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Agamemnon Pitenis was a native of Kozani. Benjamin of a poor family, was born in 20 December 1936.
From the age of seven, little Menios helped in the coffee shop owned by his older brothers, carrying coffees to the neighborhood shops. When he reached the third year of high school, he went to the famous Trabantzeio boarding school-high school of Siatista as an introvert. He quickly distinguished himself for his performance in classical and team sports. Finishing sixth form high school, the stone years of post-military Greece did not give him the opportunity to enter the Gymnastics Academy, which was his great desire. After serving his military service, entered the business arena with vigor, establishing businesses either with his brother Konstantinos Pitenis or with third partners. He was included in these ventures already from 1953 the grocery store "Pitenis". Followed by the "Pitenis-Tsikritzis" nut business, the history of the city of Kozani coffee "El Greco", as well as the disco "Tiffani's".
The 1967 Agamemnon married the wife of his life Theodora Avarakis (it passed away 2006). The couple had four sons, Dimitrios, Nicholas, Andreas and Stylianos.
In the middle of 1972 Agamemnon turned a small warehouse in Kozani into a small workshop for the production of traditional salad. The 1973, after much experimentation, managed to create his own recipes. So, the 1975 decided on the establishment of the "Piteni" craft industry.
From 1975 until the 1988 he was also actively involved in the commons of his place.
The second generation of the family has been at the helm of the Pitenis company for three decades, establishing an international gourmet food industry, while from the 2021 the third generation was added to the company's workforce.