Wienerwald (Restaurant)

Wienerwald is a fast food restaurant chain that offers mainly as a franchise and food service companies chicken products as Fast Food. The restaurants are located in Germany, Austria, Turkey and Romania.

History

It was founded in 1955 by restaurateur Frederick Jahn with the opening of the first restaurant in the Amalienstraße in Munich, initially operated under the name " Linzer Stube" then as a " wine bar to the Vienna Woods ", it was soon followed by other branches in southern Germany. Became famous for the chain with the slogan " Today the kitchen is cold, we go to the Vienna Woods ." All stores had a rustic tasteful interior and served primarily in southern Germany kitchen.

The company grew rapidly to Europe's most successful restaurant chain with 700 restaurants in Germany and Austria only in 1978 and 1600 with nearly 30,000 employees worldwide venues. Branches and franchises were located primarily in Europe but also overseas including the U.S., Japan, South Africa. In addition to the restaurants and hotels were built ( " Tourotels " and " Vienna Woods hotel " ), opened their own fattening farms, catering equipment manufacturers WIWA and the travel company founded Jahn travel. In 1980 the company was awarded the Austrian State Award and was allowed so that the federal coat of arms lead in commercial transactions.

The rapid expansion was financed in large part by loans. 1982 published an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung in which the creditworthiness of the company was in doubt. The banks responded immediately by demanding immediate repayment of the loans. On 27 August 1982, the Vienna Woods Holding AG and the owner Friedrich Jahn had to file for insolvency in Switzerland. On August 30, 1982 also followed the Vienna Woods GmbH Germany and other investment companies and had to be sold. The now 880 restaurants in the United States had to be sold. In September 1982, the Group located compared announced total assets of 479.6 million Swiss francs.

Vienna Woods affair

End of June 1986 acquired Renate Thyssen the then ailing Catering Group " Vienna Woods " by Bayerische Landesbank, Dresdner Bank and two Swiss banks for CHF 12 million instead of the original estimate of 40 million DM Thyssen acted here as a straw man for Jahn as an option later takeover by Jahn envisaged. On the political affair, it came as the financial advisor to Thyssen, Dieter Krautzig, in both the collecting society representing the interests of Bayerische Landesbank and Thyssen, and because of Landesbank President Ludwig Huber at that time had an affair with Thyssen. Jahn gave her free of charge for its shares and was employed by the Vienna Woods. A few weeks later Jahn bought the German Wienerwald Local for DM 2.5 million following the sale of other loss-making subsidiaries in France, Sweden and Egypt Thyssen focused on its core business in Austria with the local 54 restaurants, 10 highway rest stops, 5 hotels and 1,500 employees. The collided plus tax to purchase with an option for Jahn, namely until 31 August 1987, the profitable Austrian Wienerwald Local for 25 million DM. End of January 1987 Jahn wanted to exercise this option. It started a legal dispute, which rose to public insults. Jahn was finally unable to provide the necessary money for the end of August option. Public was the affair, as was rumored that Bank President Huber went to the Supervisory Board in June for " Wienerwald Austria ". Bayerische Landesbank had not been informed about it, and so had to Huber as president of Bayerische Landesbank resign in early 1988. Under the leadership of Thyssen's " Vienna Woods " rose in Austria the largest catering company. 1988 declared the Austrian business magazine "success" they to manager of the year. In the late 1980s they sold the company to the city of Vienna. Jahn had to sell the 1988 230 Wienerwald - restaurants to the British spirits company, Grand Met.

In the 1990s, thus existed Austria Vienna Woods Vienna Woods and Germany.

Vienna woods in Austria

2002 Vienna Woods Austria was in bankruptcy. The process then ended with a balance.

Wienerwald Austria was bought by the investment group Altacon 2003 restaurateurs Christian Ziegler and successfully rehabilitated. In Austria, there was also the Vienna Woods hotel. Since January 2006, Vienna Woods belonged to the Alliance for the Future politicians Harald Fischl. The company was heavily in debt at the balance sheet date in 2006 with one million euros, with an annual turnover of 10 million euros. 2010 Vienna Woods Austria was taken over by Peter Binder, owner of the chain Schnitzl country. Currently, the company operates according to the company 's website 8 restaurants, including five in Vienna and three in Upper Austria and Carinthia.

Wienerwald in Germany

The former CEO Alfons Buhr operational until 30 November 2007, Wienerwald Restaurant in Westerland on Sylt. The owner of this restaurant is since 1 December 2007, the Hanseatic cuisine Kontor GmbH, which also leads the Everyone's in Lübeck.

2003 had to apply for bankruptcy for the second time, also the first Wienerwald in Munich Amalienstr the company with 38 company-owned and approximately 50 franchised outlets due to the avian and economic crisis. 23 had to close. However, the process could be completed in 2005, then announced Wienerwald, expand again with " Wienerwald Express" and by 2009 open 70 more stores want to. In adjustment to traditional fast food restaurants should not be set as in the past on seat - service restaurants on the square, Alpine style and Schrammelmusik, but rather on self-service restaurants with seating areas and express service as well as finger food or fast food instead of home-style cooking. The delivery service hendl @ home delivered meals similar to the pizza service to your home or to the workplace. In 2006, at the Vienna Woods AG in Germany 105 employees, of whom seven trainees. The 65 restaurants were located mainly in southern Germany.

After the attempt of further capital raising was by placing a bond without success, the Wienerwald AG had on 2 April 2007 at the District Court Munich again for insolvency filters ( No 1504 IN 1140/ 07), which led to further branch closures and layoffs.

Since 1 June 2007, the brand name of the Vienna Woods is owned by children Friedrich Jahns, Margot Steinberg and Evi Peitzner. In 2008, was expanded again carefully under a new management, so new restaurants originated in Dresden, Duisburg, Essen, Rosenheim. The restaurant in Dresden has since been closed.

Since summer 2010, one can experience in two prototypes in Munich the new Wienerwald concept with a new interior design and new dishes such as wraps, salads and chicken burgers. In addition, the Vienna Woods has opened since summer 2009 now 33 restaurants in Turkey. On 14 April 2011, the first Wienerwald restaurant was opened in Romania. There are currently two Wienerwald restaurants in Romania, both in Bucharest.

On 16 February 2012, opened a branch Vienna Woods back in Berlin after the Vienna Woods was there for a few years not represented.