Kronos Gyros Gives Freebies All Over Chicago

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Everyone loves free food, and if you live in Chicago you can get a free gyro from Kronos Gyros today. Just head to www.kronosproducts.com to print out a coupon for a free sandwich from Kronos Gyros. Just click on “free gyros day” in the top left corner. You must supply your full name, address and e-mail address, but you get free food from Kronos Gyros, so it seems like a fair trade.

I guess you have to weight how much you dislike junk mail (e-mail included) and how much you love free food to decide if it’s worth it to take Kronos Gyros up on its offer. Free food sure beats needing mortgage loan modification.

Where is Kronos Gyros?

Do you live in Chicago but don’t know where a Kronos Gyros location is? That’s because Kronos Gyros is a supplier. Kronos Gyros supplies several Chicago eateries with gyros, including BBQ Patio, Felony Franks Hot Dogs, Dog Stop, Pacific Submarine and Papa Chris Place around with several others.

You can find out all of the restaurants Kronos Gyros supplies at the Kronos Gyros web site. Altogether there are 44 participating locations, and when you apply for your coupon you can see a list organized by locations, including Chicago, Northwest, Southwest and tollways.

Why is Kronos Gyros giving out free food?

“We love gyros and we want everyone throughout the Chicago area to be Greek for the day, or even just an hour and have a taste of Greece,” senior marketing director of Kronos Foods Valerie Lester told The News Pk. “Chicago is filled with elements of the Greek culture and this is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to Chicagoans for making our company, and the restaurants that sell our food, so popular.”

Kronos Foods has even gone so far as to declare today a holiday called Free Gyros Day, but considering the company is only giving out free gyros in Chicago, this little holiday will have to stay fairly contained. After all, if eating free gyros is the way to celebrate Free Gyros Day, celebrating anywhere outside the Chicago area could get you arrested.

More about Kronos Gyros

Kronos Gyros also supplies baklava, one of my favorite desserts. The company has been around since 1975. Early on Kronos Gyros developed what they call “Gyrokones,” premade gyro sandwiches the company could sell to restaurants. This product helped maintain the consistency of Kronos Gyros and became very popular.

The company’s has one other major invention, the Kronomatic Broiler, which is used to cook the Gyrokones. The Kronos Gyros web site says:

With these two inventions … (owner) Chris Tomaras opened doors of culinary opportunity to restaurant owners and Greek-hungry patrons alike. This proved to be the foundation of Kronos Products, Inc. …

In 1980, Kronos expanded its operations by manufacturing its own Pita Bread and Tzatziki sauce. And so arose the Bakery and Dairy divisions of Kronos, in which several types of Pita Breads as well as Tzatziki sauce are made. In 1999, Kronos further expanded its operations by installing a new, state-of-the-art Pita line capable of producing 50,000 pieces per hour. Kronos currently manufactures eleven varieties of Pita Bread.