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here is nothing more Italian than pasta and meatballs enjoyed with friends and family. For nearly 60 years, this has been the beating heart of Rosina Food Products, Inc. (Rosina or RFP), a family-owned company based in upstate New York that is honoring this Italian tradition. “As with many family businesses, you are drawn in by the natural family connection that develops 82 | North America Outlook issue 08
We speak to the executive team at Rosina Food Products, Inc., whose flair for Italian food is thriving in Buffalo, NY Writer: Jack Salter Project Manager: Tom Cullum
within that business,” opens the CEO and President of Rosina, Russell Corigliano, whose father James Corigliano founded the Company in 1963. Russell joined RFP in the mid-1970s together with his brother, Frank Corigliano, shortly before a new, larger facility was purchased to allow the Company to expand into new markets and make its products available across the United States.
