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Mecklenburger Backstuben Enters Self-Administered Insolvency as 57 Stores Remain Open

Wages for roughly 410 employees are secured through January via insolvency benefit.

Overview

  • The filing was made at the Neubrandenburg district court, which ordered provisional self-administration.
  • Operations continue without restrictions, with all branches open and business customers still being supplied.
  • The management is working on a restructuring plan with an expert team from Ecovis, whose lawyer Nils Krause flagged limits on passing cost increases to customers.
  • The company cites surging personnel, energy and procurement costs along with a shift toward cheaper discounter products as the main pressures.
  • In January 2025 it shut its frozen-production line and cut about 50 jobs, and sector peers such as Leifert have begun similar self-administered processes.