Meyer Menü

Meyer Menü is a German food company based in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded in 1963 by Dieter and Ursula Meyer. It is one of the leading providers of freshly cooked lunch menus in Germany, delivering ready-to-eat meals to workplaces, homes, schools, daycare centers, and events. The company operates through a network of production kitchens and distribution branches, with its headquarters and largest production facility in Bielefeld, five additional production sites, and 25 distribution locations. It employs approximately 1,000 people and delivers around 70,000 menus daily. The company began as a butcher shop, Fleischerei Groll, which the Meyers took over in 1963 and gradually expanded into a pure menu service. Growth led to new facilities in the Oldentrup industrial area of Bielefeld, completed in 1984, the same year the first distribution partner was acquired. Initially serving the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region, Meyer Menü expanded through franchisees and additional production and distribution sites across northern and southern Germany. In 1989, Dieter and Ursula Meyer handed the business to their sons Thomas and Stephan Meyer, who continued the expansion. In November 2019, the company took over Menke Menue GmbH from Compass Group Deutschland, adding a kitchen in Bremen and a distribution site in Schwarmstedt. In May 2024, Egeria and the Meyer management acquired the company. Meyer Menü offers lunch menus for kindergartens and primary schools, schools and cafeterias, offices and businesses, families at home, business and event catering, and sports camps. Customers can order by phone via a toll-free number or online through the company's shop. Delivery areas cover North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Lower Saxony/Bremen, Hesse, Hamburg, and Schleswig-Holstein. Competitors include Apetito, Hofmann Menü-Manufaktur, and Sodexo Deutschland.

Meyer Menü was founded in 1963 when Dieter Meyer and his wife Ursula Meyer took over the butcher shop Fleischerei Groll in Bielefeld, Ostwestfalen. They gradually expanded the existing snack bar into a pure menu service. Due to steady growth, new premises were built in the Oldentrup industrial area of Bielefeld, completed and occupied in 1984. In the same year, the first distribution partner was acquired, extending the delivery area. Initially, the delivery area was limited to Ostwestfalen-Lippe. In 1989, Dieter and Ursula Meyer handed the business over to their two sons, Thomas and Stephan Meyer, and withdrew from active business. The sons continued to focus on expansion, gaining more franchisees. Step by step, additional production and distribution sites followed in northern and southern Germany. Meyer Menü currently operates large kitchens in Bielefeld, Büren, Siek (near Hamburg), Hannover, Hattingen, and Neuenstadt am Kocher, which supply the distribution branches with freshly prepared lunch menus daily. From November 1, 2019, Menke Menue GmbH with its kitchen location in Bremen and distribution location in Schwarmstedt was taken over from Compass Group Deutschland and integrated into the Meyer Menü Group. In May 2024, Egeria and the Meyer management took over the company.

• 2024

  Egeria and the Meyer management take over the company.

• 2019

  Menke Menue GmbH is taken over from Compass Group Deutschland and integrated into the Meyer Menü Group.

• 1989

  Dieter and Ursula Meyer hand over the business to their sons Thomas and Stephan Meyer.

• 1984

  New premises in the Oldentrup industrial area are completed; first distribution partner acquired.

• 1963

  Dieter and Ursula Meyer take over Fleischerei Groll in Bielefeld and begin expanding into a menu service.

Leading provider of freshly cooked lunch menus delivered reliably and affordably.

• Lunch menus for kindergartens and primary schools

• Lunch menus for schools and cafeterias

• Lunch menus for offices and businesses

• Lunch menus for families at home

• Business and event catering

• Lunch menus for sports camps

1. 1Meyer Menü official websitemeyer-menue.de
2. 2Meyer Menü on Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Meyer Menü on German Wikipediade.wikipedia.org