2024
HafenMarkt opened
2021
Pet food division spun off as Stroetmann Tiernahrung GmbH & Co. KG
2020
Sixth E center opened in Emsdetten
2018
Mixed-use HafenMarkt project launched on Münster’s Hansaring street
2016/2017
Complete overhaul of production facility in Querfurt to make it one of the most advanced and efficient processing plants in Germany
2016
Company celebrates its 225th anniversary
2013
New administrative building at Harkortstraße 30 for food wholesale/retail and real estate business units
2012/2013
Restructuring of central warehouse on Harkortstraße for food/fresh produce and seeds/pet food
2012
Cash & carry stores rebranded from Eurocash to L. Stroetmann Großmarkt
2011
Production and logistics centre for seeds opened in Münster-Amelsbüren on A1 motorway
2008
Bulk consumer warehouse in Werne extended and meat factory built
2001
New cereals processing facility built in Hagenow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, northern Germany)
2000
First E center opened in Münster on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße
1999
December: Partnership with EDEKA to replace Spar Handels AG
1992
Wholesale distribution company L. Stroetmann Großverbraucher GmbH & Co. KG founded, based in Werne (North Rhine-Westphalia)
1987
Partnership with Spar Handels AG replaced agreement with wholesale chain Végé
1973
Cereals business Robert Becker in Oer-Erkenschwick acquired, marking commencement of the propagation, processing and sale of certified cereal seed
1967
First cash & carry store opened in Münster on Harkortstraße
1966
Move from port area in Münster to Harkortstraße 30 in Münster’s Mecklenbeck district
1945
Warehouse and administrative buildings rebuilt at Hafenweg 13 with focus on seed and food divisions
1939
Operations maintained on limited scale until 1944 despite company buildings being damaged by bombing on multiple occasions
1924
Branch of L. Stroetmann opened at free port in Hamburg
1914
Four areas of the business – seeds, fertilisers, food and coffee roasting – in operation at the start of the First World War
1900
One of the first companies to build a multi-storey warehouse directly on the water’s edge in Münster’s port area
1854
Premises moved to Rothenburg 28/29 in Münster (the classical-style building was destroyed in the Second World War; part of the Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History now occupies the site)
1831
Bernhardine Mertens, stepdaughter of company founder Christopher Holtmann, marries merchant Ludwig Stroetmann from Vreden and the company is renamed L. Stroetmann – commercial activity in “colonial goods” and “agricultural seed” extends across northern and central Germany; first imports of seeds
1791
On 20 February, merchant Christopher Holtmann opened a store specialising in colonial goods at Aegidiistraße 18 on the corner of Breite Gasse in Münster – the first accounting book is still in existence and starts with the inscription “God grant fortune upon this beginning”