{"id":3801,"date":"2024-09-22T02:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2025-02-13T14:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:22:16","slug":"geert-ally-fortune-meat-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/geert-ally-fortune-meat-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Geert Ally: A fortune of over 43 million Euros thanks to Meat &amp; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geert Ally Fortune<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meat &amp; More<\/strong>based in Aalter, is one of the world's leading<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-renmans-boucherie\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"601\">meat processing <\/a>in Belgium<\/strong>. Founded in the late 1980s by Geert Ally, a bio-engineer and qualified butcher, the company has grown considerably over the decades. Today, the head office in Aalter employs <strong>The company employs around 300 people in various sectors, including meat processing, distribution and administrative services.<\/strong> Geert Ally has a fortune of over \u20ac43,268,290. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/6107368.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Geert Ally \" class=\"wp-image-7849\" style=\"width:591px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/6107368.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/6107368-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/6107368-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/6107368-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">G. Ally <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Category<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Details<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Activity<\/strong><\/td><td>Processing and distribution of meat products<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td><td>Aalter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Workforce<\/strong><\/td><td>About 300 employees<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Founded by<\/strong><\/td><td>Geert Ally<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Retail sales<\/strong><\/td><td>23 Bon Ap stores and 130 butchers under various banners<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BonAp-broodje-1024x674-1.jpg\" alt=\"bon ap brand sandwich by Geert Ally \" class=\"wp-image-7847\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/BonAp-broodje-1024x674-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/BonAp-broodje-1024x674-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/BonAp-broodje-1024x674-1-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The brand <strong>Meat &amp; More <\/strong>operates under a variety of banners, including the \"<strong> Bon Ap\" and \"Buurtslagers<\/strong>. Production is centralized in Aalter, where activities range from cutting to packaging of meat products. Part of this production supplies the 23 <strong>Bon Ap<\/strong> of the company, while the Group's 130 butchers are often located in or near large supermarkets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-mestdagh-fortune\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"668\">Carrefour Market<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-delhaize-fortune\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"677\">AD Delhaize, Proxy Delhaize<\/a>Smatch and LIDL.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Purpose-Meat-More.jpg\" alt=\"meat and more brand by Geert Ally \" class=\"wp-image-7846\" style=\"width:566px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/Purpose-Meat-More.jpg 880w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/Purpose-Meat-More-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/Purpose-Meat-More-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ally family <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Geert Ally, who owns around 40 % of Meat &amp; More, prefers to keep a low profile despite the recognition he has received. In 2015, he was appointed Officer <strong>of the Order of<a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-hubert-fabri-socfin\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3951\"> Leopold II<\/a>, u<\/strong>n honor bestowed by Pieter De Crem, then Secretary of State and Mayor of Aalter. This distinction underlines his<strong> significant impact on the Belgian meat industry.<\/strong> Geert Ally has succeeded in creating a meat empire with assets of over 43 million euros.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geert Ally, founder of Meat &amp; More, built a fortune of over 43 million euros by developing one of Belgium's most successful meat processing companies. With 23 Bon Ap stores and 130 butcher shops under various banners, the company is a key player in the industry. Geert Ally's success, crowned by the title of Officer of the Order of Leopold II, testifies to his lasting impact on the Belgian agri-food sector.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,48,4],"tags":[40,5,27,6],"class_list":["post-3801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agroalimentaire","category-grande-distribution","category-industriel","tag-agroalimentaire","tag-belgique","tag-flandre","tag-industiel"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":17,"label":"Agroalimentaire"},{"value":48,"label":"Grande Distribution"},{"value":4,"label":"Industriel"}],"post_tag":[{"value":40,"label":"Agroalimentaire"},{"value":5,"label":"Belgique"},{"value":27,"label":"Flandre"},{"value":6,"label":"Industiel"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/09\/download-2-1024x681.jpeg",1024,681,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Martin Moth\u00e9","author_link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/author\/mmothe\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":17,"name":"Agroalimentaire","slug":"agroalimentaire","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":69,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":17,"category_count":69,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Agroalimentaire","category_nicename":"agroalimentaire","category_parent":0},{"term_id":48,"name":"Grande Distribution","slug":"grande-distribution","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":48,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":24,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":48,"category_count":24,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Grande Distribution","category_nicename":"grande-distribution","category_parent":0},{"term_id":4,"name":"Industriel","slug":"industriel","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":122,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":122,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Industriel","category_nicename":"industriel","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":40,"name":"Agroalimentaire","slug":"agroalimentaire","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":64,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":5,"name":"Belgique","slug":"belgique","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":287,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":27,"name":"Flandre","slug":"flandre","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":27,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":200,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":6,"name":"Industiel","slug":"industiel","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":66,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}