A Tradition of Hard Work and Great Pizza

The History Of Mickey’s Brands

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A story of family, hard work, and a lifelong love of great pizza.

2024

A New Chapter, Built on the Same Tradition

In 2024, Mickey’s entered an exciting new chapter when Affiance Partners made a strategic investment committed to carrying forward the traditions that built the brand. The new leadership team recognized the strong foundation Mickey created and set out to honor that legacy while investing in the future. With major upgrades to modern, state-of-the-art production facilities, the company is expanding its capabilities to produce more products, serve more customers, and maintain the same commitment to quality that has defined Mickey’s from the very beginning.

2017

BRINGING MICKEY’S PIZZA TO YOUR HOME

In 2017, Mickey’s took the next step in its journey by introducing a retail line of frozen pizzas. After years of serving schools, hospitals, and foodservice customers across the East Coast, the company saw an opportunity to bring the same quality and craftsmanship to grocery store freezers. Built on the same recipes and commitment to quality that defined the foodservice line, Mickey’s retail pizzas allowed families to enjoy the brand’s signature taste right at home.

2010

GROWINg INto a Major East Coast Food Manufacturer

By 2010, Mickey’s Wholesale Pizza had grown far beyond its small beginnings. What started as a three-person operation had expanded into a large-scale food manufacturing business, producing high volumes of pizza for schools, hospitals, and food service operations across the East Coast. Built on the same work ethic Mickey learned as a young man, the company combined traditional pizza craftsmanship with modern production to serve thousands of customers every day.

2017

THE START OF MICKEY’S PIZZA

In 1993, Mickey’s Wholesale Pizza was founded in York, Pennsylvania. The business began with Mickey, his wife Judy, and one employee, Abby T., working together to produce and deliver pizzas throughout the community. From those humble beginnings, the small team supplied hospitals, schools, and local businesses – laying the foundation for the company that continues to grow today.

1968

A New Life in America

At the age of 21, Mickey was thrilled to have the opportunity to immigrate to the United States with his parents and brother. The family settled in York, Pennsylvania, where Mickey began working for his cousin Carlo at Carlo’s Pizza.
It was there, in the kitchen of his cousin’s shop, that Mickey first learned the craft of making pizza – a skill that would change the course of his life.

1965

HARD WORK AND a love for COOKING

As a teenager, Mickey left the family farm and moved north to the industrial cities of Milano and Torino. There he worked as a brick maker and factory laborer, sending home as much money as he could spare to help support his family.

When Mickey reached adulthood, he was drafted into the Italian Navy. During his service he was assigned to work as a cook, where he discovered both the challenge and satisfaction of preparing meals for his fellow sailors.
This experience would quietly shape his future.

1946

Humble beginnings in calabria, italy

Mickey was the youngest of six children growing up on a small family farm in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Life on the farm meant long days, hard work, and everyone pitching in to help the family get by.

But opportunities were limited and making ends meet was never easy. As teenagers, Mickey and several of his brothers made the difficult decision to leave the farm and travel north in search of work, carrying with them the work ethic and determination they learned in the fields of Calabria.

Those early lessons about hard work and perseverance would stay with Mickey for the rest of his life.