Souvlaki

The souvlaki place in Heraklion, Crete, offers a special "bouquet" of gyros for the occasion consisting of gyro, potatoes, and other ingredients, while it weighs 8.5 kilos!

Fast food is fast becoming a treat for a select few as prices soar internationally. In Greece, with inflation at 2.9%, the price of our own national fast food, souvlaki or gyro in a pita wrap, shows no signs of returning to pre-inflationary crisis levels. Instead, prices continue to rise to record highs, while market […]

The global surge in inflation from the “double whammy” of pandemic-related disruption and the Russian invasion of Ukraine has punished consumers in Europe over the past two years, with one “casualty” in Greece being the country’s iconic “souvlaki”, alternatively known the world over as “gyro”. According to market watchers in the country, the price of […]