Q&A with Angelo Caputo

Angelo Caputo is the founder and reason for our company. He has accomplished so much. We asked him a few of your questions to get to know him better.

• Do you have a favorite fruit that reminds you of Italy or your childhood?
  • Prickly pears. During the war, prickly pears were readily available, so we ate them at every meal

 

• How often do you travel to Italy?
  • When my wife was alive, we would go during the summer and visit her family.

 

• What was the biggest obstacle in opening Caputos?
  • We operated outside and had very long hours. 

 

• How old when you met Romana?
  • I was 15 years old 

 

• Favorite place to go to buy produce for the stores?
  • The Benton Harbor Food Exchange in Michigan where I would go once or twice a week, depending on the time of year. I would leave at 3am, usually with one of my children at my side, to pick up locally homegrown produce picked that same morning. 

• Of all of your travels, what is your favorite?
  • Visiting Bethlehem, the place where Jesus was born. Another favorite of mine is Lourdes, France.

 

• Favorite fruit?
  • Moscato grapes

 

• All time favorite meal?
  • A panino. In my hometown, I would go to piazza coperta. There were many stands along the street and I  would ask for a mortadella sandwich. 

 

• What do you tell your grandkids?
  • I tell my grandkids they are my life. I also tell them to work hard because it will pay off

 

• What is your biggest accomplishment?
  • Our family business in hopes that it will be continued to be handed down through the generations 

 

• Favorite soup from Caputo’s
  • Italian wedding

 

• Favorite dessert
  • Gelato

• Favorite saying
  • Work hard, it pays off

 

• Favorite thing to do in your free time
  • Play cards 

 

• Favorite sport
  • Soccer, I love watching Team Italy play during the World Cup and Euro Cup 

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