FRANCESCA GALASSO

What do you like best about your job?

Every day is different. I like that you can interact with different aspects of the business. I have multiple touch points with business development, human resources, product sourcing, development and sales, and all that can happen in one day. It’s the variety that I love.

What inspires your work?

The prospect that you can encourage and excite people to try something new, based on the quality of our product or our packaging, and they could then tell their friends about us. I think that’s a challenge and that really excites me.

What has been your best day in business?

This is in hindsight, but it would be when I decided to get my own manufacturing facility and build that out. That was the greatest decision and the best thing I did for my business.

What is your favourite product from your lineup?

The Calabrese pizza. I eat it for lunch more times than I would like to admit.

What do you like to do when you’re not working?

I do a lot of cooking. I love to bake bread. I love to hike and hang out with my dog. Her name is Stella and she’s a very energetic eight-year-old redbone coonhound. I like to garden and knit and sew. I dabble in a lot of different creative activities. I love making and creating things.