Overview
- Hansen Mürwik filed on November 20 at the Flensburg district court, with Dr. Arno Doebert appointed as insolvency administrator for the 11-store chain employing about 145 people.
- The administrator says Hansen appears operationally profitable, and an investor process is being launched to secure the bakery’s future while all locations keep trading.
- Mecklenburger Backstuben applied for self-administration at the Neubrandenburg court, with a court-appointed trustee overseeing the process for roughly 55 branches and 410 employees.
- Wages at Hansen are covered by pre-financed insolvency pay through January 31, 2026, while Mecklenburger Backstuben reports pay secured through January and confirms branches remain open.
- Rising energy, personnel and procurement costs and, at Hansen, heavy modernization under new owner Hakan Çolak in 2024 are identified as key drivers, reflecting a broader wave of bakery insolvencies in Germany.