Esposito Sausage

Pursuing the "American Dream" Giovanni Esposito moved from his hometown of Naples, Italy to New York City. Originally launching his business on Mulberry Street Giovanni was forced to close it and return to Italy in 1924 to aid in his country's war effort.

By 1933 Mussolini's continued rise to power forced his return (with his family) back to New York City. It was in 1933 that Giovanni Esposito and Son's was founded. as a fresh meat and poultry butcher shop in the same Hell's Kitchen-New York City location where it stands today.

As Giovanni's sons grew older they too came to work in the family business. The brothers recognized the growing demand for their high quality products (especially their sausage) so they split the business into two separate entities, a retail butcher shop and a wholesale manufacturer and distributor of sausage. Armand Esposito ran the Wholesale business aka Esposito's Finest Quality Sausage Products.

In the 1970's the wholesale business had grown to 10 employees and 100's of local customers. By then (and still!) under USDA inspection, the reputation of Esposito's Finest Quality continued to flourish. A Pick up only business at first, the business now had multiple delivery vehicles and established customers and routes.

During the 1980's with business booming Armand refurbished the entire plant and equipment. Flying directly to his Father's native Italy he contracted with Velati and others to purchase the finest Italian Sausage making equipment capable of handling the growth of his business.

With a refurbished plant and brand new equipment in place Esposito's saw its business double yet again. The 1990's were proving to be the best decade yet for Esposito's.

Sadly in 1999 Armand became ill and passed away leaving the wholesale business to his only daughter.

In 2002 Armand's family contracted with outside investors to ensure the prosperity and continued quality of the business. The new management is helping grow the business even faster today than in recent history. They have preserved the great tastes and traditions of Esposito's ensuring the legacy of Armand and the sanctity of the original recipes. In addition they have been adding new varieties as our customers tastes and lifestyles call for.

With Distributors and larger Supermarkets eager to brand their own line of quality sausages Esposito's has started a line of limited production private label sausages.

This private label line is produced from recipes we craft specifically for our customer/distributor or from recipes they give us.

As we reflect on our 70+ years of business we recognize that the Esposito brand has become synonymous with quality sausage. Distribution points ranging from our own backyard of New York City to Sunny Miami, FL to Quaint Nantucket, MA remind us that quality sausage is not crafted by everyone and great sausage is worth the discovery. We hope that you too will consider using Esposito's and look forward to hearing from you with your question or comments.