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The large winery Badischer Winzerkeller has to cut its costs by ten percent in 2019 after poor figures. Volume sales as well as turnover were "clearly below expectations" last year, reports the "Weinwirtschaft". The payout to cooperative members will fall by around 20 per cent per hectare, it said. "We are not at all satisfied with the payout to the winegrowers," said Dr Peter Schuster, chairman of the board, at the annual press conference for the 2019 financial year.
In the segment of the cheapest wines, in the open wine business and in unnamed wines, a total of 3.3 million euros less had been earned. According to Schuster, turnover in the specialist trade and direct sales fell by 1.5 million euros, while sales to the gastronomy sector achieved a plus of six per cent. The export figures were also "unsatisfactory".
He is not planning any layoffs for operational reasons at the moment, but Schuster does not want to rule them out, according to "Weinwirtschaft". He also announced that the product range would be reduced from around 1,000 to 500 items.
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