Julius Meinl International, also known simply as Julius Meinl, is an Austrian manufacturer and retailer of coffee, gourmet foods and other grocery products. The company is based in Vienna, Austria, and it is named after the founder, Julius Meinl I.
History
Julius Meinl I was the founder of a new category, selling ready-roasted coffee for the first time in 1862.
In German-occupied Warsaw and Minsk, Meinl owned four grocery and luxury food stores where locals were not allowed to shop.[1]
Julius Meinl III ceded control of the company in 1987 to his son, Julius Meinl IV. The retail division of the group, except the high-profile flagship store in downtown Vienna, was sold to REWE by Julius Meinl V in 1998–1999.
Later, the company's name was changed to Ragusa Beteiligungen,[2] and the company was delisted from the Vienna Stock Exchange in February 2007.