Based on his travels to Northern Italy, Thomas 1787 Jefferson drew a “maccaroni” machine with instructions for making French immigrant Antoine Zerega 1848 opened first pasta factory in USA on the Brooklyn waterfront 1867

German immigrant Christian Mueller first sold pasta door-to- door in New Jersey 1892 Atlantic Company formed in Queens, New York

Bicocchi & Laneri created the 1899 Fort Worth Macaroni Company

Felice Maldari started 1901 F.Maldari Manufacturers of Pasta Dies

The National Association of Macaroni & 1904 Manufacturers of America, forerunner of today’s NPA, is formed. Dues are $5.

1910 Anthony Gioia founded Gioia Macaroni Company in Buffalo, New York DeDomenico family delivers pasta around 1912 San Francisco, starting Golden Grain Macaroni Company I. DeFrancisci & Son of Brooklyn, New York (forerunner of ), 1914 built their first pasta Vincenzo La Rosa founded V. La Rosa & Sons Macaroni Company in Brooklyn, New York machine in the USA

Antonio Marano founded Philadelphia Macaroni Company

Emanuele Ronzoni 1915 Imports of Italian pasta ended started Ronzoni abruptly during World War I Macaroni Company in creating an enormous demand Queens, New York for domestic production

1916 Dutch-Megs Company opened in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The National Macaroni Manufacturers Association gets the government to agree that all products termed as “alimentary paste,” “Macaroni,” “,” “,” 1927 “,” or “Short Cuts,” to be called under the general term of “Macaroni Products” Ettore Boiardi 1928 launches Chef Boyardee brand 1929 of canned pasta Italian immigrant John Robilio and his Memphis- born wife Jennie founded Ronco Pasta 1935 Macaroni manufacturing industry comprised of approximately 400 factories producing one- half billion pounds of product annually 1937 Kraft introduced Macaroni & Cheese

Dinner in the USA Numerous GIs are introduced to pasta as 1942-1945 the War Department feeds over 12 million servicemen and women in World War II Donato Maldari renames D. Maldari & Sons, Inc., to 1950 include Ralph & Dan Maldari 1955 Rising starlet Sophia Loren named “Macaroni Week Queen” The Growers 1978 Association of the United States is incorporated on January 31 1984 Period of industry consolidation with General Foods acquiring Ronzoni, The approximate date “pasta” becomes 1985 acquiring Ronco & Hershey acquiring the the general term for the category American Beauty Macaroni Company 1988 Richard Thompson founded the American Italian Pasta Company in Excelsior Springs, Missouri Dale Schulz & Ray 1992 1,042 farmers formed co-op to create Turcotte founded S.T. Dakota Growers Pasta, a durum mill & Specialty Foods facility in North Dakota

Ignatius DeFrancisci, Joseph L. DeFrancisci, & Robert Ronzoni 1996 formed Pasta Montana in Great Falls, Montana Philadelphia Macaroni acquired Company built a mill in Creamette, Prince, American Beauty, 1998-2001 Minot, North Dakota, P&R, Ronzoni & San Giorgio named Minot Milling Company

Post Holdings acquired 2014 Dakota Growers Pasta Company

TreeHouse Private Brands 2016 purchased ConAgra Foods private label division, including pasta

New World Pasta operates Mexico-based La Moderna will open under the name Riviana 2017 its first pasta factory on US soil in Foods as part of merger Cleburne, TX under the name of Interamerican Foods in May

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