r. torre & company inc. type public industry flavorings spices & other ingredients founded 1925 1925 founder ezilda torre rinaldo torre headquarters south san francisco california united states key people melanie dulbecco ceo products syrups drink revenue us 85 million 2011 1 number of employees 100 2 website www.torani.com 3 r. torre & company inc. maker of torani is a san francisco based family owned company that produces flavoring syrups sauces and blended drink bases . torani can be added to coffee espresso beverages cocktails soda and other beverages.the r. torre & company was founded in 1925 by rinaldo and ezilda torre and is still owned and operated by the torre family . 4 torani dates back to 1925 when husband and wife rinaldo and ezilda torre immigrants from lucca italy introduced torani syrups to the north beach neighborhood of san francisco . mixing their syrup recipes with sparkling water the torres introduced the classic italian soda to local cafes and soon began mixing blending and selling torani syrups from their italian wholesale grocery . 5 in 1957 the torre s son in law harry lucheta took over the business and oversaw torani s growth from a small local san francisco business to an international brand . 6 7 torani remains a family legacy owned by paul lucheta and lisa lucheta grandchildren of rinaldo and ezilda . the company employs over 100 and torani products are distributed in over 40 countries . torani is manufactured in south san francisco california.the company blends flavored syrups for sale to global food service clients and specialty retailers under the torani brand name . its products which include italian syrups in flavors such as amaretto butterscotch cheesecake chocolate french vanilla strawberry and peppermint are used to flavor coffee drinks sodas and teas . the company also produces dessert sauces smoothie bases frozen beverage mixes and sugar free syrups . r. torre & company inc. received the president s e award for its export program . a committee of public and private sector members reviewed 20 nominations for the award and selected torani as one of its recipients . 8 the clients of r. torre & company inc. include cpwm specialty import retail stores and unfi an independent national distributor of natural and organic foods specialty foods and related products in the united states . chicken n waffles syrup which started as a joke has become a real product . 9 10 torani has started working with world pantry and new carbon . 11 melanie dulbecco is ceo of r. torre & company since 1991 . she is the first ceo from outside the torre family . 12 13 references edit sec february 1 2012 . r. torre & company inc. . insideview.com . retrieved february 1 2012 . torani . lead411.com . retrieved january 19 2015 . r. torre & co inc information from . careersinfood.com . retrieved january 19 2015 . sec february 1 2012 . r. torre & company company profile . hoovers.com . retrieved february 1 2012 . keep new year s resolutions with sugar free . the san francisco chronicle . dead link spear peggy december 30 2009 . say felice anno nuovo with italian sodas . san jose mercury news . retrieved january 16 2010 . goldstein carrie june 3 1998 . torani keeps it sweet and sticky . san francisco chronicle . retrieved january 16 2010 . sec february 1 2012 . torani garners award for export business . . hoovers.com . retrieved february 1 2012 . fleming katie december 22 2012 . torani s chicken n waffles syrup . the san francisco chronicle . polis carey december 13 2012 . taste test chicken n waffles syrup . huffington post . http www.equities.com news headline story dt 2012 12 15 & val 831934 & cat industrial dead link forum leadership april 19 2012 . loyalty to your underlings can be a terrible thing . forbes . http www.forward story.com p 270 dead link external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title r. torre % 26 company inc. & oldid 744559994 categories drink companies of the united statesfood manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in san franciscofood and drink in the san francisco bay area1925 establishments in californiahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from january 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 october 2016 at 01 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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