{"id":8503,"date":"2022-11-03T16:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testwww.luitenfood.com\/about-us\/onze-geschiedenis\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T09:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T08:46:29","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/luitenfood.com\/en\/about-us\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>LEEN LUITEN<\/h2>\n<p>Luiten Food &#8211; Thomas Foods Europe, formerly Luiten Wild en Gevogelte, was founded in 1938 by Leen Luiten. &#8216;As a young man, my father used to go out on his bicycle,&#8217; says Leo Luiten, who has handed over the reins to his son Lennert. &#8216;The huge bicycle basket attached to the front was packed with butter, cheese and eggs. Later, he also added chickens to his basket. 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