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Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing, where founder Primo Poloniato(...)
Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing, where founder Primo Poloniato(...)

Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing, where founder Primo Poloniato(...)

Date8/30/1975
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  • Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing, where founder Primo Poloniato(...)
  • Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing; where founder Primo Poloniato (right) and production manager Angelo Capozzi check spaghetti off the drying-rack. Poloniato came to Canada from Italy at the age of 7.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Twenty million pounds of spaghetti and other forms of pasta are produced every year by Primo Importing and Distributing; where founder Primo Poloniato (right) and production manager Angelo Capozzi check spaghetti off the drying-rack. Poloniato came to Canada from Italy at the age of 7.
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