Volkswagen, as with many major car companies, is a vast operation. In Germany alone the firm has six production plants and employs more than 130,000 people. And in order to ensure they’re fuelled to make millions of cars each year, they all need feeding.
That’s a massive logistical challenge, and the man responsible for it is Hern Cordes, Volkswagen’s head of catering. He heads up a department of around 850 people, whose primary mission is to ensure good quality food is available to employees whenever it’s needed.
“We like to take care of our employees,” says Cordes. “Our bosses believe that if we treat them the best, they will be more productive and make the best cars. We aim for the quality of food you’d see in a top London restaurant.”
Volkswagen’s main Wolfsburg plant, which sprawls over 6,500,000 square metres, has more than 62,000 employees. To feed them, the site features 17 staff restaurants, a number of ‘self-service’ shops and even some mobile food vans. The majority of the food sold in those sites comes from VW’s Service Factory, which produced 13,803,370 portions of food in 2017.
With so many staff to feed, and production line workers given precise 15- or 30-minute breaks, getting the food in the right place and the right time is a huge effort.
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Much as I despise VW for
Much as I despise VW for cheating and their bland, boring and generic cars, this was nevertheless a slightly interesting article. And just cos theyre evil b*tards for cheating, does not mean they arent good in other areas and it would appear that theyre quite good at providing food for their employees. It seems most of the comments on this article are from people who can only think in black and white, a very dangerous trend that appears to be growing in this country and one that will be our downfall.
Food Glorious Food
I have just read all the article and enjoyed it, but I believe the BMW canteens are much better thats why I have just bought a new BMW and when I opened the boot for the first time there was a complementry Chicken Dinner, don't the Germans think of everything.
Currywurst is nice
VW’s currywurst is very nice and sometimes on the menu in Crewe
Their most important employee is the janitor!!!
VW's most important employee is surely the bogg cleaner clearing up all that Bulls**they put out!!!! (Dieselgate mess & now "We're gonna build the worlds best electric car")