Monthly Update

Scroll through the newsletter to read all posts for the month of September.

 

Young Vion Club organises successful first live event

28-09-22

After hosting four successful online events, the Young Vion Club organised a fifth and also the first live event on Thursday 15 September.

Vion rolls out shop-in-shop concept at Boni and strengthens position in retail 

28-09-22

The proven supermarket formula that Vion has been executing for years at Nettorama is now being implemented at Boni supermarkets. This strengthens Vion's position in the Dutch retail landscape. The Boni formula consists of 50 stores located in the middle, west and north of the Netherlands.  

Pigs control their living environment through their own behaviour

20-09-22

In partnership with Connecting Agri & Food and StarFarmers, Vion Farming has launched a pilot project using cameras in pig farming in 2022. 

25 years of Food Family: tell us your story & win a voucher!

19-09-22

Our best-known brand Food Family has been around for 25 years. For the anniversary, we are collecting memories, photos, stories, anecdotes or (customer) quotes. 

De Groene Weg launches Dutch organic beef chain

19-09-22

Today, by signing an open-ended contract with Erik van der Velde, an organic dairy farmer, and Gert-Jan Stoeten, an organic cattle farmer, De Groene Weg officially started building a Dutch organic beef chain. 

Vion will stop using Skype for Business at the Meadow Workplace and will switch to Microsoft Teams  

16-09-22

On your Vion desktop or laptop, two Microsoft collaboration solutions are installed: Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams. Microsoft’s long-term solution is Teams. Therefore, Vion has decided to remove Skype for Business as a collaboration solution.

Animal Welfare Team helps to improve animal welfare

15-09-22

We have been actively working on our role in society for a number of years and produce a report on this in our CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) report. 

Leon Cuypers new COO of Vion Business Unit Pork

13-09-22

Dear colleagues, in June we informed you about the departure of John de Jonge as COO Pork as of 1 September and the succession by Leon Cuypers. Today we announce externally that Leon Cuypers has started as the new COO of the Business Unit Pork on 1 September. Please find below the press release. 

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Germany wins World Butcher Challenge

09-09-22

As previously announced (in October 2021 and July 2022), the World Butcher Challenge took place last week in Sacramento, California. The German national team (Butcher Wolfpack) competed against the world's best in their field and won the competition!

David De Camp joins the Executive Board of the Verband der Fleischwirtschaft

07-09-22

Our COO Beef David De Camp joined the Executive Board of the Verband der Fleischwirtschaft, the German association for the meat industry.

Financial Interface tool ‘Check and Convert’ gets replaced by ‘ALI’  

02-09-22

Within Vion we are using a variety of ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning) to process our Purchase and Sales orders.

Project Maverick

31-08-22

Today we are delighted to announce the start of project Maverick to further implement SAP MM into all Beef and Pork locations.