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The company  Zweifel  'is a Swiss food manufacturer and trading company. It consists of two sub-companies: Doubt Weine and Zweifel Pomy-Chips, united under the umbrella of Holding in Zurich.

History
The wine division  Zweifel & Co. AG  based in Zurich is the older part of the corporate group. The Weinbauernfamilie Zweifel has been occupied since the Middle Ages in Zurich Höngg. Due to increasing vine diseases in the 1898 founded by Emil and Paul Zweifel under the company name "Gebrüder Zweifel, self-construction and trade in wines and fruit juice production" companies, the focus was soon shifted to fruit juice production. The wine cultivation was stopped soon, only the trade remained. In 1946/47, the newly built juice cider mill was Europe's most modern factory and one of the leading in Switzerland. Increasing competition from the new US beverage products (Coca-Cola, etc.), which had come into vogue, led to a decline in earnings, which was followed by a reorientation. In the 1950s, trade in mineral water started and it went into the production of potato chips (see below). At the end of the 1960s, grapevines were cultivated in the Lattenberg near Stäfa and in Regensberg and a separate wine cellar was put into operation. Since then, the Zurich town wine comes exclusively from the Zweifel family.  Zürcher Stadtwein  Later Zweifel took over among other things the exclusive representation for wines of the Hofkellerei of the Prince of Liechtenstein. In 1983, the cider factory in Höngg was finally closed. Today, in addition to the in-house production, wines imported from all over the world (mostly directly from the producer), as well as spirits, sparkling wine and champagne are sold in their own shops in Zurich, Kloten, Aarau and St. Gallen as well as through distribution partners. An own restaurant is also part of the company.

pomy chips
The  Zweifel Pomy-Chips AG  mainly produces snack and potato chips products. With a market share of around 65%, it is the largest company operating in this market segment in the country.  History of the Zweifel brothers 

History
In 1950 Hans Meier, a cousin of Heinrich Zweifel, founded a hand production of potato chips. Seven years later, the company 'Zweifel & Co.' took over the small business. In 1960, the production in Höngg was expanded, in 1970 the plant opened in Spreitenbach. In 1992 the company changed its legal form to Aktiengesellschaft. It is still family owned. At the end of 2008, Hansheinrich Zweifel, who had been building the company since 1958, resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Interview with Hansheinrich Zweifel 

Structure and Key Figures
The corporation also has its administrative headquarters in Zurich, the main manufacturing site in Spreitenbach in the Canton of Aargau. Doubt Pomy-Chips today employs 370 people.

The division's total sales in 2017 amounted to 215 million Swiss francs. A total of 6479 tonnes of potato chips and 1862 tonnes of snacks were sold in 2012. Part of the production is exported to Germany and Italy.

Zweifel Pomy-Chips also acts as a franchisor distributor of The Box, a counter display featuring Zweifel products and other snack makers.

Literature

 * Christoph Hämmig (ed.):  Chips stories by Hansheinrich Zweifel. Anecdotes and stories from the life of the co-founder and pioneer of Zweifel Pomy-Chips AG.  Werd Verlag, Zurich 2008
 * Heinrich Zweifel:  50 Years of Cider Doubts Zürich-Höngg, 1898-1948: The Career of a Family Business . Zurich-Höngg, 1948
 *  Höngg and the family doubt . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, No. 342, 26 July 1973
 * Reinhold Frei (compilation), Georg Sibler (revision): '' The Doubt of Höngg '(communication ... of the local history commission of the Höngg beautification association, no. 29), Höngg 1983
 * Georg Sibler: '' The 'parent company' Doubts in Höngg: archaeological and historical studies, using investigations of the City Archeology Zurich '(Communication ... of the Local History Commission of the Beautification Association Höngg, No. 46), Höngg, 2003

Web links

 * [http://www.zweifel.ch Web presence of doubt