Female FOODIES Rose Totino Pizza Entrepreneur Rebecca Felix Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
Rose Totino Pizza Entrepreneur Chapter 1 Pizza Pioneer It’s Friday night and your best friend is over You’ve planned an evening of fun activities and favorite foods After a bike ride it’s time for dinner Opening the freezer you spot the thin red box Your friend smiles as you pull the Totino’s Party Pizza out of its box In minutes you’ll have a warm crispy crust topped with perfectly seasoned sauce and tasty cheese Rose Totino is the one to thank for your Friday night pizza feast She began making pizzas in Minnesota in the 1950s At the time this Italian dish was new to people in the Midwest Many had never tried pizza before or even heard of it Totino and her husband Jim opened a pizzeria that became very popular Then they began making frozen pizzas people baked at home Totino invented a new kind of dough for these pizzas It was the first frozen pizza dough that became crispy when baked Totino’s invention revolutionized the frozen foods world It greatly improved frozen pizza and was a primary reason 4
We didn’t plan on setting the world on fire We just knew how to make good pizza said Totino of her and Jim’s success the food became popular in the United States Today frozen pizzas are an American staple About 1 million Totino’s Party Pizzas are sold every day The chef behind this successful brand learned to cook in a small Minneapolis Minnesota kitchen 5
