O.B. Macaroni

O.B. Macaroni

O.B. Macaroni Co., is a privately owned pasta company located in Fort Worth, Texas. O.B. stands for "Our Best." The Company was founded in 1899 and has been owned and managed by four generations of the Laneri family.

Organization

O.B. makes pasta shapes such as: spaghetti, vermicelli (fideo), linguini, fettucini, penne, mostaccioli, rigatoni, and rotini. Between O.B.'s two product lines, Our Best and Q&Q, O.B. Macaroni produces 10 million pounds of pasta each year.

History

Italian immigrants Louis Bicocchi and J.B. Laneri founded Fort Worth Macaroni Company in January 1899 on S. Jennings Ave. Fort Worth Macaroni was changed to O.B. Macaroni in 1959.

The company is still owned and managed by the fourth generation of the Laneri family, descendants of early investor and president J.B. Laneri. He was the company financier until his death in 1935. J.B. came to Fort Worth in 1882. Prospering in the food and liquor business, he invested in several Fort Worth companies and real estate. He was an early member of the Board of Trade and Director of Fort Worth National Bank in 1902. Due a contribution made by J.B. to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Laneri High School was established in 1921 as a Catholic school for boys. Laneri High School remained open until 1962, when its students were transferred to the new Nolan Catholic High School in east Fort Worth. [ [http://www.fwdioc.org/default.aspx?ID=728&md=9 Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth – Money Grows on Tree at Cassata] ]

O.B. Macaroni incorporated in the state of Texas in 1905 and moved to its present location. The building has been modernized, modified, and annexed, but pasta is still made in the converted carriage house.

On January 15, 1999, O.B. celebrated 100 years of operations and the City of Forth Worth proclaimed it was "O.B. Macaroni Day."

Company President, Carlo Laneri, was recently cited in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article regarding rising flour prices. [cite news
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The company is known for its fideo, a pasta similar to vermicelli used in Tex-Mex cuisine. [cite news
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Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.obmacaroni.com/ O.B. Macaroni] Official Company Website


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