> This was Volkswagen’s very own currywurst, with 30 employees turning out 18,000 sausages a day.<p>Historically, this has simply been a necessity for Volkswagen. The Volkswagen factory was build in the 30ies in a thinly populated area that was mainly chosen because it was next to the Mittelland canal. An entire city (Wolfsburg) was founded for the workers. The city's entire infrastructure had to be built from scratch [0], and of course this included farms and meat processing plants.<p>[0] <a href="https://img.sparknews.funkemedien.de/214521413/214521413_1528473501_v16_9_1200.jpeg" rel="nofollow">https://img.sparknews.funkemedien.de/214521413/214521413_152...</a>
Interestingly they do not own the recipe for the Volkswagen ketchup and there was a big outrage amongst workers a few years ago when they changed suppliers and the ketchup tasted differently<p>[0] <a href="https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/currywurst-neuer-ketchup-geschmack-empoert-vw-mitarbeiter-1.4087255" rel="nofollow">https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/currywurst-neuer-ketc...</a>
I live near Wolfsburg and the Volkswagen Currywurst is readily available in some supermarkets around here.
It's hands down the best Currywurst you can get.
And it is really being produced by Volkswagen - in contrast to their also kinda famous ketchup which is nowadays produces by develey and just branded VW.<p>Also the article is a bit imprecise on the part of swapping it for a vegan alternative in the headquarters: that was only one of several canteens in the headquarters (Volkswagen Markenhaus).
I live in San Francisco and, whenever I'm in the area of Glen Canyon Market, I make sure to pick up several Fiat chocolates there: they cost about a dollar a piece and are delicious. I had no idea they were related to the car company; I thought the name overlap was a coincidence. They are really really good, like drive 10 minutes out of your way to get some good. Especially the green ones.
I've eaten this sausage in the (a?) Wolfsburg factory cafeteria -- it's a pretty good sausage! I remember the VW devs I was working with telling me it was the "most-manufactured" part VW produces