Daniele, Inc., is an American maker of Italian style foods such as prosciutto, salame, pancetta, capocollo and sopressata. The company was founded in Pascoag, Rhode Island, by Italian immigrant Vlado Dukcevich in 1976.
History
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Owners Stefano Dukcevich and his wife, Carolina, left Croatia after World War II and settled in 1945 in Trieste, Italy, where they learned the process of curing charcuterie and started their own company.[1][2] By the 1950s, Stefano and Carolina had built one of the larger salumerias in northeast Italy.[3] In 1976, the couple moved to Rhode Island, where they established Daniele Inc.[4]
In September 2019, the company was sold to Entrepreneurial Equity Partners, a Chicago private equity fund.[5]
In April 2020, 80 workers at the company's production facility in Burrillville, tested positive for coronavirus.[6]
Milestones
edit- 1977 – Daniele sells its first prosciutto.[citation needed]
- 1986 – The second manufacturing plant is opened in Pascoag, Rhode Island.[citation needed]
- 2004 – The third manufacturing plant is opened in Mapleville, Rhode Island.[citation needed]
- 2012 – Construction of Daniele's 4th manufacturing plant begins in Mapleville.[7]
References
edit- ^ Pippa, Jack (June 2008). "Cured for What Ails You". Rhode Island Monthly. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ^ "Langevin Invites Daniele Owner Dukcevich to State of the Union | Congressman Jim Langevin". langevin.house.gov.
- ^ "Daniele Inc". Food & Drink. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ^ Ciampa, Gail. "An All-American prosciutto cured in RI". providencejournal.com.
- ^ Nesi, Ted (18 September 2019). "Burrillville meat maker Daniele sold by family owners". WPRI.com.
- ^ Amaral, Brian. "About 80 coronavirus cases linked to Burrillville-based Daniele Inc". Providence Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Davis, Katie (May 8, 2012). "Company out to prove naysayers wrong". NBC 10. Retrieved June 10, 2013.