The employee of the "Quer" program (Bavarian Broadcasting) criticizes that …
The employee of the "Quer" program (Bavarian Broadcasting) criticizes that groundwater in Germany continues to decline and could soon belong only to large corporations.
Large corporations such as Red Bull and Coca Cola are securing springs despite already declining groundwater levels in Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia, while the state is even allowed to extract water from these companies free of charge.
In July 2022 it became known that the beverage companies Rauch and Red Bull each wanted to take over 50 percent of the shares in the Brandenburg Urstromquelle spring in Baruth.
In October 2022, Aldi Nord signed the purchase contracts for the acquisition of Altmühltaler Mineralbrunnen for the locations in Treuchtlingen (Bavaria) and Breuna (Hesse).
The newspaper "Lebensmittelzeitung.net" (Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH) reported on February 16, 2023 that the Edeka Group is taking over the Bavarian mineral spring Petrusquelle, which is based in Bavaria.