From 1930 to present, Greek traditional recipes are passing from hand to hand through three generations. Throughout the years, DEAR GREECE managed to travel the world, offering pleasant tasting moments. Our tantalizingly flavored treats are made with pure local ingredients, love and skill in order to continue passing the tradition of our ancestors.
Dear Greece
Vision
Always be our customer’s first choice.
Mission
Our mission is to produce with simple, sustainable and flexible procedures our high quality unique products and fulfill the expectations of our customers all over the world.
Our Values
- Passion
- Integrity
- Empathy
- Collaboration
- Flexibility
- Environmental responsibility
- are the Values leading our activities
Important Dates
1930
At the beginning of the 20th century (1930) - Alcibiades - a refugee confectioner from Constantinople, settled in Sitia, Crete. In the café-patisserie, he opened in the centre of the city, locals and visitors of the island found unique sweets and ice creams made with exquisite pure raw materials. The "Constantinople recipes" combined with the traditional Cretan ones created an unparalleled marriage of flavours.
1956
In 1956, Alcibiades’s son, Fokionas, retaining the products’ traditional character launched the first standardisation making them available outside the city limits of Sitia.
1985
In 1985 the baton passed onto the third generation of the family. The two brothers - Alcibiades and Christophoros - along with their passion for pastry and their love of tradition, continued with their passion and vision. All products for decades have been made with the utmost persistence for high quality, traditional recipes and pure raw materials, mainly sourced from the fertile Cretan land, combined with the endless taste of people who continue the tradition of Cretan nutrition.
2018
In 2018 the two brothers Alcibiades and Christophoros collaborated with brothers Alexandros and Manos, creating DEAR GREECE and built a new modern Production Facility in Peania for the production and promotion of Cookie products worldwide, promoting at the same time dynamic continuity as the one and only way to advance the growth of the company.
Our Facilities
In August 2019 Production of our Cookies started at our new Factory in Peania. Continuous and carefully planned investments in the modernization of facilities and equipment are absolutely essential to improve the competitiveness of the business. Thus, the company invests both in the refurbishment of its building and engineering infrastructure and in the training of its people in optimizing the processes.