________________________________________________________________________________________________ Palermo ’ s Pizza
▲ Palermo Villa Inc . Jefferson Facility
“ We have new ways of doing things . The company is different now compared to when it started , but we still have a good connection with the consumer . The food has only got better and better . Technology has helped make frozen pizza a much more diverse category overall , and we can simply do so much more with it now . A lot of the time , it ’ s even better than restaurant pizza . The same thing goes for our people . As the company has grown , we ’ ve brought in new teams of employees from different demographics . We ’ ve got innovators and industry experts from across the world working for us now . Everyone is engaged and interested in what we are doing . Over the last 60-plus years , we ’ ve created an exciting , dynamic environment for dozens of people ; we ’ ve built a family . And , to top it all off , we ’ ve made some amazing food .”
Ongoing innovation
The family-first attitude pioneered by Nick ’ s grandparents continues to define the company ’ s working culture today . As Nick discusses : “ Culture is interesting . We always talk about culture , what it means , and who drives it . But culture is largely a force defined by the people . You can ’ t push a certain dynamic onto people , that ’ s not how they
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