Members of the Darboven coffee family in care

At the heart of the problem, according to the letter, is the question of who will be responsible for the company in the future ("Idee Kaffee"). It will also be the role of Andreas Jacobs (54 years old), descendant of Bremen coffee business family, Jacobs. "It is completely incomprehensible to us that Albert Darboven, our father or uncle, wants to transfer the management of the family business to Dr. Andreas Jacobs," says young Darbovens.

A spokeswoman for Darboven confirmed the contents of the letter this weekend, The Jacobs-Holding in Zurich has received no comments on request. Until now, the leadership of Darboven society can only be pbaded on within the family. But Jacobs has "no close connection with our house," argue the authors.

Arthur Darboven left the company, which today has more than 150 years, in 2009, and now occupies itself raw coffee itself. Earlier, his father Albert had hinted that someday he could adopt a successor or part of the badets in a foundation. Darboven is currently the smallest of the top five German coffee producers. In 2016, the balance sheet of Albert Darboven Holding GmbH & Co. KG reported a loss of about 4.6 million euros.

Source: DPA