Why Choose Us — Cardassilaris Food Broker

A WORD FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Welcome and thank you for visiting the website of the Cardassilaris Family. I am Constantinos Cardassilaris, the CHAIRMAN of the Cardassilaris Family.

As the newest company to help propel the Cardassilaris name into the twenty-first century and beyond, it is our mission to continue to provide you with the best dried fruit and nuts available in the industry.

As a leading brokerage with a family legacy of 160 years in the industry, we’re proud to say that the Cardassilaris name continues to shine and impress both buyers and sellers from all around the world involved in the dried fruit and nut industry.

Following the Cardassilaris tradition of ensuring that the highest quality products reach their intended audience, we’re in the process of establishing our first flagship nuts and coffee store in Athens, Greece.

The store brings together two aspects of the Cardassilaris legacy: dried fruits and nuts and the modern era. We look forward to incorporating state-of-the-art preservation techniques to ensure that the freshness of our products isn’t compromised.

The Cardassilaris name is deeply rooted in the dried fruit and nut industry. The original Cardassilaris Bros started in 1862 in the island of Chios by Dimitris Cardassilaris. Over the past 160 years, the company has taken various names. Passing on from Dimitris to his son Nikolis to his son Constantinos to John and finally to me, Constantinos.

It is therefore my responsibility to ensure that I propel the family name into the twenty-first century with ideas that capture the essence of our history and integrity.

At the Cardassilaris Family, we’re proud to present products with as little chemical additives as possible. That’s why we’re willing to go the extra mile to ensure that all our products reach your home at optimal freshness without compromising on profits.

The values possessed at the Cardassilaris Family are evident in our day-to-day activities. We are an equal opportunity employer and we are happy to offer a fair, safe and healthy workplace environment.

The Cardassilaris business model is a proven platform for success, and the Cardassilaris Family is adamant about replicating and bettering this format. As the founder, I believe that to continue with this successful business model, we must create an ideal balance between the Cardassilaris history and modern technologies available to us.

I have always believed that consciousness is a virtue when it comes to defining and communicating a corporation’s vision and goals.

That is why we have created a newsletter to help our audience understand market conditions and make business decisions that will facilitate success.

As the dried fruit and nuts industry continues to evolve, I particularly hope to see a larger presence of women in the workforce from working to managerial positions to help us achieve further equality in the workplace.
Furthermore, the implementation of eco-friendly and renewable sources of energy across factories and workplaces is also necessary, and I call upon my colleagues in the industry to help further this initiative to make the dried fruit and nuts industry as sustainable as possible.

The Cardassilaris Family understands the importance of sustainability in this day and age, and so we urge market leaders to completely eliminate plastic packaging, and move towards more sustainable methods.

The dried fruit and nuts industry, like many foodstuff industries, is subject to child labour and deplorable conditions. It is, therefore, our responsibility to spread awareness and help and empower producers by implementing higher accountability standards.

Lastly, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dried fruit and nuts industry in particular, has realized that there are many more environmentally friendly ways to conduct business.

For the protection of our colleagues, friends and family, we recognize that this new hybrid method of working is economical for both businesses and the environment. Therefore, even after this pandemic, we must continue to operate this way since it helps to reduce office space and promote the remote business model.

As a dried fruit and nut brokerage leader, we understand the need to change with time. I believe that the pandemic has led to us tapping into an interesting business opportunity that will definitely help our planet and help reduce our ecological footprint.

You can learn more about our company’s ideology and mission by exploring our website. I am sure that you will understand why we love what we do.

Sincerely,

Constantinos Cardassilaris

CHAIRMAN,

Cardassilaris Family

CONSTANTINOS RESUME

As co-founder of the Cardassilaris Family, Constantinos brings years of experience and industry insights to the table. His very first interaction with nuts and dried fruits was when he was five years old, and his father took him to the family business, Cardico's factory. Growing up, he was exposed to the day-to-day functions and happenings at the various factories and workshops that came under Cardico SA.
Having a deep understanding of how the nuts and dried fruit industry works, he has been able to juggle various roles across different departments. During his time at Cardico SA, he assumed management roles in the production, logistics, quality assurance, imports and exports, as well as sales & purchase departments.
Active in the financial restructuring of his family business, Constantinos possesses the necessary professional and people skills required in the industry to make the right calculated risks to ensure success.
This experience helped him develop a natural intuition and keen eye on determining what kind of product deals must be made at the appropriate time, as well as predict market conditions based on past experiences and historical development of the market.
The experience from both his childhood and professional years have helped Constantinos understand the industry completely. With accurate knowledge of nuts, dried fruits and seeds, he is able to determine their strengths and weaknesses, as well as understand how crop and weather conditions can affect their consumption values.
He thoroughly understands the European market, and how regulatory changes can affect consumer behaviours, as well as the interconnectivity between the shipping and the dried fruit and nut industries.
Constantinos has served in the Greek military and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing & Management from the American College of Greece, Deree college. He enjoys music, having tried his hand at DJing, as well as literature, cinema, and photography.
By the end of 2022, he aims to establish the Cardassilaris Family flagship coffee and nuts store, once again revolutionising the traditional setting of these markets, something for which the Cardassilaris name is famous for.