Quotes by John Catsimatidis

About John Catsimatidis:

John A. Catsimatidis is a Greek-American businessman. He is the owner, president, chairman, and CEO of Gristedes Foods, the largest grocery chain in Manhattan, and the Red Apple Group, a real estate company with about $700 million to $800 million in holdings. Catsimatidis also owns the Hellenic Times, a Greek-American newspaper based in Manhattan. He is also the chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group subsidiary United Refining Company. He currently hosts a talk-radio show on WNYM.
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Anytime you cut food stamps, it naturally affects sales. People spend less.

John Catsimatidis

When the commodities go up and the cost of transportation is going up, and the value of the dollar is going down, it's all going to translate to an 8 to 10 percent rise in food prices.

John Catsimatidis

Grocery stores can't afford to pay $80 a square foot. At that rate, we are going out of business.

John Catsimatidis

I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.

John Catsimatidis

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.

John Catsimatidis

The reason I grew so fast in the supermarket business, without help of the banks in those days, was through my vendors. I convinced my vendors, the companies I was doing business with, if I did more business, they would do more business.

John Catsimatidis

I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

John Catsimatidis

Pizza is no longer on my diet.

John Catsimatidis

All my life, I've been winning, ok?

John Catsimatidis

My life would be better without Gristedes.

John Catsimatidis

I love people. I enjoy people.

John Catsimatidis

I have a love factor with the minorities.

John Catsimatidis

Americans like buying American vs. buying from Chavez or buying from the Middle East.

John Catsimatidis

As mayor, I would support law enforcement, not knock it down.

John Catsimatidis

We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers.

John Catsimatidis

One mentor I had taught me that people do what you inspect, not necessarily what you expect. In other words, if nobody is watching, there will be some slack off.

John Catsimatidis

I promoted myself as a fusion ticket. I was running as a Republican liberal.

John Catsimatidis

Everyone - whether it's the Jews, the Greeks, the Catholics - everybody is entitled to religious beliefs and entitled to their traditions.

John Catsimatidis

I could have beat Obama.

John Catsimatidis

I could be like Joe Kennedy and say, 'My kids are going to run for president!'

John Catsimatidis

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Catsimatidis
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • BornSeptember 7, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America