see krinos achaea . krinos foods type private founded 1958 1 or 1985 2 headquarters new york new york products greek food website www.krinos.com 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 contents 1 products and history 2 logo 3 references 4 external links 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 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 at highbeam subscription required . 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 subscription required . a b adulterated olive oil seized in new jersey the food institute report february 13 2006 online at highbeam subscription required . mergers & acquisitions the food institute report june 7 2004 online at highbeam subscription required . krinos registration of logo in monochrome with and without remaining letters of the name circa 1981 with list of products at trademarkia . external links edit official website krinos foods canada retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title krinos foods & oldid 740447133 categories food manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in new york city navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 03 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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