About us
Our Proud History
In 1852 in Frankfurt, The German Butcher's Guild introduced a perfectly spiced and smoked sausage that was packed in a thin skin – surprisingly they called it a "frankfurter".
Continuing the naming theme, HERTA® comes from the German town of Herten, where Ludwig Schweisforth opened his first butchers shop in 1902. This local shop flourished and grew into a factory. In 1947 HERTA® as we know it was born.
By 1963 HERTA® had spread across Europe and was bought by Nestle in 1986. We launched HERTA® Frankfurters in the UK in 1988 and by 2000 HERTA® was selling over 150 million frankfurters in this country alone, which is an awful lot of happy families. We are now the UK’s No.1 frankfurter.
