenberg has increased the commitments to help many of those who find themselves in difficulty and, in line with our regular commitments and responsibilities, to the social environment.

To help as many as possible, especially those who struggle with somewhere to live or are on limited incomes, we have increased our donations to food sharing platforms including Soup Kitchens and to the Kältehelfer organisation.
We will continue to monitor and react to help with more support wherever possible.

We are all in this together – stay strong and healthy!


To all our Customers and Suppliers. Please be assured during these very challenging times that Frankenberg is monitoring the development daily to ensure the health and safety of all concerned. We will be following advice from the authorities as well as implementing our own precautionary measures.

We, in the airline industry, are all in this together and we must stay strong in these challenging times.

Take care.


Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognising Helga and Rudi Friedrichs, Frankenberg

Congratulations to Helga and Rudi Friedrichs, joint winners of our 2020 Onboard Hospitality Lifetime Achievement Award. This award was given in recognition of their dedication to inflight catering excellence for 35 years at Frankenberg.


This incredible catering partnership all started in 1985 with a simple dish of roast beef esterhazy, potato dumplings and glazed baby carrots. This was the product that won Helga and Rudi Friedrichs their very first airline meal tender.


In April that year, just after their marriage, the businessman, Rudi, and the food nutritionist, Helga, took over a bankrupt company producing meals-on-wheels in Würselen, near Aachen in Germany. Recognising that the existing model for this company was unlikely to succeed, the young couple soon saw new markets had to be found. Rudi called holiday carrier, LTU, with an offer to tender. The new business was located in the heart of Europe, so targeting the growing travel and airline sector seemed a perfect fit.


With no real idea about airline catering back then, but with a passion for high quality, healthy good food and just 12 employees, the Friedrichs convinced the airline to take up the offer. They won business for a one month trial period, catering return flights, and from there, the young company, Frankenberg, went on to produce all hot meals for one of Germany’s biggest carriers.


From its conception, the cornerstone ethic of Frankenberg was never short-term profit, but a focus on adding value in the long-term and to securing a strong base for future generations to build on. It was this core belief that drove the couple to establish long-term, strategic partnerships with customers and suppliers alike. Combined with policies of sustainable development and ongoing investment in latest technologies – Frankenberg has provided consistent tailored meal solutions with total customer care always in mind.


Now, 35 years on, the airline sector remains the company’s primary focus and sustains the beating heart of the company. Today, Frankenberg produces in excess of 200,000 meals every day for many of the world’s international airlines, with a team of more than 500 extended ‘family’ members.


Still a family-owned and run company, daughter Laura and husband Sebastian joined the management team officially in late 2019 and are now joint managing directors, dedicated to to maintaining the commitment to excellence that is Helga and Rudi’s undoubted legacy.


The family says: “The company’s 35 years of success are not only due to its mum and dad’s dedication and hard work but of course to all the ‘Frankenbergers’ that work with us – focused on tailoring the finest food solutions for customers, and setting and maintaining the highest environmental and social responsibility standards we can. We are so proud to learn of this Onboard Hospitality Lifetime Achievement Award, and look forward to building on the amazing foundations that have been created and steering the business through the next 35 years!”


OUR 35th YEAR AND WELCOME TO WTCE 2020

It's incredible to believe that 2020 marks our 35th year providing Tailored Meal Solutions to the world's leading airlines.
We will be on hand at stand 4D48 in Hamburg to welcome our customers, colleagues and friends in this exciting industry.
This year our focus is one more on tailoring meal solutions to individual customers requirements to the highest quality, with a keen eye on nutrition, sustainability of ingredients and of course environmental impact.
Our team of culinary creators will be producing some succulent samples for you to experience and we invite all to come along and celebrate with us.
Frankenberg – a Family Affair since 1985.

https://www.worldtravelcateringexpo.com/


Company Run 2019


FRANKENBERG IN A JAM!


WTCE Hamburg 2019

It was lovely meeting all our customers and friends from the industry at the WTCE Hamburg this year. Thank you for so many great visits and interesting conversations.

