Papadopoulos ( el, Παπαδοπουλος) is a Greek food company mostly known for its biscuits. The company was founded in 1922 in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

, but it has its origins in 1916

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

with Evangelos Papadopoulos and his family. Their motto () translates to 'A world of taste and care'. Angelos (Evangelos) Papadopoulos received financial support to buy the family`s first van from George Rockas father of

Angelique Rockas Angelique Rockas is an actress, producer and activist. Rockas founded the theatre company Internationalist Theatre in the UK with her patron Athol Fugard. The theatre featured multi-racial casts in classical plays. Early life Rockas was born a ...

who not only loaned Angelos money to buy the family`s first business van , but at the same time also offering him employment as his acting agent in Greece in managing the Rockas property portfolio. The company currently maintains four factories (

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

and

Oinofyta Oinofyta (Greek: Οινόφυτα) is a village and former municipality in eastern Boeotia, Greece. Following the local government reform of 2011 it is now part of the municipality of Tanagra, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit ha ...

). Papadopoulos exports to 40 countries and is honoured with various Greek and international awards.

References

External links

Official Website
Food and drink companies of Greece Greek brands Manufacturing companies based in Athens {{Greece-company-stub