ΜΕΒΓΑΛ

Employee size

501-1,000

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Bayside, NY

Founded

1950

Founded in Koufalia in 1950 by Konstantinos Chatzakos, ΜΕΒΓΑΛ is a Greek dairy manufacturer producing milk, yogurt and cheese for the domestic market and exports. The family company still has the Chatzakos family in its leadership, drawing fresh milk from 54 farms in Central Macedonia and moving it to the factory within about an hour. ΜΕΒΓΑΛ has exported Greek yogurt and cheeses since 1985 and now reaches 30 countries, while its long-running “No Child Without Milk” program provides more than 300 servings of milk each day to children in care structures across Greece.

• Yiamas Dairy Farms LLCYiamas Dairy Farms makes traditional Greek yogurt in the United States using 100% fresh milk and a family recipe brought over from Greece. Kostas, a third-generation Greek dairy family owner, drew on more than 65 years of his family’s experience in the Greek market and his grandfather’s original recipe to create Yiamas. The company uses milk selected from local farms and supplies its yogurt to restaurants, hotels, caterers, and homes.BAYSIDE, NY
• FAGE International S.AFAGE International makes strained Greek yoghurt and other dairy products, carrying a family recipe from a small Athens dairy shop into kitchens around the world. Founded by the Filippou family in 1926, the company remains family-owned, with the third generation now producing FAGE in upstate New York as well as Greece. Its yoghurt is built around milk, live active cultures and a notably thick, creamy texture, with natural-ingredient and lactose-free options available.JOHNSTOWN, NY
• Greek Mountain Dairy LLCFour generations of the Fantis family have preserved cheese-making traditions brought from Greece, with roots reaching back to the late 1800s. Based in Goshen, New York, Greek Mountain Dairy applies that time-honored heritage to its locally made feta in a modern production facility.GOSHEN, NY
• FAGE USA Dairy Industry, IncFAGE USA Dairy Industry, Inc. makes dairy products, including Greek strained yogurt, in upstate New York. The FAGE family opened its first dairy shop in Athens, Greece, in 1926, and the company says the third generation began making FAGE in New York in the 2000s. Still family-owned, FAGE describes its yogurt as made with milk and live active cultures.JOHNSTOWN, NY