In 1991, Ludmila and Josef Randáček opened a small stall on Krupská Street in Teplice. A friend offered them Slovak korbáčiky (braided cheese) to sell, and they sold out almost immediately. The supplier couldn't keep up, so they decided to learn to make them themselves.
They set off for Slovakia. For days they drove from village to village, and nobody would show them how. Then, over lunch in a small village, an older man spoke to them, invited them home and showed them how warm cheese is stretched into long, thin strings.
Back in Teplice they started producing themselves, often late into the night. Their cheese soon became popular across the Ústí region.
When Josef died, their son Daniel began helping his mother with the business. In honour of his father he named the products Korbáčiky od Pepína, and the company was named Ludran after Ludmila Randáčková. Plaiting korbáčiky by hand was slow, though, and so Pepín's Cheese Strings were born, in Czech Provázky od Pepína: the same cheese, which we can make in larger quantities.
Today you'll find them in shops across almost all of the Czech Republic.
“Behind every pack is the story of a family that never gave up.”
Daniel Randáček, continuing the family tradition
years of family production
flavours to choose from
pack sizes: 100 g and 500 g
protein per 100 g
From cheese to vacuum pack, every step takes place at our production site in Teplice-Prosetice.
It all starts with stretched-curd cheese made to a family recipe.
A machine helps with the shaping, then we carry on by hand.
We salt the strings, and the flavoured varieties get a spice mix.
Some are smoked over beech. Portioning, weighing and packing are done by hand.
Photos are for illustration. The label on the pack applies to product details.
See where to find Pepín's Cheese Strings, or order them for collection from our production site in Teplice.
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