GERMANY – A German meat wholesale supplier now sees cheese deliveries as an important part of business, with shipments to individual butcher businesses now increasing by more than 10% per year.

Cheese has traditionally been sold, usually in limited amounts, by German butcher outlets. But now there’s much more interest in widening the selection of cheeses available alongside meat cuts and sausages, according to the leading co-operative Zentrag eG Zentrag, which has an annual turnover approaching