BASCIANI FOODS, INC.
AVONDALE, PA

WHO WE ARE? “He started picking mushrooms for the Pratt family in 1915,” says Michael, “just like the immigrants who come into Chester County nowadays.” Within five years, the grand old man was in business for himself. Three sons followed him, and one son’s three sons followed in turn. They are Michael, Richard, and Mario. (Since this article appeared, all three have adult children that have come aboard) You don’t last four generations in a family business without family values being of paramount importance. Hard work is one of those values. “This is not a business where you get a scheduled vacation,” says Basciani. It’s a year-round, wake-up-in-the-dead-of-the-night-to-check-the-temperatures business. It’s labor-intensive, and the workers do some back-breaking work. “You gotta be a people’s person,” Basciani says. “If the workers don’t see you working harder than them, it’s not going to motivate them. You have to be the example!” The business that the younger Bascianis enter is a far cry from their great-grandfather’s farm…. “BASCIANI FOODS” does everything. They grow all sizes of white mushrooms and exotics, they pack for national retail grocery store chains as well as for foodservice distributors, they have processing and storage facilities in Chicago and Minneapolis, they ship over a million pounds per week! In 1970, they, along with other investors, bought The Mushroom Canning Company. This was done to control an outlet for secondary product, enabling BASCIANI to provide fresh customers with the highest quality prime products on the market. Basciani Foods has five distribution centers located around the United States as well as shared facilities with partners in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as Denver, Colorado. With decades of experience we know how to get our product to the consumer, wherever that may be in the United States. Our facilities are strategically positioned to serve several major metropolitan areas around the country, and our fleet has the capability to deliver our product to dozens of major metropolitan areas on an overnight basis from our Headquarters in Avondale, Pennsylvania. Please feel free to contact us for more information for Produce Distribution. Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. Basciani Foods can deliver product to virtually anywhere in the United States. With five depots in major metropolitan areas across the country, our highly experienced logistics team of coordinators and drivers specialize in on-time delivery and satisfactory service. I learned this early on in the variety business: You’ve got to give folks responsibility, you’ve got to trust them, and then you’ve got to check on them. At Basciani Foods, we can facilitate nearly any custom packaging requests with our state-of-the-art wrapping technology, weighing stations, and processing lines. Mushrooms may be our specialty, but at Basciani Foods our experienced and highly skilled personnel are able to package a wide-range of food products to satisfy any customer’s needs. No matter what business you’re in, you can’t run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn’t matter how many games you’ve won. I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful. In the past decade or two, Basciani Foods has made our presence felt in the foodservice markets due to our specialty in food processing. We cater our product to some of the largest restaurant and pizza chains in the country, and have received accolades and awards for our top-of-the-line service. Basciani Foods has five distribution centers located around the United States as well as shared facilities with partners in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as Denver, Colorado. With decades of experience we know how to get our product to the consumer, wherever that may be in the United States. Our facilities are strategically positioned to serve several major metropolitan areas around the country, and our fleet has the capability to deliver our product to dozens of major metropolitan areas on an overnight basis from our Headquarters in Avondale, Pennsylvania. Please feel free to contact us for more information for Produce Distribution. Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. Basciani Foods can deliver product to virtually anywhere in the United States. With five depots in major metropolitan areas across the country, our highly experienced logistics team of coordinators and drivers specialize in on-time delivery and satisfactory service. I learned this early on in the variety business: You’ve got to give folks responsibility, you’ve got to trust them, and then you’ve got to check on them. At Basciani Foods, we can facilitate nearly any custom packaging requests with our state-of-the-art wrapping technology, weighing stations, and processing lines. Mushrooms may be our specialty, but at Basciani Foods our experienced and highly skilled personnel are able to package a wide-range of food products to satisfy any customer’s needs. No matter what business you’re in, you can’t run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn’t matter how many games you’ve won. I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful. In the past decade or two, Basciani Foods has made our presence felt in the foodservice markets due to our specialty in food processing. We cater our product to some of the largest restaurant and pizza chains in the country, and have received accolades and awards for our top-of-the-line service. Feel free to call us or drop us a note. We are happy to answer any questions you may have or check out our Feel free to call us or drop us a note. We are happy to answer any questions you may have or check out our