Stohos Foods

What Stohos Foods does

Stohos Foods is a privately-held Greek food production company founded in 1981 by Christos Leontzinis and headquartered at a 4,500 m² manufacturing facility in the Industrial Park of Lakkoma, Chalkidiki. The company operates across three product categories: Raw Products (gyros, souvlaki, kebabs, soutzoukakia, burgers/patties, breaded chicken, traditional Greek meats like kokoretsi), Cooked/Grilled Products (sous vide range including spare ribs, pulled pork, ossobuco, pork shanks, kofta), and Baked Pastry Goods (Greek pita bread, burger buns, sub sandwich/panini rolls, pizza bases). Core processing technology includes IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) freezing, satellite temperature monitoring, certified metal detection on every production line, and a proprietary multi-tier traceability system tracking each kilogram from raw material receipt to customer delivery. The company holds BRC and IFS food safety certifications continuously since 2009, supported by 1,684 temperature tests per 24 hours and 1,251 microbiological tests per production line annually.

The business model is wholesale B2B food service distribution with no public pricing. In Greece, the company sells through a 12-member direct sales force conducting door-to-door visits to butcher shops, gyros shops, grill restaurants (psistaria), burger stores, bakeries, hotels, and catering companies, supported by an Athens branch (established 2001) and Thessaloniki warehouses (7,500 pallets, constructed 2015). Internationally, products are exported through local distribution partners across 18 European countries including Italy, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and multiple Eastern and Northern European markets. The company participates in major industry exhibitions (Food Expo Athens, Anuga Germany) and operates a B2B loyalty program (Club Stohos). It is family-owned with Leonidas (Tasos) Kaitatzis serving as Commercial Director, currently employs 51-100 people, and maintains sub-brands including ORNIS (chicken line, launched 2007) and concept catalogues (Gyradiko, Burger Maestro, Chick o' Bucket, Animal Fries, Meze, Fried Chicken, Greek Street Food).

Name

Stohos Foods

Legal name

«ΣΤΟΧΟΣ» ΛΕΟΝΤΖΙΝΗ Ι. Α. Ε. ΚΡΕΑΤΩΝ

Website

https://stohos-foods.gr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Stohos Foods is a Greek B2B food manufacturer (founded 1981) producing raw and grilled meat products and baked pastry goods for food service operators across Greece and 18 European countries, with BRC/IFS-certified facilities in Lakkoma, Chalkidiki.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Prepared Meat and Bakery Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311), Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing (311412), Other Food Manufacturing (3119)

SIC

Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic & international prepared meals manufacturing (AFAKAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ethnic/Regional Prepared Meat & Seafood Meals (e.g., Asian, Latin, Mediterranean) (AFANAFAJ), Frozen prepared meals & entrées manufacturing (AFAKAHAA), Prepared Meat Meals (RTE/RTH) (AFANAFAA)

Keywords

• Meat processing products
• Prepared meat foods
• Baked pastry goods
• Food service distribution
• Gyros and souvlaki

Headquarters

HQ city

Taxiárkhis

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. B2B Food Service Distribution: Wholesale distribution of prepared and raw meat products to food service businesses including restaurants, butcher shops, hotels, and catering companies. Sales conducted through direct sales force and regional distributors.
2. International Export: Export of meat products to international markets across Europe. Products distributed through local partners and distributors in countries including Italy, Germany, Belgium, and other EU nations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stohos Foods is a Greek food manufacturer that produces and supplies raw and cooked/grilled meat products and baked pastry goods to the food service industry. Its product range includes pork and chicken gyros, souvlaki, kebabs, soutzoukakia, burgers, breaded chicken, kokoretsi, sous vide cooked meats, Greek pita bread, burger buns, and pizza bases. Customers are primarily Greek and European food service operators including gyros shops, grill restaurants, burger joints, hotels, bakeries, catering companies, and snack establishments.

