Melitta invests more than 100 million euros in Bremen as a coffee location

Expansion of production capacities by around 50 percent – Bremen roastery to become Europe's largest coffee roastery.

05/22/2026 

Minden. The Melitta Group is investing more than 100 million euros in its site in Bremen. The investment package is part of the Melitta 2033 growth and internationalisation strategy.

The aim is to increase the production capacities of the coffee roasting plant in Bremen by around 50 percent in order to continue to meet the growing demand for roasted coffee reliably and in high quality in the future. At the same time, the flexibility, sustainability and quality of the Bremen roastery are to be significantly improved again. The investments will be implemented gradually over the next 5-6 years.

"The goal of our Strategy 2033 is to at least double the Group's sales by then. A central lever for this is the coffee business in Europe. With these investments, we are creating important conditions to meet individual customer and market needs even better and thus achieve our growth and internationalization goals in the coming years," says Jero Bentz, member of Corporate Communications and great-grandson of company founder Melitta Bentz. 

The Melitta Group plans to acquire two adjacent plots of land in Bremen, invest in a new building and expand and modernise existing buildings. The majority of the investments will go into new roasting, packaging and silo systems as well as process control and control systems in order to be able to flexibly meet the increased demand for different coffee products.

Melitta Group

Melitta is an internationally active group of companies and is one of the well-known independent family businesses not only in Germany. With around 5,500 employees, activities in 75 countries worldwide and an annual turnover of 2.53 billion euros (2025), the Group develops, produces and sells branded products for coffee enjoyment, for the storage and preparation of food and for cleanliness in the home.