Traditional bakery Moshammer in Böhlerwerk in front of the end - who helps?

Traditional bakery Moshammer in Böhlerwerk in front of the end - who helps?

Böhlerwerk, Österreich - The Moshammer bakery in Lower Austria had to register bankruptcy. As 5min.at , the bankruptcy proceedings were opened on May 14, 2025 at the St. Pölten regional court. The traditional family business, which has been based in Böhlerwerk since 1964, is now facing great economic challenge. The main reason for the bankruptcy is a combination of falling customer frequency, high wages and severely increased energy costs, which according to Weekend.at significantly to the current situation.

Operation, the main location in Böhlerwerk is heavily contaminated. The owner family had built up several bakeries and pastry shops at four locations since 1995, including two branches in Waidhofen/Ybbs. The managing director Norbert Moshammer explains that Corona pandemic and significantly increasing wage and raw material prices further tighten the economic situation and additionally burdened an already tense situation.

The consequences of bankruptcy

The total claims amount to around 615,000 euros, 41 creditors and 55 employees are affected. The renovation plan stipulates that the creditors receive 20 percent of their claims within two years. Despite measures to coping with the crisis, the company has so far not been able to record sustainable success.

The bakery has announced on its Facebook page that it is planning to maintain all production areas and to adapt the opening times. However, the company is faced with a variety of challenges that urgently need to be addressed to secure the future of the company. Changes in the economic landscape have become inevitable.

additional context

The current bankruptcy is not an isolated case, but part of a larger trend. In Germany, corporate bankruptcies are multiplied during corona pandemic. According to a response from the federal government to a request from the FDP parliamentary group, 2,621 bankruptcies occurred from January to November 2020, which corresponds to 171,556 employees. The climbing of the bankruptcies shown in the report also has an impact on companies in Austria, where, in addition to Moshammer bakery, many companies experience similar financial challenges through the aftermath of pandemy.