Stockheim

Stockheim is a German catering and trade-fair gastronomy company headquartered in Düsseldorf. It was founded in 1948 as a private company by Heinz Stockheim with 35 employees. Over the decades it grew into the Stockheim-Gruppe, a system-gastronomy group divided into six business fields, each operating independently and coordinated by a leadership circle chaired by Karl-Heinz Stockheim, who took over the firm from his father in 1989. By 2010 the group employed 1,245 people and generated revenue of more than 79 million euros. The company's core business was providing food and beverage services at high-traffic locations such as airports, main railway stations, congress centres and trade fairs. Major contracts included operations at Düsseldorf Airport and the Hamburg congress centre. However, the loss of these contracts led to significant revenue declines, and in May 2017 the group entered insolvency proceedings. During the restructuring, Stockheim sold 25 high-frequency outlets at airports and main stations in Düsseldorf, Cologne-Bonn and Münster-Osnabrück to SSP at the end of 2017. It also divested the gastronomy of the Hamburg congress centre and the Hamburg trade-fair catering to the Käfer Group. The insolvency proceedings concluded on 13 April 2018, leaving the group reduced to its Düsseldorf location, where it continues to operate part of the trade-fair catering and the gastronomy in the Rheinterrassen. Staff numbers fell from over 750 to 120 during the insolvency. Today Stockheim operates as a private company focused on its Düsseldorf home market, particularly trade-fair and event catering. The company remains family-founded and privately held, with no public listing.

Stockheim was founded in 1948 as a private company by Heinz Stockheim, initially employing 35 people. In 1989, his son Karl-Heinz Stockheim took over the firm. Over time, the private company expanded into the Stockheim-Gruppe, active in system gastronomy. The group was divided into six business fields, each organisationally and legally independent, coordinated by a leadership circle chaired by Karl-Heinz Stockheim. In 2010, the group employed 1,245 people and generated revenue of more than 79 million euros. Since May 2017, following significant revenue losses due to contract losses at Düsseldorf Airport and the Hamburg congress centre, the group was in insolvency proceedings. As part of the proceedings, at the end of 2017 Stockheim divested 25 high-frequency outlets located at airports and main railway stations in Düsseldorf, Cologne-Bonn and Münster-Osnabrück; these were taken over by SSP. Furthermore, Stockheim divested the gastronomy of the congress centre and the trade-fair gastronomy in Hamburg, which were taken over by the Käfer Group. After the conclusion of the insolvency proceedings on 13 April 2018, the group shrank to its Düsseldorf location, where it still operates part of the trade-fair gastronomy and the gastronomy in the Rheinterrassen. The number of employees fell from over 750 to 120 during the insolvency proceedings.

• 2018

  Insolvency proceedings conclude on 13 April; group shrinks to Düsseldorf location.

• 2017

  Enters insolvency proceedings in May; divests 25 high-frequency outlets to SSP and Hamburg operations to Käfer Group.

• 2010

  Group employs 1,245 people and generates revenue of more than 79 million euros.

• 1989

  Karl-Heinz Stockheim takes over the company from his father.

• 1948

  Founded as a private company by Heinz Stockheim with 35 employees.

Family-founded German catering specialist for high-traffic venues and trade fairs, now focused on Düsseldorf after restructuring.

• Catering services

  Food and beverage services for airports, railway stations, congress centres and trade fairs.

• Trade-fair gastronomy

  Gastronomy services at trade fairs, particularly in Düsseldorf.

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