Danish Crown is an internationally oriented Danish food company with butchery operations, processing and sales of primarily
pork
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Pork is eaten both freshly cooke ...
and
beef
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. Through a number of subsidiaries, the group is widely represented within the
food industry
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with various food products. The CEO is Jais Valeur and the headquarters are located in
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is List of cities and towns in Denmark, Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 64,511 ().Danish cooperative pig abattoir was established in
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of the Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 64,418 (1 January 2025) and the municipality's population is 97,921 (), making it the List of cities and ...
,
Denmark
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in 1887. In the following 40–50 years, a large number of cooperative pig abattoirs were established across the country. In 1960, the cooperative abattoirs began to merge in order to better have the strength to carry out the tasks with, among other things, sales, marketing and product development.
In 1990, Danish Crown was established as a fusion of Wenbo, Østjyske and Tulip Food Company (which included Horsens Andels-Svineslagteri from 1887), and in 1994, Slagteri Syd was merged in. In 1998, Danish Crown and Vestjyske Slagterier merged.
In April 2002, the Danish Competition Council gave permission for a merger between Danish Crown and Steff Houlberg, and a large part of the original cooperative pig abattoirs is part of the new Danish Crown.
On 13 October 2010, the shareholders decided to transfer the activities to a limited company, Danish Crown A/S formerly Danish Crown Holding A/S. The co-operatives retained ownership through the co-operative, which is now called the Danish Crown Amba Supply Company. The limited company was originally established on 1 July 2001.
Danish Crown group
Danish Crown
* Head office
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is List of cities and towns in Denmark, Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 64,511 ().Skærbæk
* Abattoir Blans
* Abattoir
Herning
Herning () is a Denmark, Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 51,782 (1 January 2025)
* Abattoir
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of the Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 64,418 (1 January 2025) and the municipality's population is 97,921 (), making it the List of cities and ...
* Abattoir
Ringsted
Ringsted is a city located centrally in the Danish island of Zealand. It is the seat of a municipality of the same name.
Ringsted is situated approximately from Copenhagen.
History
Ringsted was the site of ''Sjællands Landsting'' (lit. ''Z ...
* Abattoir
Sæby
Sæby () is a town and seaport located on the east coast of the historical region of Vendsyssel on the North Jutlandic Island in northern Denmark. The town is located in Frederikshavn municipality in Region Nordjylland. It has a population of 8,9 ...
* Abattoir
Rønne
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* Abattoir
Essen
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* Abattoir
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
* Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
* Ol ...
* Abattoir
Boizenburg
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* Abbattoir Kolo
* Soup factory
Esbjerg
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* Processing factory
Herning
Herning () is a Denmark, Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 51,782 (1 January 2025)
* Processing factory
Kolding
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* Processing factory
Låsby
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* Processing factory
Thorning Thorning may refer to:
* Thorning Parish, parish of the Church of Denmark in the Silkeborg Municipality, Denmark.
* Thorning (town), town in the Silkeborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark.
* Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Danish politi ...
* Processing factory
Aabenraa
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* Processing factory
Schüttorf
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* Processing factory
Pinghu
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* Processing factory
Bonnétable
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The city is the seat o ...
* Processing factory
Haarlem
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Danish Crown Beef
* Headoffice/abattoir
Holsted
Holsted is a railway town in Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is situated at the stream of Holsted Å, 8 km west of Brørup.
Holsted was the seat of Holsted Municipality until 1 January 2007.
Holsted consist of two ...
* Abattoir
Aalborg
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* Abattoir
Husum
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* Abattoir
Teterow
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History
The ''Stadtkirche St. Peter u ...