“Showing our appreciation for our employees”
At the end of September, the German government announced their inflation relief package, including the decision to allow companies to pay their employees an inflation bonus that is exempt from taxes and social-security contributions. Kräuter Mix’s 500 employees are set to benefit from this special voluntary bonus for the first time through the October payroll. In place of a one-time payment, every employee who has been with the company for at least a month will receive a monthly net bonus of 200 euros until April 2023. Trainees, meanwhile, will receive 100 euros, and part-time employees a pro-rata equivalent.
“Our success relies on good employees. In times like these, what really counts is team spirit and standing by one another. The inflation bonus is our way of showing our appreciation for our employees,” said managing director Silke Wurlitzer. “The way we see it, the only way to overcome current economic developments is to work together.”
Kräuter Mix, a manufacturer of plant-based raw materials including herbs, spices and tea ingredients for the food and pharmaceutical industries, recently celebrated annual sales of 140 million euros. “The family-owned business has been thinking and acting sustainably for over 100 years now, and has its employees’ best interests at heart,” explained Silke Wurlitzer. Christoph and Bernhard Mix are the third and fourth generations, respectively, to run the company, which was founded in 1919. Kräuter Mix’s managing directors have always invested company profits in growing capacity and infrastructure in order to safeguard the two company sites in Abtswind and Wiesentheid for the future.