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Fremont Festival
Distance: 64.8 Mi39488 Stevenson Pl Ste 100
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Primos Gourmet Foods
Distance: 73.0 Mi3402 Mars Ct Ste 105
95377-8299 Tracy -
The Grapevine Cafe
Distance: 72.4 Mi1726 South Amphlett Boulevard
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Wild Wife Gourmet Food Inc
Distance: 82.8 MiPO Box 2873
94526-7873 Danville -
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Distance: 86.0 MiNo 5 2000 McKinnon Ave Bldg 428
94124 San Francisco
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Monterey Gourmet Foods was launched as the Monterey Pasta Company, a 400 square foot storefront on Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, California in 1989. The Company produced small quantities of gourmet pastas and sauces using food processors and hand operated pasta makers. It sold its hand-made products to local grocery stores and restaurants on the Monterey Peninsula.The founders started their small, fresh pasta company in response to the public's growing interest in healthy gourmet foods. Consumers were increasingly excited about fresh pasta given its superior quality and nutritional value, as well as its ease of preparation. The founders were dedicated to incorporating exciting, non-traditional ingredients into this highly traditional product. Local customers often stopped by the storefront, delivering ingredients such as fresh crab, with requests for custom made raviolis.The Company soon acquired its first major grocery account and began to expand to accommodate demand. In 1993, the Company completed its initial public offering. Its stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "PSTA". In 1994, the Company opened a 10,000 square-foot production facility in Salinas, California (Monterey County) utilizing state-of-the-art packaging techniques to preserve flavor and extend product shelf-life.