CANADA GREEK CHEESE IMPORTER NAMES 

 
ATTICA FOODS CANADA Inc. (Foodservice provider)
Contact: Mr Kostas Kriarakis
Woodbridge, ON
Tel.: +1 416 571 5555
Fax: +1 905 856 5242
Email: Kostas@atticafoods.ca
Website: www.atticafoods.ca 

Products: Kalamata olives, Kefalograviera Crystal (Arta), halva, pastel, Turkish delights,
candies, herbs, honey, coffee Loumidis

GENTRO FOODS Inc.
Contact: Mr Spyros Haliotis
Δ/νση: 887 Bay Street - Suite 311 Toronto ON M5S 3K4 Canada
Tηλ.: 514-733-1691
Fax: 416-981-3496
Cell: 647-226-3147
Εmail: spiros@gentrofoods.com gentro@gmail.com
Website: www.gentrofoods.com
Products: olive oil, feta cheese, honey, traditional sweets  


KONTOS FLATBREAD MEDITERRANEAN FOODS
Contact: Mr Nikos Zavolas (Regional Sales Manager)
Tel.: +1 973 278 2800
Cell: +1 973 978 5196
Fax: +1 973 278 7943
Email: nickz@kontos.com
Website: www.kontos.com
Products: Greek feta cheeses (Tsopanaki), Kefalograviera, Kalamata olives 


KRINOS FOODS CANADA LTD
Contact: Mr Alexander Alexakis (Vice President)
Add.: 251 Doney Crescent Concord , ON, L4K 1P6, Canada
Tel.: +1-905-6694414
Fax: +1-905-6695709
E-mail: info@krinos.ca, alex@krinos.ca
Webmail: www.krinos.ca
Products: Olive oil, feta (also produced in Canada), delicatessen products  


MELIA FRESH LINE
Contact: Mr Konstantinos Filippas
216 Shaughnessy Blvd., Toronto, ON, M2J 1J9, Canada
Tel.: +1-416-4771554
E-mail: kf@meliafresh.com
Website: www.meliafresh.com
Products: delicatessen, olive oil, olives, honey, cheeses, mushrooms (food service distributor)  


MESSARA IMPORTS
Contact: George και Costas Tsoudis
Δ/νση: 11461, rue Harmon Montreal QC H3M 3E4
Τel.: +1-514-337-2984
Email: info@messarafoods.com gtsoudis@yahoo.ca
Website: www.messarafoods.com
Products: traditional Cretan products  

METHONI FOOD IMPORTERS LTD.
2715-170th Street, Surrey, BC, V4P 2K9, Canada
Tel.: +1-604-5314939
Fax: +1-604-5319763
Products: cheese, olives  


MIRON GROUPE ALIMENTAIRE
Contact: Mr Dimitrios Nikolidakis (President), Mr Panos Barlias, Regional sales director
Δ/νση: 387 rue Deslauriers, V.S.I. Quebec, H4N 1W2
Τel..: +1 514 344 5558
Fax: +1 514 344 5458
Cell: +1 514 652 7374
Email: jimmy@groupmiron.com
Website: www.groupmiron.com
Toronto office:
Mr Panos Barlias, Regional Sales Director
Cell: 416 877 9999
Email: panosb@groupmiron.com 

Products: Croissants (7 Days), pastry items (Arabatzis), honey, soft drinks (Lux), mineral water
(Zagori), chocolates (ION), canned food (Tide), cookies (Faidon), coffee (Loumidis), feta
(Dodoni) etc.

NICK’S FETA CHEESE
Contact: Bill billy.Pot@rogers.com
3 Mosswood Lane Etobicoke, ON M9V 1M3
Tel.: +1 416 743 1191
Website: https://nicksfetacheese.foodpages.ca
Products: cheese, olive oil, pastry products  


NISOS IMPORTING
Contact : Mr Manos Maragkakis
Δ/νση: 690 Progress Avenue Unit 10, Toronto M1H3A6
Tel.: +1-416-6189704
E-mail: info@nisosimporting.ca
Website: www.nisosimporting.ca

Products: Olive oil, olives, honey, Cretan traditional foods (delicatessen category),
feta etc.  

