The Dairy

The Yannakis cheese factory is located in the south-east side of Cephalonia, 40km from Argostoli, the capital of the island, and just 5km from the port of Poros. It is the oldest on the island, founded in 1928 by John Yannakis, and the first that started exporting feta cheese to Canada in the 1960s. The main products were feta cheese, Kefalotiri, Prentza, Mizithra and Stoumpa (Giza). In the 1970s the youngest son, Dionisis, undertook the directorship of the cheese factory and showed the same zeal and passion for making pure and tasty cheeses — products that whoever tastes them will surely rank among the best. Today the third generation, Yannis and Nikos, continues the work. Nikos graduated from the Dairy School of Ioannina in 2002, adding expertise and know-how to the family's experience and upgrading both the products and the kinds of cheeses produced. In 2003, Gruyere and Kefalograviera were added to the catalogue. We keep the same traditional way of producing cheese while modernizing our facilities and equipment, creating a modern traditional cheese factory with privately owned refrigerator chambers for preserving the products and refrigerator trucks for transporting them to our customers.