Kielecki Mayonnaise

Polish mayonnaise brand

Majonez Kielecki

Product type	Mayonnaise
Owner	Wytwórcza Spółdzielnia Pracy "Społem" [pl]
Country	Kielce, Poland
Introduced	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Website	majonez.pl

Kielecki Mayonnaise (Polish: Majonez Kielecki) is a Polish mayonnaise brand produced by Wytwórcza Spółdzielnia Pracy "Społem" [pl] in Kielce. First sold in 1959, it was the first mayonnaise produced in Poland on an industrial scale.^[1]

History

Kielecki Mayonnaise was invented by Zbigniew Zamojski and Janusz Cichocki in 1958 and began production in 1959,^[1] originally under the name "Stołowy."^[2] It is exported to 18 countries spanning four continents, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Greece, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. In the United States, it is most popular in Chicago because of its large Polish-American population.^[1]

In 2019, Rzeczpospolita estimated that the Kielecki Mayonnaise brand is worth over 40 million złoty.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ciszak, Przemysław (27 March 2021). "Polska majonezem stoi. Spółdzielnia rzuca wyzwanie koncernom". Money.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ Dudek, Paulina (6 April 2023). "'Najbardziej lewacki majonez w Polsce. Kupujemy go, choć w smaku wolę inny'". Gazeta.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ Walczak, Grzegorz (31 August 2019). "60 lat Majonezu Kieleckiego. "Kładąc słoik jeden za drugim, wyznaczylibyśmy drogę z Kielc do Lizbony"". Kielce.Wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2023.