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and we employ our own drivers.
We do have more costs, but we
can guarantee an easier and safer
distribution chain. We deliver within
24 hours from order placement and in
the bigger cities we deliver twice daily,
in the morning and in the evening.
We operate between Modena, Reggio
Emilia, Mantova and Bologna and
such a quick delivery system is one
of our strengths. It also makes clients
faithful customers. This works well
also thanks to our 28 employees,
who are very professional. I am the
company CEO and my son helps me
as a partner of Ristogamma. He has a
very important responsibility because
he also represents the young side of
the business.
How do you deal with the ever-
changing world of the restoration?
What are the most popular
products?
We have experienced the changes
personally and we still do. I think
there is no magic formula... Eating
habits change, new trends arrive as
well as new foods. It is important
not to miss such changes. Sometimes
you have to go along with them,
sometimes you have to face them
and defy them, drawing on our rich
culinary traditions. We see this ever-
changing world from the orders we
receive, but in spite of everything the
latest data show a traditional trend,
with even sales of meat and fish (at the
heart of our cuisine) and lots of other
surrounding products.
What are the next steps for the
future? What are the projects to
carry out also with CIC?
In spite of our more than 40 years’
experience and of our professional
and commercial successes, we
entrapreneurs always have high aims.
We have just added more space to the
refrigerated rooms and there are lots
of other projects at Ristogamma... But
I’d like the new generation to further
push the company ahead. They have
a big responsibility, considering the
rather difficult times we are living
in. But I think they have all it takes
to carry on this lively and interesting
job. I have to thank Cooperativa
Italiana Catering. I have been with
them since the very beginning, I
think I’m one of its earliest members.
Our walk together has had many
positive turns and our mutual
collaboration has grown in terms
of contacts and market openings.
Just as CIC greatly supported my
business, I hope I will be of help to
new members and to all people who
decide to be part of it. After all, I am
deeply convinced that professional
fairness and sinergy are the secrets of
a successful business.
RISTOGAMMA
L’ ECCELLENZA PER LA RISTORAZIONE
Ristogamma srl
Headquarters:
Via Contea 15/A 42048 Rubiera (RE)
Tel. 0522/626464
Fax 0522/626868
Mail: -
Employees: 28
Areas covered:
Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna,
Mantova
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This is another example of how
family bonds can make a difference
in business. The secrets of Il Pascolo
Verde are experience and the strong
desire of the Di Maggio bothers to
excel
The pleasure and the will to work in
a region like Sicily are expressed by
two brothers who more than 10 years
ago put their abilities into the food
distribution business. This is where
the history of Il Pascolo Verde begins,
a company founded by Salvatore and
Giuseppe Di Maggio, respectively
general director and commercial
director. They take all the praise for
having steadily grown in an often
difficult market, marked by the many
changes in the . world.
“Today, more than ever, we are very
happy to have done all this and to be
an important player in the distribution
sector of the island - says Giuseppe Di
Maggio. We still have a lot to do, we
want to get better in everything. This
is the goal that every entrapreneur
should have”.
When did your working experience
begin? Who had the idea?
Our story began in 2003. My brother
and I decided to turn a project into
reality, after many years’ experience in
the sector. We wanted to have our own
business. The idea immediately proved
successful, considering that after
only a year of business we reached a
turnover of 1.4 million euro. The trend
has always been positive and in 2015
when we reached 9.5 million euro.
These are important figures on our
island.