PHOENICIA PRODUCTS INC
Contact: Mr Jimmy Cheaib, President
Δ/νση: 2924 Portland Drive, Oakville, ON L6H 5W8
Tel: +1-905-829 2488
Fax +1-905-829 2433
E-mail: jcheaib@phoeniciaproducts.com
Website: http://www.phoeniciagroup.com
 Products: Various foods


SACRED OLIVE ESTATES
Contact: Mr Tom Panagiotopoulos, Mrs Tessie Asfis
Tel.: +1 905 473 0000
Email: sacredolive.inc@gmail.com, thomas@sacredolive.ca, tessie@sacredolive.ca
Website: www.sacredolive.ca
Products: olive oil, olives, dried figs, cheese  


SKOTIDAKIS (Goat Farm, dairy products)
Contact: Mr John Skotidakis
Mr John Plagakis, Director jp@skotidakis.com
Δ/νση: 185 County Rd 10, St. Eugene, Ontario, K0B 1P0, Canada
Tel.: +1 613 674 3183
Fax +1 613 674 3187
E-mail: information@skotidakis.com
Website: www.skotidakis.com
Products: dips, yogurt, feta cheese (also produced in Canada)  


SCHEFFLER'S DELI
Contact: Mr Odysseas Gounalakis
Δ/νση: 93 Front st. E., Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1C3
Tel.: +1 416 364 2806
Cell: +1 416 801 2806
E-mail: odysseas74@sympatico.ca
Products: Delicatessen cheeses  

5STARSALES
Contact: Tom Kotsidis (President)
Δ/νση: 1234 King’s College Dr., Oakville, ON L6M 2T9
Τηλ.: +1 905-631-0002
Fax: +1 905-333-0003
Email: Tom@5starsales.net
Webmail: www.5starsales.net
Wholesaler / distributor of foodstuffs (including cheese)  


TRADERS ELLAS MEAT MARKET & DELI
Contact: Mr Theodore Laganas
Δ/νση: 674 Pape Avenue, Toronto M4K 3S5
Tel: +1 416.461.1211
Products: Meat, various foods, delicacies  


KOSTAS MEAT MARKET & DELI
Contact: Mr Kostas Margaronis
Δ/νση: 259 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough, ON M1R 4E4
Tel: +1 416.444.3036
Products: Meat, Greek feta, various foods, delicacies, natural cosmetics  


SERANO BAKERY
Contact: Mr Christos Takas
Δ/νση: 830 Pape Avenue, Toronto, ON M4K 3T5
Tel: +1 416.462.2735
Email: info@seranobakery.com
Website: www.seranobakery.com
Products: Various foods sold inside the pastry shop / bakery  


SELECT BAKERY
Contact: Mr Kostas Katsamakis
405 Donlands Ave, East York, ON M4J 3S2
Tel: +1 (416) 421-2400
Email: info@selectbakery.ca
Website: https://selectbakery.ca/


Retail Greek Cheese Prices in Canada Market Chains 

Indicative retail prices of Greek feta and white cheeses in Canadian chains Super Market

Company: Krinos
Product: Feta P.D.O., Product of Greece (imported by Krinos)
Packaging: airtight package 200 gr.
Pricing: $ 6.99-7.50 (Pape market Foodland supermarket, Sobeys group,
Danforth district, and Pusateri’s delicatessen chain respectively)

Company: Krinos
Product: "Sheep's Milk Feta", Product of Canada (with the mark "Proudly Canadian")
Packaging: Containers of 200 gr and 400 gr.
Pricing: $ 6.50-7.50 containers of 200 gr. and 11.50-12.50 dollars the containers 400 gr.
(Sobeys, Metro, Longo’s supermarket, Pusateri’s delicatessen chain)
Ingredients: pasteurized goat's and sheep's milk


