| 词条 | Krinos Foods |
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| name = Krinos Foods | type = Private | company_slogan = | foundation = 1958[1] or 1985[2] | location = New York, New York | key_people = | num_employees = | industry = | products = Greek food | revenue = | homepage = 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] Products and historyKrinos 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] LogoThe company logo features a letter "K" formed by two green olive leaves against a brown stem.[21] References1. ^"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. 2. ^1 2 Company Overview of Krinos Foods, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved October 22, 2012. 3. ^1 2 3 "Not-So-Extra-Virgin Olive Oil", Good Morning America, ABC News, July 29, 2005. 4. ^"the country's largest distributor of Greek foods", Florence Fabricant, [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/14/garden/food-notes-814008.html "Food Notes"], The New York Times, August 14, 1996. 5. ^"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. 6. ^1 2 "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. 7. ^City scores another food manufacturer for the Bronx, The Real Deal, September 10, 2012. 8. ^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. 9. ^About Us, Krinos Foods, retrieved October 22, 2012. 10. ^1 Matt Richtel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/business/businessspecial3/07cutoff.html?_r=0 "Conservation at the Touch of a Button "], The New York Times, November 7, 2007. 11. ^"Krinos is the most widely available phyllo", Barb Holland, [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427423241.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+31%2C+1999&author=Barb+Holland&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=This+versatile%2C+flaky%2C+multi-layered+pastry+can+be+used+to+make+everything+from+pizza+to+samosas&pqatl=google "This versatile, flaky, multi-layered pastry can be used to make everything from pizza to samosas"], Toronto Star, March 31, 1999 (payment required) 12. ^"Mythos beer", Cheers, May 1, 2000 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160409140933/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62408909.html Online] at Highbeam, subscription required). 13. ^Florence Fabricant, [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/30/garden/snails-and-pastries-from-an-ambassador-of-cretan-cuisine.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "Snails and Pastries From an Ambassador of Cretan Cuisine"], The New York Times, September 30, 1992. 14. ^"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). 15. ^Associated Press, [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/28/nyregion/importer-pleads-guilty-in-tainted-cheese-plot.html "Importer Pleads Guilty In Tainted Cheese Plot"], The New York Times, June 28, 1988. 16. ^Frances Ann Burns, United Press International, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S5FPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o1EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3981,7996668&dq=krinos+foods&hl=en "Importer admits to shipping bad cheese"], The Bryan Times, June 28, 1988, p. 2. 17. ^[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/92467920.html?dids=92467920:92467920&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+12%2C+1988&author=The+Morning+Call&pub=Morning+Call&desc=MAN+GETS+2+YEARS+IN+JAIL+FOR+IMPORTING+CONTAMINATED+CHEESE&pqatl=google "Man Gets 2 Years in Jail for Importing Contaminated Cheese"], The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), September 12, 1988. 18. ^1 Amy Klein, "Feds put lid on bogus olive oil: Agents raid warehouse, seize 22,700 gallons", Bergen County Record, February 10, 2006 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140611070658/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-128069052.html Online] at Highbeam, subscription required). 19. ^1 "Adulterated olive oil seized in New Jersey", The Food Institute Report, February 13, 2006 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140611070656/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-144667234.html Online] at Highbeam, subscription required). 20. ^"Mergers & acquisitions", The Food Institute Report, June 7, 2004 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160413115853/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120184653.html Online] at Highbeam, subscription required.) 21. ^Krinos registration of logo in monochrome with and without remaining letters of the name, circa 1981, with list of products, at Trademarkia. 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