Krinos Foods, Inc. is a United States private company based in New York that imports and produces Greek and other Mediterranean foods. It is one of the largest Greek food importers in North America.[3][4][5][6] The company headquarters are in the Long Island City section of Queens, but it has purchased a site to move to the Bathgate Industrial Park in the Tremont section of the Bronx.[6][7][8] In addition to New York, the company has manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Toronto, and Montreal.[9]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958[1] or 1985[2] |
| Headquarters | New York, New York |
| Products | Greek food Greek cuisine |
| Website | www.krinos.com |
Products and history edit
Krinos both imports and manufactures Greek, Italian, Indian, and Middle Eastern foods, including "cheeses, peppers, olives, ... cookies",[10] phyllo,[11] olive and other vegetable oils, figs, halva, grape leaves, yogurt, wines and beers (including Mythos beer from Greece[12]), coffee, tea, fruit juices and nectars.[2] In the mid-2000s, the company was receiving approximately $18,000 a year in payments for the participation of its Long Island City plant in a remote power cut-off program with Enernoc of Boston.[10]
Together with two other food importers, Big Alpha Foods Inc. and Doric Foods Inc., Krinos was formerly controlled by John Moschalaidis, who founded it in 1985[2][13] or earlier.[14] In 1988 he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment after pleading guilty to importing contaminated cheese and mislabeling dairy products.[15][16][17] His son, Eric Moschalaidis, is currently chairman of the company.[3][6] Krinos was also found in 1990 to be selling a banned dye for Easter eggs, and in 1997 to be selling mislabeled cooking oil.[3][18][19] In 2005 an investigation by WABC reported on by ABC's Good Morning America showed that some of the company's extra-virgin olive oil contained cheaper ingredients.[3][18][19]
In 2004 Krinos acquired Hellas International, a Greek food company headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts.[20]
Logo edit
The company logo features a letter "K" formed by two green olive leaves against a brown stem.[21]
References edit
- ^ "NYCEDC Announces Krinos Foods, Inc., a Greek and Mediterranean Specialty Food Importer, Distributor, and Manufacturer, Will Invest Over $20 Million to Expand Headquarters in the Bronx", Press release, New York City Economic Development Corporation, September 10, 2012.
- ^ a b c Company Overview of Krinos Foods, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Not-So-Extra-Virgin Olive Oil", Good Morning America, ABC News, July 29, 2005.
- ^ "the country's largest distributor of Greek foods", Florence Fabricant, "Food Notes", The New York Times, August 14, 1996.
- ^ "North America`s largest importer, distributor and manufacturer of Greek foods", "The Greek Debt Crisis Comes to America", PBS Nightly Business Report, May 28, 2010.
- ^ a b c "the largest importer, packager, and producer of Greek products in the United States and Canada", Demetris Tsakas, "Krinos Foods Plans to Leave LIC and Build a High-Tech Plant in Bronx", The National Herald, September 13, 2012.
- ^ City scores another food manufacturer for the Bronx, The Real Deal, September 10, 2012.
- ^ Daniel Beekman, "Bronx getting its fill of food companies as Fairway, Food Fest, Krinos and “R” Best Produce put down roots", New York Daily News, October 17, 2012.
- ^ About Us Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Krinos Foods, retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ a b Matt Richtel, "Conservation at the Touch of a Button ", The New York Times, November 7, 2007.
- ^ "Krinos is the most widely available phyllo", Barb Holland, "This versatile, flaky, multi-layered pastry can be used to make everything from pizza to samosas", Toronto Star, March 31, 1999 (payment required)
- ^ "Mythos beer", Cheers, May 1, 2000 Online.
- ^ Florence Fabricant, "Snails and Pastries From an Ambassador of Cretan Cuisine", The New York Times, September 30, 1992.
- ^ "Krinos Foods, an importer and distributor of foods from Greece, has completed the financing for a 110000-square-foot facility on a 182000-squarefoot site", Alan S. Oser, "Real Estate; LI City's Industrial Expansion", Real Estate, Business and Finance, The New York Times, September 26, 1979 (Payment required).
- ^ Associated Press, "Importer Pleads Guilty In Tainted Cheese Plot", The New York Times, June 28, 1988.
- ^ Frances Ann Burns, United Press International, "Importer admits to shipping bad cheese", The Bryan Times, June 28, 1988, p. 2.
- ^ "Man Gets 2 Years in Jail for Importing Contaminated Cheese", The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), September 12, 1988.
- ^ a b Amy Klein, "Feds put lid on bogus olive oil: Agents raid warehouse, seize 22,700 gallons", Bergen County Record, February 10, 2006 (Online at Highbeam).
- ^ a b "Adulterated olive oil seized in New Jersey", The Food Institute Report, February 13, 2006 Online.
- ^ "Mergers & acquisitions", The Food Institute Report, June 7, 2004 (Online)
- ^ Krinos registration of logo in monochrome with and without remaining letters of the name, circa 1981, with list of products, at Trademarkia.