The factory, now a limited company, was set up in 1929 by the founder Domenico De Lucia dead in 1987. It quickly became one of the leading export companies dealing with the processing of a varied selection of the most important agricultural products of the area around Naples, Italy, 200km south of Rome, the Capital. It has been transformed into an agri-industrial limited company since 1971 and it is now managed by the nephew of the founder, also called Domenico as the the grandfather. Today the company is divided into 4 separate, though complementary, departments: one dealing

with dried fruit and nuts; another with pre-cooked food; another with fresh potatoes; and the fourth with tobacco. The pre-cooked food department is further divided into 2 sub-groups: one dealing with the so-called items of the -5th range- (vacuum-packed, steamed pre-cooked in retort vegetables, chestnuts, minestroni, soups, mix of beans as side-dishes and seasoned rice-risotto); and another dealing with pre-cooked dehydrated products (dry soups of beans, dry risotti, dry salad dressings and dry pasta seasonings).

All the -5th Range- items are ready to use, easy to prepare, microwavable and chill (in normal fridge at temperature between +4/+8 C).

To let You have a general idea of what we are and of what we do we suggest to go and visit our web-site www.domenicodelucia.it

The company extends to over 10,000 sq.yd and includes a private railway branch line as well as industrial cold storage.

The choice of products that it offers has been carefully selected.

Four expert agronomists control the quality at first hand where the products are grown.

Laboratory technicians in the factory carefully analyse all aspects and properties of the products.

A further guarantee to the extremely high quality and origin of all the products De Lucia offers is the application of the HACCP and the constant supervision of the certifying body SGS for the certification UNI EN ISO 9001/2000.

We are proud to count among our Italian customers important chain of supermarkets as Coop-Italy, Conad-Le Clerc Italy, some local Spar, Auchan-Italy and others.

The brillant entrepreneurial skills of the management together with the De Lucia family s active involvement have made it possible to achieve a perfect combination of the most up-to-the-minute business management know-how and family management. The result of this combination is the world wide success story of the typical average-sized family business in Italy.