Slaughterhouse Braunwalder in Wohlen AG closes

Shortage of skilled workers and price pressure

The slaughterhouse O. Braunwalder in Wohlen AG is ceasing operations with immediate effect.

According to the company, all employees will still receive their wages up to and including January. The reasons cited for the closure are a shortage of skilled workers, rising energy costs and price pressure.

These factors, along with the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, had rendered the business no longer profitable to operate, O. Braunwalder AG announced. The slaughterhouse has been part of the Heba Food Group, headquartered in Lenzburg AG, since 2013.

No human needs to eat animals

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According to the latest studies by the World Watch Institute, at least 51% of all greenhouse gas emissions — and most likely far more — are attributable to the toxic meat industry.

Meat production as the greatest threat

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Agricultural livestock farming leads to the deforestation of forests to make way for new pastures, and it causes devastating, widespread soil degradation through overgrazing, soil compaction and erosion.

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