Product overview

Stohos Foods is a Greek meat processing and prepared foods company established in 1981, operating as a single unified product portfolio organized across three main product categories: (1) Raw Products encompassing gyros (pork, chicken, beef in various styles including Traditional, Nisiotis, Salonikios, Mediterranean, Mustard, East Doner, and Iskender), souvlaki (pork, chicken in multiple cuts and sizes), kebabs (various sizes from 95g to 145g including Adana), soutzoukakia (Greek meatballs in 50g-80g sizes), patties/burgers (rustic, Real Burger, New York, Smashed, Greek EL, and stuffed varieties ranging 60g-300g), breaded chicken (schnitzel, nuggets, fillets, Cordon Bleu, sesame fingers), and traditional Greek meats (kokoretsi, kontosouvli, kleftiko); (2) Cooked/Grilled Products including pre-cooked gyros slices, grilled souvlaki, cooked meatballs, and Sous Vide products (spare ribs, pulled pork, ossobuco, pork shanks, kofta, pork bites); (3) Baked Pastry Goods including Greek pita bread (10cm-21cm diameters with corn and square varieties), burger buns (hand-kneaded, potato, brioche in various sizes), sub sandwich rolls, panini, and Italian pizza bases. The company also offers branded concept catalogues including Gyradiko, Chick o' Bucket, Animal Fries, Bakery Hot Corner, Burger Maestro, Meze, Fried Chicken, Greek Street Food, and Burgers Powerhouse for different food service channel concepts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ORNIS: Chicken products brand under which a complete range of chicken products is marketed.

Products and services

• Pork Gyros (Traditional, Nisiotis, Salonikios variants)

Quantifiable outcome

• 35% decrease in cooking losses
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tönnies: Germany's largest meat processor producing pork, beef, and sausage products for retail and foodservice across Europe. Broad incumbent competitor with substantially greater scale, multi-site production, and EU-wide retail relationships that Stohos competes against for foodservice contracts.
• Minerva Foods: South American beef and prepared foods company with significant foodservice and further-processed protein operations across Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. Broad incumbent competing for hamburger patty, kebab, and value-added beef contracts with European foodservice buyers.
• Tyson Foods: US-headquartered global meat processor with prepared/further-processed chicken, beef, and pork products for retail and foodservice worldwide. Broad incumbent whose prepared and value-added protein lines compete for the same QSR and foodservice category buyers.
• JBS: Global meat processing giant with prepared foods, value-added proteins, and branded products across beef, pork, poultry, and lamb. Broad incumbent competing for the same foodservice protein budgets as Stohos across European and global markets.
• 2 Sisters Food Group: UK-based large-scale prepared food and meat processor supplying major grocers and foodservice operators across Europe. Comparable as a multi-category prepared foods manufacturer with established retailer relationships that compete with Stohos for European private-label and foodservice volume.

Regional players

• Pini Group: Italian halal meat processor producing kebab, gyros-style, and burger products for European foodservice and quick-service restaurants. Direct comparable in Mediterranean-style prepared meat for gyros/doner shops, with similar product forms and foodservice channel focus but serving primarily from Italy.
• Sigma Food Industry: Greek frozen food manufacturer producing prepared meals, frozen vegetables, and ready-to-eat products for Greek retail and foodservice. Regional comparable with overlapping frozen prepared food capabilities and Greek market presence, complementing Stohos's IQF and frozen ready-meat lines.

Direct peers

• Creta Farm: Greek vertically integrated meat and dairy producer serving Greek retail and foodservice with prepared meats, cold cuts, and ready-to-eat products. Comparable as a Greek-headquartered prepared-meat manufacturer with overlapping foodservice distribution and export footprint.
• Keystone Foods: Global foodservice protein specialist supplying beef, chicken, and further-processed products to leading QSR chains. Direct comparable in the foodservice meat supplier category with value-added products (formed patties, breaded chicken) that overlap with Stohos's Burger Maestro and Fried Chicken concepts.
• Nikas: Greek meat processing company producing cooked and raw meat products (sausages, deli meats, hams) for foodservice and retail across Greece and export markets. Direct peer with overlapping product portfolio in prepared meats and similar B2B foodservice customer base in the Greek market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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