The Cedar's Story
It all began with an idea and a passion during the mid 1980’s in the Merrimack Valley, about 35 miles north of Boston. Founder Abe Hanna’s passion was for Mediterranean foods. His idea was to put these healthy and great tasting foods into the mouths of everyday American people. Noticing the lack of Mediterranean foods in local grocery stores, the Cedar’s family knew it had a mission to fulfill.
In no time, Hommus and Taboule Salad under the Cedar’s brand could be found in grocery stores across New England. Cedar’s became the first manufacturer to self distribute Mediterranean Foods. During the 1990’s, Abe’s son, Charlie Hanna, continued the Cedar’s tradition as diet trends skyrocketed amongst American consumers. Soon thereafter, Charlie’s childhood best friend, Steve Tsakirellis, joined the Cedar’s family. As the demand for healthy, great tasting Mediterranean foods grew, Cedar’s began to infuse different flavors into its Hommus to satisfy the tastes of its newest fans.
Today, Cedar’s can be found from coast to coast, and everywhere in between. What began as a local success is now America’s Best Tasting Hommus. Owners, Charlie and Steve, have taken the Cedar’s family success to a new level, bringing together the many tastes of the Mediterranean. With a brand new 100,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility, Cedar’s has expanded from Hommus to many other new product lines, including an array of Fresh Mediterranean Salads, Salsa, Pita Chips, Feta Spreads, Mediterranean Sweets, Spinach Dips, and Tzatziki Greek Strained Yogurt Dips. By late 2008, the Cedar’s family grew with the addition of Steve’s daughter, Aimee Tsakirellis, taking on the role of Director of Marketing to spread the Cedar’s tradition.
The Cedar’s family believes in creating extraordinary products, and searches the world for only the finest ingredients in order to bring you world class taste. To provide consumers with the most authentic taste of the Mediterranean, Cedar’s established a facility on the Greek Island of Lesvos. Here on Lesvos Island, Cedar’s produces authentic Greek Strained Yogurt for its many dips, including Tzatziki and Feta Spread.
Because of Cedar’s commitment to high quality Mediterranean foods, our family has chefs on-site. These chefs, as part of the Cedar’s family, are dedicated to fulfilling customized requests. There is no such thing as impossible in the Cedar’s kitchen. Our chefs will search every village in all corners of the world to find the best recipe and most unique ingredients for the perfect product. Quick decisions and teamwork lead to the development of high-quality, fast results. There is no limit to what our chefs can accomplish.
Cedar’s prides itself on its devotion to its loyal consumers. With their support, Cedar’s has been continually producing Mediterranean foods of only the highest quality. Every product is made with the same original passion for Mediterranean foods as in the 1980’s. Our goal at Cedar’s is to promote a healthy lifestyle through healthy eating, without sacrificing taste and quality.
On the behalf of the whole Cedar’s family, we would like to share the Cedar’s Mediterranean tradition from our family’s kitchen to your family’s table. As our family continues to grow, the Mediterranean tradition lives on…
Explore the taste of the Mediterranean with Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods. Eat it. Share it. Live it. Love it.
