Contadina is a brand of Italian-inspired

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. The brand was established in 1914 by Aiello Brothers & Company. A Chicago wholesaler, Antonio Morici, through Italo Canning bought the entire production of Contadina. By 1918, the Aiello Brothers grew short of capital and Italo Canning purchased their cannery. In the same year, Augustino Morici signed the trademark for Contadina. The Aiellos were then employed by the Morici family. The Carnation Company acquired the brand in 1963;Weaver, John Downing. Carnation: The First 75 Years, 1899–1974, Los Angeles, Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 1974. Del Monte Foods acquired the brand of canned tomato products and certain other lines from

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(which acquired Carnation in 1985) in December 1997. Contadina's products include tomato paste, tomato purée, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, pizza sauce, as well as a few other products. In the early 1990s, Contadina also sold a "fresh" refrigerated bake-at-home pizza kit in grocery stores, though it received faint praise as "better than frozen", but not as good as a pizzeria pie.The Pittsburgh Press; December 4, 1991;
Contadina Pizza wins faint praise
'; Carolyn Wyman and Bonnie Leblang. The word Contadina is Italian for "peasant" and has a feminine grammatical gender. Contadina products feature an image of a young woman in a field.

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