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 To have a better understanding in the results analysis, there is some general information and a brief overview of the companies, with all the information obtained from the interviews. There is a wide range of food,dairy, alcohol, and beverage companies across Greece. For many reasons,the anonymity of the companies will be given with names from A-H. Company A Company A is an olive oil company based in the island of Crete. Its product range is various, with excellent quality of virgin olive and balsamic oil within different olive oil variety, ranks the company as great in the olive oil product range. Although is a cooperative medium enterprise it has a lot of European awards and participations in many awards, based on a tremendous competitive advantage in innovative packaging as well as the practices of the company revolve around the high quality of the final product, including in its taste and its high nutritional value.It has a presence in some European countries including Germany, Holland, and Belgium. Company B Company B is a cooperative spaghetti company in Northern Greece. The company offers a range of different kind of spaghetti including gluten free oat pasta and bio-based spaghetti. In this company 40% of its products are exportable in many countries including Germany and Italy. It has about 90 employees and in the next five years the company has a will in being national wide and export its products to a larger percentage of countries worldwide. Company C Company Cis a company which produces dairy products, especially milk yoghurt and butter. It has a 70-year history and offers a variety of products including Greek cheese named feta and has a big presence in more than 20 countries, where has been exporting a large scale of its products. It is considered as a medium SME with 75 employees and its export range is in Europe as well as in Canada. Company D Company D is an alcohol and beverage company based in wine production. Its headquarters are in Northern Greece, and it has approximately 65 employees. The product range of wine and bio-based wine from organically grown grapes as well as a big variety of products including red, white, rose in semisweet and dry ones is one of the company’s assets in the market. It exports in many countriesespecially in countries where many Greek citizens live, including Canada and USA. Company E Company E is an alcohol company, which produces natural Greek spirits such as ouzo and Greek cognac and is based in Thessaly, where there is a special reputation about traditional Greek spirits. It has about 80 employees and considered as a well-known company, despite of the fact that it has started exports in 2008.The company is basically exporting in the Balkan countries and its big target is to earn a position in the European market for the next 10 years.  Company F Company F is a beverage medium enterprise which produces juices and refreshments and is based in Western Greece. Its exportsare 10% of the overall production but in about 26 countries including European ones, as well as USA, Panama, New Zealand, and Russia. The goal of the company is to increase and double its export for the next few years. Company G Company G is specializing in juices. It was invented in 2010 with a lot of cooperative businesses joining in a new joint venture. Its headquarters are in South Peloponnese and supports many types of juices made by Greek fruits.It has approximately 148 employees and its products the latest years are exported in more than 40 countries including Eastern European countries, USA,and East Asian ones. For the next few years, the company mentioned that they are going to be more sustainable, in using bio-based fertilizers for its producers.  Company H Company Hoperates in sales of herbal tea and other botanic herbs including aloe vera and bio aromatic herbs which are scientifically tested that help in detoxification and have beneficial and therapeutic effects. The demand of these herbs, such as saffron is increasing the latest years and the company has a prospect for the future. It is considered as a small company with less than 50 employees (approximately 31), but its export range is very high the last 7 years. Their products are being exported basically in Australia, USA, Germany, France, and Canada. 
The Greece Food and Dairy Association (GDA) has released a data analytic review of the market of Greek food, dairy, alcohol, and beverage. The data analytic review includes the number of cooperative medium and large-scale businesses, their product range, and their exports. The company's main focus is on the fact that the number of cooperative medium and large-scale businesses has increased and the number of cooperative medium and large-scale businesses has also significantly reduce.