BARBA STATHIS showed an increase in its socioeconomic footprint in 2023 compared to 2019, according to data recorded in a relevant study carried out under the scientific supervision of the Socio-economic and Environmental Sustainability Research Laboratory (ReSEEs) of the Athens University of Economics and Business.
In particular, the company’s contribution to GDP increased by 46%, while in terms of its contribution to National Income and Employment, the company recorded an increase of 48% and 33%, respectively.
The total contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over a period of five years (2019 -2023) is estimated at 507 million euros and for the same period the company’s total effect on public revenue, through taxes and contributions resulting from its activity, are estimated at 118 million euros.
For each direct position, three more are supported
The company’s contribution to domestic employment is particularly important, as for every direct job offered by BARBA STATHIS, three additional jobs in the Greek economy are supported. In particular, the average annual direct impact on employment for the period 2019-2023 is estimated at 570 jobs, constituting 3% on average of the workforce employed in the fruit and vegetable sector during the specific period.
More than 600 employees
The company has 2 production units and employs more than 600 workers, the majority of whom work at the company’s central facilities in Thessaloniki. BARBA STATHIS, with a turnover of 108.8 million euros in 2023 and investments of 7.7 million euros in the same period, cooperates with more than 1,400 suppliers and annually exports more than 4,000 tons of products to 22 countries around of the world. The company’s vegetables are grown by hundreds of Greek producers on 30,000 stremmas of fertile Greek land, applying sustainable agricultural practices.
BARBA STATHIS continuously supports the national primary sector, through the Contract Agriculture program, the supply of propagation material to its collaborating producers, its financial support, but also through training and the transfer of know-how, especially in the field of adopting new technologies and farming practices to promote sustainable agriculture and combat climate change.