Taste of Crete Partners with European Imports, Ltd.

Taste of Crete Partners with European Imports Ltd. at the San Francisco Fancy Food Show January 18-20, 2009

European Imports Ltd, a leading specialty food distributor, recently added Taste of Crete lines to their roster of gourmet and imported specialty food products.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- (PRWEB) – January 12, 2009 – Taste of Crete is now represented by European Imports Ltd. Taste of Crete is the exclusive importer for a number of leading Greek artisanal specialty food brands, such as Taste of Crete, Biolea, and Anydros. Many of their products have won awards or been featured in leading publications, such as Biolea stone ground organic olive oil ranking in the top five ”must haves” for Food & Wine Magazine. Taste of Crete will be with European Imports in booth 3707 at the San Francisco Fancy Food Show Jan 18-20th.

Trish Pohanka, Director of Purchasing, states “We are impressed by the high quality, variety, and authenticity of the Greek artisanal specialty food products carried by Taste of Crete. They are a great addition to our roster of companies, and we are excited to share these exciting new products with our customers. We believe there is increased interest in Greek foods and the timing is right to expand our offerings”

Esther Luongo Psarakis, founder and owner of Taste of Crete, will be at the Fancy Food show, along with her colleague, Marcela Zuchovicki, CFO. “Our company is extremely excited to be at the show with European Imports. We look forward to a successful show as well as to a long and expanding partnership with European Imports.” 

Taste of Crete is an import company with a strong focus on supporting artisan and agricultural cooperatives in Greece. Their award winning products are sold in leading natural and gourmet specialty stores. In 2008, Esther Luongo Psarakis was a winner of the Sam’s Club Emerging Women Entrepreneur’s Award. In 2007, she was a finalist in American Express’ Make Mine a Million Business Program for Women Entrepreneurs, as well as the winner of the 2007 Small Business Vitality Award from the Somerset Business Partnership.