privately held industry food & beverage 1 founded 1964 headquarters milwaukee wisconsin key people giacomo fallucca ceo products frozen pizzas website www.palermospizza.com www.stockpalermos.com palermo s pizza is a brand of frozen pizza manufactured by palermo villa inc. of milwaukee wisconsin . palermo s frozen pizzas are available in grocery stores and big box retailers in almost every state 2 and online through the company s web site . 3 the company operates a research & development team including a food scientist and manufactures private label or house brand pizzas for other companies . 4 contents 1 history 2 distribution 3 trademark infringement claim 4 labor dispute 4.1 progress 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message the company was started by sicilian immigrants gaspare jack and zina fallucca who opened an italian bakery on milwaukee s east side in 1964 . the falluccas opened palermo villa restaurant in 1969 but sold it in 1979 when they began to manufacture and sell frozen pizzas . today the company is led by giacomo angelo and laurie fallucca . distribution edit palermo s sells a family of frozen pizzas under its primo thin hearth italia rustico breakfast pizza classics by palermo s product lines . through its private label distribution the company also supplies frozen pizzas for numerous major supermarket chains which then sell the pizzas under their store brands . 5 palermo villa inc. sponsors several collegiate and professional sports teams including the milwaukee bucks milwaukee brewers milwaukee admirals wisconsin badgers milwaukee wave marquette golden eagles chicago bears kansas city chiefs minnesota twins minnesota golden gophers iowa state cyclones iowa hawkeyes and wisconsin timber rattlers . 6 in fall 2009 palermo villa inc. announced plans to expand its existing company headquarters in the menomonee river valley . 7 in september 2009 palermo s pizza appeared on an episode of the food network s unwrapped . 8 in january 2010 the company also appeared on an episode of factory made on the discovery channel and the science channel . 9 trademark infringement claim edit in march 2007 palermo villa inc. filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against trader joe s in u.s. district court in milwaukee . the frozen pizza manufacturer claimed the grocery chain was trading the palermo s pizza brand unfairly under the name pizza palermo . the two companies reached a settlement in july 2007 leading palermo villa to pursue no further action . the terms of the settlement were not disclosed to the public . 10 labor dispute edit on june 1 2012 about 100 or half of palermo s workers went on strike to protest the firing of nearly all 89 immigrant workers lacking necessary documentation in what striking workers claim to be retaliation for signing a petition to form a union as well as what they said were poor wages and working conditions . the strikers have picketed outside the factory chanting no justice no pizza . 11 activist groups such as the overpass light brigade and voces de la frontera have supported and picketed with the strikers as well as labor unions across the united states who called for a boycott of palermo s products . 11 12 progress edit on august 31 2012 palermo ceo giacomo fallucca and afl cio president richard trumka met to discuss issues and concerns but the meeting yielded no progress on the strike . 13 palermo s officials counter strikers claims saying that the company acted to terminate employment of workers lacking specific documentation in response to warnings it had received from federal immigration authorities to fire unauthorized workers or face hefty fines . 11 in november 2012 the national labor relations board ruled in the 5 month old strike that it had found that the company acted lawfully when it terminated 75 workers as part of an immigration audit and did not use the audit as retaliation for the workers efforts to form a union but that palermo s did violate federal law when it fired nine workers including two temporary workers in retaliation for engaging in or supporting the strike and union activity . 14 see also edit list of frozen food brands references edit palermos pizza linkedin find our pizza palermo s pizza milwaukee 2010 . herzog karen . palermo s to toss its pizzas on internet site milwaukee journal sentinel milwaukee june 2 2009 stock palermos.com palermo s pizza milwaukee 2010 . decker eric . fallucca family builds palermo s into national brand milwaukee biztimes milwaukee may 15 2009 . sponsorships palermo s pizza milwaukee 2010 . daykin tom . private label pizza growth helps palermo expand milwaukee journal sentinel milwaukee december 26 2009 . herzog karen . palermo s pizza to be unwrapped on the food network milwaukee journal sentinel milwaukee september 14 2009 . cuprisin tim . onmedia the beginning of the end of idol onmilwaukee.com milwaukee january 12 2010 . daykin tom . palermo pizza trademark dispute settled milwaukee journal sentinel milwaukee july 18 2007 . a b c greenhouse steven july 27 2012 . fight over immigrant firings . the new york times . retrieved 4 september 2012 . pabst georgia aug 27 2012 . complaint filed against deputy over incident during protest . milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved 4 september 2012 . pabst georgia aug 31 2012 . palermo s ceo and afl cio chief meet but no progress . milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved 4 september 2012 . pabst georgia 21 november 2012 . nlrb ruling mostly sides with palermo s pizza in labor dispute . milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved 4 december 2012 . external links edit palermo s pizza official consumer site for company products . stockpalermos.com trade site for private label and trade industry pizza 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