Company: Krinos
Product: Doric Macedonian Style Feta, Product of Canada
Packaging: Container 200 gr.
Pricing: $ 5.99-6.99 (Pape market Foodland supermarket, Sobeys group,
Greek district of Danforth, and Metro supermarket respectively)
Raw material: modified milk ingredients (cow's milk)

Company: Krinos
Product: Bulgarian Style Feta, Product of Canada
Packaging: Container and airtight package 200 gr.
Pricing: $ 6.50 (Metro Supermarket)
Raw material: pasteurized cow's milk and / or milk ingredients

Company: Krinos
Product: Saganaki (yellow cheese made in Canada)
Packaging: airtight package 110 gr.
Pricing: $ 5.29 (Metro and Longos supermarkets)


Company: Arla Foods
Packaging: Container 200 gr.
Brand name: Tre Stelle, Feta
Pricing: $ 6.99-7.50 (at Metro and Longo’s supermarkets respectively)

Company: Arla Foods
Packaging: Container 200 gr.
Brand name: Apetina, Feta cubes
Pricing: $ 5.99-6.50 (at Metro and Longo’s supermarkets respectively)

Company: Silani Cheese
Brand name: Silani Feta, made in Canada
Packaging: Container 200 gr.
Pricing: $ 5.89 (Regular) and $ 5.69 (Light)

The big Canadian supermarket chains


The Canadian food market is controlled by large groups of companies that have in their portfolio from convenience stores and pharmacies to an extensive network of large
supermarkets across the country with different brands / banners and operating status. The policy of large Canadian supermarket chains includes operation of different store
networks depending on the consumer profile, the income and their area of ​​residence: the network for the high end / areas in areas higher income and the network for the
low / discount section in areas lower incomes, with significant differences from the configuration of the spaces of the store, the placement of the products on the shelf and
the operation of different, specialized departments within it, such as butcher shop, cheese factory, bakery, etc., until pricing and the products themselves and their quantity available.
The different chains that operate under the big groups have come from acquisitions of smaller and local stores, while several of them operate with franchise method.The policies
of the three largest groups are similar in structure their operation show minimal differences, having all three adopted one successful acquisition strategy of all smaller and neighborhood stores,
thus gathering around 75% of the market share.


LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED
Executive Chairman: Galen Weston Jr.
Add .: 1 President’s Choice Circle Brampton, Ontario L6Y 5S5
Tel: 905-459-2500 Fax: 905-861-2206
Website: http://www.loblaw.com/en/abt_corprof.html
It is the largest chain of supermarkets, pharmacies, and cosmetics
consumer products and its network include:
the pharmacy / cosmetics chain and convenience stores (three distinct divisions in one
space) Shopper’s Drug Mart (open 24 hours a day), acquired in 2014,
- the Discount No Frills chain, which bases its philosophy on offering only 500 basic
items / codes to the consumer at very low prices. The policy of low prices is,
as its name implies, in the reduction of the costs of placing the products in
shelves as the products are in cartons and consumers
they pack themselves. The premises of the store are more reminiscent of warehouses, however
does not affect the consumer since his main motivation is the cheap prices and the
save money by buying basic items. This chain works with
franchise method.
- the Discount Maxi chain with the same philosophy as No Frills, in the Quebec area. H
The only difference is that it is operated by the company itself.
the Fortinos chain with 23 stores strategically located in the province of Ontario
shopping malls, in areas with high population density. Philosophy of that
chain is offering a variety of ethnic products.
- T & T, the largest Asian food chain in Canada, acquired in 2009.
The company has its own private label products, with two main series, the first with
the trademark "No name", in simple packaging in yellow and black, which
includes basic products such as dairy, canned food, etc., and the second with
"President's choice" brand, in more elaborate packaging and better products
quality as well as delicatessen category.
Finally, the company has expanded into the ready-made garment sector with a chain
with the Joe Fresh brand. Her clothes are promoted as elegant and at the same time
affordable, while sold both in supermarket aisles and separately
stores. Recently, the Joe Fresh brand has been extended to children's clothing,
in linen etc.


