At Home Run Inn Pizza Inc.’s recently expanded 68,000-square-foot pizza processing facility, state-of-the-art machines meet old world flavors and ingredients.
Fusion cuisine? One source defines it as “the deliberate combination of elements from two or more spatially or temporally distinct cuisines.” What if you took this concept and applied it to the larger process of product development?
“When life gives you lemons … make lemonade.” But what about, “When the economy gives you rising food costs … make … pizza?” OK, so it doesn’t have the same ring to it, but this could be the motto for executives at Kraft Pizza Co.’s Glenview, Ill., headquarters.
“It” is the family pride and tradition that are as much a part of Home Run Inn Pizza Inc., Woodridge, Ill., as the all-natural ingredients the 60-year-old company uses to make its award-winning frozen pizzas.
Last year found Michelina’s - at age 17 no less - changing its name to Bellisio Foods Inc. in recognition of founder Jeno Paulucci’s ancestral home of Bellisio Solfare, Italy.