ABOUT US
Karastergiou Bros was founded in 1986 in its current,
however, its founder was dealing with fruits & vegetables
wholesale trade since the late 1964.
At first, the company’s main activity was to supply Kozani’s local market with fruits & vegetables from all over Greece. Since 1993, the company inaugurated its own refrigerated facility in Kozani, and it did not stop evolving ever since.
Firstly with apples and citrus fruits, now with pears, kiwi and stone fruits, Karastergiou Bros has been steadily specializing in the above products, establishing long-term partnerships with quality-focused producers, gaining valuable experience in storing and packing of those fruits, in order to achieve the highest quality.
During the past decade, we at Karastergiou Bros have laid the foundation in order to focus in exporting high quality Greek produce, expanding our storage capacity and renewing our refrigerating and sorting equipment with state of the art units.
TIMELINE
Karastergiou Bros is founded in Kozani, with a mission to serve the local market with fruits & vegetables
Acquisition of a packing house for citrus in southern Greece
Inauguration of its own refrigerating facilities in Kozani
Expansion of its refrigerated acreage to a total of 1.800 m² with 3 new ULO chambers
Opening of the company’s branch at the wholesale market of Thessaloniki
Renovation of the facilities’ refrigerating equipment
Expansion of its covered space with a new building, in which operates a state of the art packing line
VISION
Our vision is to serve Greece’s finest fruits worldwide, and we aim to accomplish it with attention to detail, close cooperation with every single customer in order to ensure that we deliver what they need, and continuous evolution in terms of varieties, equipment and employee’s education.
VALUES
- Environment friendly techniques and facilities
- Devoted and passionate employees and customers
- Year round orchard monitoring
- Certified collecting, storing and packaging procedures
- Advanced traceability of our products
- Fair Trade strategies & treatment of partners
- Willingness for new partnerships
- R&D to improve the quality of our products
NUMBER LOADERS
13
Export countries
3000
Tons of fruit per year
2500
m2 refrigerated surface
8
State-of-the-art cooling chambers
CERTIFICATIONS
Karastergiou Bros is well-known for the quality of its products, working closely with its team of producers all year round, in order to ensure the highest possible quality of the fruits.
In the meantime, the company implements the strict protocol of ISO 22000:2018 in all its operations and procedures, while more certifications follow soon therefore our clients and eventually the consumer, will be reassured that our products are treated safely.
