The story begins in Fresno, California, where Don Saladino worked in the meat department of his father’s grocery store. In 1944, Don combined his meat packaging experience with Old World family recipes from Italy’s Calabrese region, and launched Saladino Sausage Company – the business grew quickly and earned a widespread reputation for delicious, high-quality sausage products.

As the Saladino name came to symbolize the highest level of quality and integrity, more and more opportunities came to the family business. Through careful growth, rock-solid reliability, superior quality and a deep, abiding commitment to customer service, the business developed into the specialized foodservice distribution company known today as Saladino’s Incorporated.