Western Macaroni Manufacturing Company

Western Macaroni Manufacturing Company started in 1903 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was born from earlier ventures of Antonio Ferro, who started his first pasta factory in 1896.

By 1905, the company made 22 different shapes of “sun-dried” macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli and egg noodles under the Red Tiger Brand and it was located on 242 South 4th Street West.

On July 11, 1906 the company incorporated with Gaetano Borelli as president, Nicola Del Duca as vice president, Antonio Ferro as secretary and general manager and Erminio De Rocca as treasurer.

Early in the firm’s existence, they advertised in Italian that their pasta was equal to the best Italy had to offer. One such ad in 1908 directed to Italian-Americans claimed Western Macaroni pasta was produced by highly skilled tradesmen using Semolina from “accredited” mills in Kansas and Minnesota.

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