Family de Groen owned the
Grolsch
Grolsch Brewery (Koninklijke Grolsch N.V. - "Royal Grolsch"), known simply as Grolsch (), is a Dutch brewery founded in 1615 by Willem Neerfeldt in Groenlo. In 1895 the de Groen family bought the brewery. They had started their own brewery in E ...
brewery in the
Netherlands
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(founded 1615) from 1895 to 2008 before selling out to
SABMiller
SABMiller plc was a South African multinational brewing and beverage company headquartered in Woking, England on the outskirts of London until 10 October 2016 when it was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Prior to that date, it was the world's ...
for 800+ million Euros.
The family
Andries (II), Theo, Frans (I), Hein, Herman and Jan were the grandchildren of Theo de Groen, who bought the company in 1895. They were the key contributors to the growth after the Second World War, and bought the brewery in
Enschede
Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...
. The family can be tracked back to 1647 and has its roots in
Cuijk
Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8 mi) south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a po ...
. Both Andries (III) and Frans (II) son's were active in the brewery but have retired since the acquisition of SABMiller. Family de Groen is listed in the
Quote 500 published by
''Quote'' magazine.
Since the sale of Grolsch, Andries (III), Andries (IV) and Frans (II) have been active rebuilding a brewing and malting business. In 2013 they invested in a special malt production facility, The Swaen
in the Netherlands. They also invested in a brewery in the United States and Belgium.
References
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External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120419045619/http://www.koninklijkegrolsch.nl/en/about-grolsch/history
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110731181101/http://www.koninklijkegrolsch.nl/over-grolsch/historie
*http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/76/Royal-Grolsch-NV.html
Dutch families
History of Land van Cuijk