The co-operative slaughterhouses -
more than 100 years of history

The first Danish co-operative pig slaughterhouse was established in the town of Horsens in 1887.

During the following 40 or 50 years a large number of pig slaughterhouses were established around the country.

In 1960 the co-operative slaughterhouses began to merge in order to acquire more strength to handle functions such as sale, marketing, and product development.

In 1998 Danish Crown and Vestjyske Slagterier merged. In 2002 Danish Crown and Steff-Houlberg merged, and a large proportion of the original co-operative pig slaughterhouses are included in the new Danish Crown.

Today Danish Crown is a limited company but is owned by the cooperative society ‘Leverandørselskabet Danish Crown Amba’ which has an elected management consisting of cooperative members and employee representatives.

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