Cham Saar: The first Syrian-German cheese manufacturer

DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92534-9_3
URL:	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-31...
Document Type:	Book chapter
Year of publication:	2018
Book title:	Refugee entrepreneurship : a case-based topography
Page range:	39-53
Publisher:	Heilbrunn, Sibylle
Place of publication:	Basingstoke
Publishing house:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:	978-3-319-92533-2 , 978-3-319-92534-9
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Business School > Mittelstandsforschung u. Entrepreneurship (Woywode 2007-)
Subject:	330 Economics
Keywords (English):	Refugee Entrepreneurship
Abstract:	This case study portrays Cham Saar GmbH, the first dairy producer in Germany to specialize in Arabic cheese. Abdul Saymoa, together with Anna and Matthias Riehm Jr, established the business in a rural area in Southern Germany. Abdul Saymoa produces three different types of cheeses with milk from the Riehm’s farm. They are sold at local markets, through the farm trade and via online delivery. The acceptance of Cham Saar in the local community makes marketing redundant. The founding team had to struggle with restricted access to external funding for refugee entrepreneurs, bureaucratic burdens and regulations for cheese manufacturing.