SOBEYS Ιnc. (Member of the Empire Company)
Chairman and Managing Director: Michael Bennett Medline
Ad .: 115 King Street Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0
Tel: 902 752-8371
Website: http://www.sobeys.com
It is the second largest chain with 260 thousand stores throughout Canada.
Its network includes:
- The Sobeys Urban Fresh chain, with stores strategically located in central locations
of large cities, addressed, as the banner states, to the urban population,
employees, young professionals, students and small households of up to three people,
looking for an expected variety of reasonably priced food in the neighborhood where he lives.
Discount FreshCo Ltd, with 88 stores in Ontario.
Its difference from competing Discount chains is that it combines
quality, fresh, mostly products at low prices and in stores
with modern and functional design, while the products are placed on shelves.
- The chain IGA (Independed Grocers Alliance) and IGA Extra, which is a network of independent
food chain stores, usually

METRO Inc.
Chairman and Managing Director: Eric R. La Flèche
11 011, Boul. Maurice-Duplessis Montreal (Quebec) H1C 1V6
Tel: 514 643-1000
Website: https://www.metro.ca
It is the third largest chain of supermarkets and pharmacies. Its headquarters are located
in Montreal and its stores are located in the counties of Ontario and Quebec.
Its stores operate with various banners such as Metro (several of them
operate by the franchise method), Metro Plus, Super C, Food Basics, which
is the Discount chain, Marché Ami, Les 5 Saisons and Marché Adonis, Discount chain in
area of ​​ethnicity and specialization in Mediterranean food.
The company's network of pharmacies operates within the Metro and Food Basics with banners
Pharmacy and Drug Basics respectively.
Metro stores are located within the complexes of most of its stations
the Toronto subway, being a good solution for working consumers who
returning home they will make a stop at the supermarket for their purchases.
The basic policies of the company include rewards programs
consumers, such as the Air Miles program, which rewards Canadian purchases of 20
dollars within a week with an airline mile and works and vice versa, with
offer miles for food of a certain value.
The company's private label products have the "Selection" brand.

LONGO BROTHERS FRUIT MARKETS INC
Managing Director: Anthony Longo
Add .: 3767 Nashua Drive Mississauga ON L4V 1R3
Tel: 905-673-3099 Fax: 905-673-1065
Website: http://www.longos.com/eng/homepage.asp?flash=no
It operates mainly in the Greater Toronto Area and in the Greater Toronto Area
of Hamilton (major city in Ontario), with more than 30 stores.
It is a family business, which did not accept to be acquired by the largest
supermarket chains, and its philosophy is based on offering good quality
products to the consumer with separate and specialized sections, such as bakery, pastry shop, butcher shop, fish shop, grocery store, imported and cheeses and cold cuts,
delicatessen etc.
In addition to the above supermarket chains, large ones operate in Canada
US supermarket chains, with a significant share of sales, with
main:

COSTCO CANADA Ltd.
Chief Operating Officer: Joseph P. Portera
Add .: 415 West Hunt Club Road Ottawa, ON, K2E 1C5
Tel: 613-221-2000 Fax: 613-221-2001
Website: http://www.costco.ca/
The company has as its policy the sale of large quantities at wholesale prices in
stores-warehouses, in areas outside urban centers (due to lower prices
rent or purchase of land) but differs from its competitors in that
has literally everything, from branded clothes and fashion accessories to food and
soft drinks. Its codes are limited, about 4,000, but the quantity is a lot
large and the price is inversely proportional to it, being an incentive to increase
shopping. This sales model is very popular in both private households
as well as to retailers.
In order to be able to make their purchases at COSTCO a membership card with
annual subscription (membership-only warehouse club).
 
WAL-MART CANADA INC
Chairman and Managing Director: Lee Tappenden
Add .: 1940 Argentina Rd. Mississauga, ON L5N 1-P9
Tel: 905-821-2111 Fax: 905-821-6393
Website: http://www.walmart.ca/home
The company follows the same policy in Canada that established it as a protagonist
of supermarkets: low prices and variety of products (approximately 140 thousand codes), with distinct
supermarket sections, clothing and footwear, electronic and electrical appliances, items for
the house, stationery etc.