Today we’d like to introduce you to Brett Martin.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Brett. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
It is with great family pride that we introduce Delivery Italiano to you. Although a young company, the vision for our business began generations ago with our great grandparents. Our great-grandmother, Amelia, taught us family recipes, and it was her passion for food and love for family that drew us, our cousins, father, aunts, and uncles alongside her in the kitchen. These dishes brought us all together and as we grew older, we would gather each week for Sunday dinner at our great-grandparents’ home. This connection to family traditions and delicious food led us to found Delivery Italiano.
Delivery Italiano represents the next step for a growing, family-owned and operated business specializing in high-quality, imported Italian foods. We want to recreate our happy childhood experiences for you with a convenient, online Italian gourmet grocery store offering only authentic, made-in-Italy products.
Our mission is to bring the flavors and tastes of Italy to your family kitchen. Each product has been individually selected and sourced, with many coming from small, family-run companies that we have personally visited. We strive to ensure that our products would make our grandparents proud and are representative of the real Italy. Our chefs in Italy do the shopping for you, selecting only the best products. Conveniently, these products are dropped right at your doorstep for you to enjoy. In each package, we feature recipes, tips, and hints from our Italian chefs on how to cook and enjoy the products in different combinations. We hope you enjoy learning about the history and traditions behind the products and recipes we have packaged for you
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
Like any start-up business, there are challenges along the way. I would say our biggest challenge was being able to find these small unique family-run companies in Italy and find a way to bring their incredible products to your home here in the US. I travel to Italy quite often and met many of these small producers, some of the nicest people I have ever met and their dream of just getting their products to the US any way they can.
Here at Delivery Italiano, we found the solution. What began as an operation run by two brothers out of their homes in Houston has now expanded to a complete, 20,000-square-foot fulfillment center and Delivery Italiano is a fully licensed Importer of Italian goods.
Please tell us about Delivery Italiano.
We started out with the mindset to create a subscription model business with the sole focus being Italian foods. From dozens of fresh and dried pasta, Red sauce and pestos to extra virgin Olive Oils and infused balsamic vinegar.
With the help of Masterchef season 4 winner Luca Manfe, we curated custom boxes from the large variety of products we have imported to give you everything you would need to create an Authentic Italian dinner. We have given the consumer four ways to purchase our Chef’s Select boxes: One-time Purchase, Month to month (pause or cancel anytime) 3-month prepaid subscription, and 6-month prepaid. This gives the consumer the ability to choose what fits their lifestyle. For example, with the month to month, you can pause your subscription at any time (let’s say you’re out of town for a few weeks on vacation) once you’re ready to resume, all you have to do is click a button and your subscription continues like before.
Over the last few months, we have created a full online store, where you’re able to purchase any single item we may offer and is ideal for the consumer that may not want to commit to a subscription or just wanted to buy that one red sauce that was just soo good, that they need another jar but do not want to repurchase the entire Chef’s Select box. Our online store has Nine easy to navigate categories: Antipasti, Crostini, Tomato Sauces, Olive Oil and Vinegar, Pasta, Pate and Pestos, Dessert, Corporate gifts, and Holiday Gift Baskets. It’s time to fill your pantry with the items you love from Delivery Italiano!
What sets Delivery Italiano from the rest is our ability to bring authentic products not found anywhere else directly in our warehouse WITHOUT having to use a third party importer. Most companies today are not the importer of record when these products come into the US. What that means is that Delivery Italiano is able to find the small companies that the big US importers have over-looked because the Italian company may be too small or just doesn’t meet their standards. That’s why Delivery Italiano being a fully licensed importer gives us the advantage and bring you a first-class quality product no ones ever seen in the US.
If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
Only thing I would have done differently would be to somehow come up with this idea for Delivery Italiano sooner. I simply love being around food and being able to introduce these incredible products as well as handcrafted recipes by a Masterchef winner, just brings a smile to my face.
Pricing:
- Chef’s Select Subscription starts at $55.00
- Little Italy box (perfect for 1-4) $39.99
- La Classica ( 14-16 pantry items from online store) $159.99
- Primo Extra Virgin Olive Oil 750ml $35.99
- Classic Mini Panettone $5.99
Contact Info:
- Address: 440 Cobia Drive Suite 1603 Katy, Texas 77494
- Website: www.deliveryitaliano.com
- Phone: (832)913-6746
- Email: info@deliveryitaliano.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deliveryitaliano/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeliveryItaliano/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/deliveritaliano?lang=en
Image Credit:
@Danielangulophotography
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