Stello Foods History:
We all have a childhood memory of a special recipe that only Mom could make. For Nickki Stello and his family and friends, "Rosie's Sweet Pepper Spread" was everyone's favorite. Their Grandparent's (Nick and Lucy Villella) recipe for ground peppers with oil in a special tomato sauce was passed on to the next generation. No one ever imagined this special spread, so often shared with family and friends, would soon be sold in grocery stores all around the country.
In 1990, what began as Sunday meals with family and friends, evolved into Nickki Stello's college business project built around his grandmother's pepper spread recipe.
After many hours of discussion, this plan led to the birth of a partnership between family and friends (David Daughenbaugh, James Stello, Jamie Stello, Nickki Stello and Richard Weaver), and the conception of another of America's Small Businesses.
The business quickly outgrew their grandparents' patio operation, and a food processing kitc