BILD (from left to right): Kevin Byrne, Uwe Quiter, Christian Quadflieg, Frederik Gerhold, Isabelle Ernst, Dirk Thoenissen, Stefanie Kirstein, Christof Lang, Helga Friedrichs, Rüdiger Friedrichs, Laura Friedrichs, Sebastian Schlaadt


Visit us at WTCE Hamburg, 2.-4. April 2019

We are preparing for the WTCE Hamburg and look forward to welcoming our customers, guests and experts from all continents at our booth 4D40 in Hall A. Through 2018 into 2019, we have continued with investments into technical and culinary innovation. Combined with increased focus on sustainability, GMO free products as well as environmental awareness, we constantly strive to improve our products and services. Visit us and see how the Frankenberg Team works with you to tailor hot meals to your specific needs.

Rudi, Helga, Laura, Sebastian and the whole Frankenberg Team  


DEUTSCHLANDSTIPENDIUM

As a family owned company we are aware of our social responsibility, especially in the fields of education and science. For that reason we are happily supporting the scholarship „Deutschlandstipendium“ at the Hochschule Niederrhein, University of Applied Sciences, which is also a valued long-term partner in the development of junior employees and young potentials.


A BACK FOR THE FUTURE


Visit us AT WTCE Hamburg,
10.- 12. April 2018

As the world's leading provider of bespoke frozen product to the Airline Industry, we are excited to be “Back in Town” for the 2018 WTCE. Visit stand 4D40 and experience not only the finest tailored cuisine but talk to us about our advances in healthy and natural products.
Rudi, Helga, Laura, Sebastian and the whole Frankenberg Team look forward to welcoming you.

(Frankenberg WTCE Site)


A PEARL FROM THE ORIENT


NEW CAREER HORIZONS

Some people want to be rocket scientists, or maybe movie stars, doctors or dancers. Our group of budding apprentices who visited us recently are looking for a career in food and production – and what better place to look for this than at one of the world’s leading producers of Fine Frozen Cuisine – Frankenberg.

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FRANKENBERG’s AWARD WINNING FAIRTRADE POLICY

At Frankenberg, we are proud of our reputation for preparing tasty and authentic international cuisine, and of our efforts to ensure that clean, healthy and additive free product is sourced for every meal we develop and produce.
We are equally proud and honoured that our efforts have been recognized with an award from Onboard Hospitality for Best New Concept in airline meals.

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VISIT US ON WTCE HAMBURG, 4.- 6. APRIL 2017

As the world's leading provider of bespoke frozen product to the Airline Industry, we are excited to be back at WTCE 2017 this year. We'll be offering the very best of Frankenberg Flavours from our team of World Class chefs. Visit stand 4D50 to discover how Frankenberg can tailor all your meal solutions to meet the highest passenger and client expectations.

Rudi, Helga, Laura and the whole Frankenberg Team look forward to welcoming you.

Frankenberg WTCE-Site


STICKY FINGERS AT FRANKENBERG

Put a group of small children in a kitchen to make jam together, and you’re bound to end up with some sticky fingers! 
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WTCE 2016 HAMBURG


NEW LOGO

In 2015, Frankenberg celebrated 30 years of delivering specialized, bespoke frozen meals of the highest quality to the airline industry. During this time, we have become renowned for delivering on our promise of Hot Meals To Your Specific Needs.
In 2016, we embark on the next 30 years just as enthusiastically with a new look and new statement. Our clients recognize and reward us with their trust to tailor meals to precise specifications, and to provide solutions to their catering needs. We now move forward with our new declaration of “Tailored Meal Solutions”.
Our fresh and modern new logo is being introduced, but the long standing Frankenberg philosophy of passion, quality, reliability and trust remains unchanged.

We look forward to welcoming all our customers, colleagues and friends to the Frankenberg stand at WTCE in Hamburg this year, and to all who are seeking a Tailored Meal Solution for their business.


INTERSEROH CERTIFICATE

For many years now, Frankenberg is working with the recycling company Interseroh to recycle the packaging material put into circulation in a sustainable and efficient way. As a result, more than 34 tons of resources and in addition more than 5 tons of greenhouse gases have been saved in 2014, which reflects a part of our contribution to sustainably protect our climate and environment.


OUR NEW WEBSITE GOES ONLINE!

We are happy to present you our new website. Our Internet appearance in a new design is now more comfortable to read and offers a package of information to all readers, customers and partners.

For a detailed consultation regarding the products and services of Frankenberg, we are available for you individually.