With the Acquisition of Buitoni Food Company Tuscan Brands Develops a Future That Embraces the Past - Northshore Magazine

With the Acquisition of Buitoni Food Company Tuscan Brands Develops a Future That Embraces the Past - Northshore Magazine

Joe Faro, founder and CEO of Tuscan Brands, was at a conference in Chicago when he overheard a group of investors talking about a potential acquisition of Buitoni Food Company, the Italian food brand founded in Tuscany in 1827. Faro knew the company had hit a rough patch, and he thought he might be the person to revitalize a brand that had once been synonymous with culinary craftsmanship. “I’m not a genius,” Faro says. “But I am a pasta maker.” …