Volkswagen Sausage and the Enduring Appeal of Culinary Car-Industry Crossovers

&gt; 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&#x27;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:&#x2F;&#x2F;img.sparknews.funkemedien.de&#x2F;214521413&#x2F;214521413_1528473501_v16_9_1200.jpeg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;img.sparknews.funkemedien.de&#x2F;214521413&#x2F;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:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sueddeutsche.de&#x2F;wirtschaft&#x2F;currywurst-neuer-ketchup-geschmack-empoert-vw-mitarbeiter-1.4087255" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sueddeutsche.de&#x2F;wirtschaft&#x2F;currywurst-neuer-ketc...</a>

I live near Wolfsburg and the Volkswagen Currywurst is readily available in some supermarkets around here. It&#x27;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&#x27;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&#x27;ve eaten this sausage in the (a?) Wolfsburg factory cafeteria -- it&#x27;s a pretty good sausage! I remember the VW devs I was working with telling me it was the &quot;most-manufactured&quot; part VW produces

There is a boom of luxury car-branded buildings (Mercedes-Benz Dubai..).<p>Branding is one of a few valuable assets those car companies have left.