Francesco Rinaldi
Low-priced jarred pasta sauce sold in US supermarkets, especially in the Northeast, on an Italian family identity.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 1981
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- USA
- Ownership type
- Unknown
- Acquired
- 2022
- Status since
- 2026-10-30
Ownership
For four decades the brand belonged to the Fairport, New York contract manufacturer now called LiDestri, which sold it in 2022 to a buyer not confirmed here.
Why Watchlist
The brand presents an Italian family founder and the slogan "Made by Italians. Enjoyed by everyone." A Rochester-area manufacturer owned and made it from 1981 to 2022. Sources disagree on whether Francesco Rinaldi was a real person, and the 2022 buyer is unconfirmed.
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