- CEO
- Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Address
- Nicosia Cyprus
- IPO Date
- Mar 26, 2001
- Business
- Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits) Public Ltd. is a Cyprus-based fast-moving consumer goods company primarily engaged in the manufacturing, importation, marketing, and distribution of biscuits, savory snacks, confectionery, and ambient food products. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Kokkinotrimithia, Nicosia, Cyprus, the company operates across manufacturing and commercial trading divisions. Its core product portfolio comprises sweet, semi-sweet, and savory biscuits, including Morning Coffee, Petit Beurre, Marie, cream crackers, digestive biscuits, and cream-filled sandwich biscuits; chocolate-coated and plain wafers; savory snacks, potato crisps, extruded corn snacks, popcorn, pretzels, and roasted nuts marketed under the Handy Snacks brand; confectionery items, including chocolates, pralines, chocolate spreads, and sweet bakery treats; breakfast cereals, muesli, and whole-grain cereal bars; and third-party imported food and consumer goods distributed through its agency operations. The company distributes its products to supermarkets, grocery chains, hypermarkets, convenience stores, wholesalers, and food service operators across Cyprus, while maintaining export operations to regional markets in Europe and the Middle East. In recent developments, the company has executed operational and strategic modernizations, including investments in high-efficiency automated production and packaging machinery at its Kokkinotrimithia manufacturing complex; the integration of commercial rooftop photovoltaic solar systems to enhance operational sustainability and manage industrial energy costs; the introduction of health-focused product line extensions featuring lower-sugar, high-fiber, and functional ingredients; and the expansion of its commercial representation portfolio with new international fast-moving consumer goods brand agency agreements.