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Columbus Salame (Columbus Sausage Company, Columbus Foods, Inc.) is an American food processing company specializing in salami and other prepared delicatessen meats, founded in San Francisco in 1917. Their current headquarters are in Hayward, California. Their products are sold at supermarkets locally and nationwide, including Costco, Safeway, Cost Plus and Trader Joe's. Their artisanal products, including specialty salumi, have been praised by food critics.〔http://myvagabondkitchen.blogspot.com/2011/01/saucisse-sec-love-story.html〕 ==History== Italian immigrants Peter Domenici and Enrico Parducci founded what was then the San Francisco Sausage Company in 1917. The company moved their production facilities to South San Francisco in 1967. They introduced deli meats to their product line in 1974. Albert Piccetti was president of the company for 40 years, and died in 1998. Columbus Salame hired Studio Hinrichs, in association with Pentagram, to revamp their company logo, emphasizing their Italian heritage, including use of the Bodoni typeface.〔''Pentagram Book Five: Fifty Case Histories in Architecture, Graphic and Industrial Design'', Pentagram Design. Monacelli Press, 1999, ISBN 1580930034. pages 436-445〕〔(Columbus Salame at Pentagram studio website )�〕 On August 28, 2009, a leak at their South San Francisco facility sent 200 pounds of anhydrous ammonia into the air, sickening more than two dozen people. The company paid $850,000 in penalties, and agreed to facility upgrades, to settle a lawsuit filed by San Mateo County. They opened a new $31 million processing facility in Hayward in 2011, replacing their former facility in South San Francisco, which had been devastated by a fire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Two years after facility burned down, new salami plant opens in Hayward )〕 Endeavor Capital, a private equity firm, acquired majority control of the company in 2006.〔(Columbus Foods Announces New Chief Executive Officer )〕 In 2012, the company was sold to another private equity firm, Arbor Investments.〔(Private equity deals: October 8, 2012 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Columbus Salame」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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