[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 55 (Friday, April 4, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E527]
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      IN HONOR OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PHILLY MACARONI COMPANY

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 4, 2014

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, the Philadelphia Macaroni Company now 
celebrates a century of success as a leading pasta manufacturer in 
Pennsylvania. This small, family-owned business has surpassed the five-
year life span of the average, small business in America through five 
generations. The company was launched by Antonio Marano and his son, 
Vincent, on South 7th Street in 1914 and today has locations beyond 
Philadelphia and across the nation. The Philadelphia Macaroni Company 
is a leading manufacturer of pasta for many other national companies. 
Its first major contract came in the mid-1920s from the Campbell Soup 
Company--a request to make the small, letter-shaped noodles for its 
popular and long-lived alphabet soup. Many other ideas followed from 
soup marketers over the years. In the 1970s, some companies were 
searching for an instant noodle that could be packaged dry in a pouch 
and the Marano family delivered. There are many other inspiring stories 
associated with this family-owned business, but none more telling than 
the true spirit of American entrepreneurship we honor here today. We 
congratulate the Philadelphia Macaroni Company and the Marano family 
for setting an example of business acumen, hard work and a timeless 
belief in the American dream.