Who owns Elite?
Elite, a food brand from Greece, is owned by ELBISCO (Greece).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ELBISCO at a Glance, ELBISCO S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- ELBISCO S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇷 Greece, Pikermi, Attica
- Origin
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- Founded
- 1968
- Category
- Food › Bakery › Bread & buns
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Elite
Elite created the first packaged rusk in Greece in 1968 and is the brand ELBISCO builds the rest of its range around. It sells classic wheat and rye rusks, the wholegrain Vita and Status lines, melba toast, crispbread, croutons and breadcrumbs. It later moved into snacking with Elite Mediterranean Crackers, a range the company founded on the Mediterranean diet and sells in flavours including tomato and basil, oregano and feta, and carob.
Ownership timeline of Elite
Where Elite sits in ELBISCO
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ELBISCO
ELBISCO controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in bread & buns, and who owns them
The 43 brands in bread & buns on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Grupo Bimbo, with 4; ELBISCO has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Toast | AGROFERT | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Arnold | Grupo Bimbo | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Dave's Killer Bread | Flowers Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Delicados | GRUMA | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Korvbrödsbagarn | Lantmännen | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| New York Bakery | Marzetti | 🇺🇸 United States |
| L'usine | Almarai | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Harrys | Barilla | 🇮🇹 Italy |
About the owner: ELBISCO
ELBISCO is a privately held company headquartered in Pikermi, Attica, Greece. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
ELBISCO is a Greek food manufacturer based at Pikermi in Attica that makes biscuits, rusks and packaged bread under five brands: Elite, Kris Kris, Allatini, Vosinaki and Forma. It describes itself as a Greek company with fifty years in the market, says 99.5 per cent of its products are made in Greece, and runs two plants in Greece plus a plant and a mill in North Macedonia, which its own pages still call FYROM. It exports to twenty-five destinations.
🇬🇷 Elite and other Greek brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 48 brands that began in Greece. 6 of them (13%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Elite is not one of them.
- Chrysi Zymi — Vivartia 🇬🇷
- Violife — KKR 🇺🇸
- AVIN — Motor Oil Hellas 🇬🇷
- Aegean Airlines — Aegean 🇬🇷
- American Legend — Karelia 🇬🇷
- Blue Star Ferries — Attica Group 🇬🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Elite?
The parent company of Elite is ELBISCO, a privately held company headquartered in Greece.
Is Elite Greek?
Yes. Elite originated in Greece in 1968 and its owner, ELBISCO, is also headquartered in Greece.
Is Elite still owned by ELBISCO?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Elite is still owned by ELBISCO. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] ELBISCO at a Glance — ELBISCO S.A., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] ELBISCO — Elite — ELBISCO S.A., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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