The President of EDOTOKK, Mr. Athanasios Kasidis, delivered a greeting at the conference “Food Industry 360°: Meat, Dairy & Fish”, held in Thessaloniki on 18 October 2026 as part of LOGISTICS EXPO and TRUCK & VAN EXPO. His address focused on “The Modern Butcher Shop & the Customer Experience”.
At the heart of his address were support for Greek livestock farming, transparency in the origin of meat, and the personal relationship between the butcher and the consumer. Particular emphasis was placed on education and on attracting young people to the profession.
Among other things, Mr. Kasidis stated:
“A butcher shop is not simply a store that sells meat. It is the point where the farmer’s hard work, through the butcher’s knowledge and skilled hands, reaches a family’s table. And when the neighbourhood butcher shop is alive, modern and trustworthy, we all win: the customer, the butcher and the Greek livestock farmer.
I say this as someone who starts every day at the farm and the slaughterhouse: all our work, months and months of it, is judged in a single minute, at the counter.
That is why EDOTOKK wants the butcher at its side. So that together we can support Greek livestock farming, protect trust, and bring new people into the profession.”
Athanasios Kasidis, President of EDOTOKK
By taking part in the conference, EDOTOKK underlined that the meat chain is one: from the farm and the slaughterhouse to the butcher’s counter, consumer trust is built by every link together.