Press Releases
October 2011 - Small businesses can make big differences. Little Pepi's does by hiring people with disabilities, buying ingredients and packaging from US suppliers and manufacturers, limiting our use of non-renewable packaging, and by supporting people who are trying to make a difference. Earlier this year we helped sponsor Riders for Hope, a local group associated with the LIVESTRONG campaign. This month we are focusing on a fan of Little Pepi’s, Danielle Cope, who is raising money with Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The LLS mission is to help find cures and more effective treatments for blood cancers. To accomplish that mission, Danielle is participating in the Disney World Marathon on January 8, 2012. Please help Danielle reach her goals by visiting her website - http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/wdw12/dcope4 and make a donation. You can learn more about LLS Team in Training by visiting http://www.teamintraining.org/
August 2011- Weis Markets, with corporate headquarters in Sunbury, PA, has learned what many of our fans already knew. Little Pepi's just taste better! Starting in September, fans of Little Pepi's will be able to buy Anise, Vanilla, and Almond pizzelles at one of Weis Markets 164 locations. To find a location near you, please visit the Weis website at www.weismarkets.com
March 2011- For the first half of 2011, Little Pepi’s has chosen for our corporate sponsorship Riders for Hope, the local group supporting Team LIVESTRONG. Each donation goes to helping fight the battle with cancer. Founded in 2009, Riders for Hope started with 2 riders, and now is currently 19 riders strong. They ride to inspire people with the hope that we are all one as we fight this battle with cancer. For more information on Riders for Hope check out their website. http://ridersforhope.posterous.com/
If you would like to donate visit the Team Donation Site.
http://philly2011.livestrong.org/ridersforhope
March 2010 - The extremely talented POM Queen, Lynda Resnick, loves our old fashioned values. Lynda and her husband Stewart own Paramount Farms and Paramount Citrus Companies, making them the largest farmers of tree crops in the United States with the nation’s largest orchards and processing plants for citrus, almonds and pistachios. They also own POM Wonderful, Teleflora, Fiji Water, and Everybody’s Nuts. As a former owner of the Franklin Mint, the world’s largest marketer of fine quality collectibles, she knows excellence. Maybe that is why she likes Little Pepi’s. See what she has to say on her blog.
February 2010 – A business producer at Turner Broadcasting asks us to participate in “The Turnaround”, a series by CNN and HLN networks featuring companies that are looking to change direction in face of the difficult economy. The exposure on this series over 4 weekend days introduces thousands of new fans to Little Pepi’s, internet orders over the period equal our normal annual sales. Watch it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGJxbrFzrAQ&feature=channel
December 2009 - Despite the economic conditions, Little Pepi's completes the year off marginally, however the company had its best year through the internet store with a whopping 300% increase. Word of mouth is reaching areas where we do not have retailers, especially in Florida, which is still our largest on-line market!
December 2009 - Rachael Ray re-airs the snack of the day segment, which caught the eye of a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer Business section. The writer and photographer visit Little Pepi's bakery for three hours and an article is published December 20, 2009. To read the article in its entirety just chick on this link -http://www.philly.com/philly/business/79742692.html
November 2009 - A survey was done at the K-Mart Stores East of the Mississippi, and it showed that close to 200 stores wanted to carry Little Pepi's for their customers for the Holidays. Shortly after Thanksgiving the orders were baked and shipper displays of Little Pepi's were put in the stores.
October 2009 - On the 5th of this month, Rachael Ray featured Little Pepi's has her snack of the day. View Rachael talking about us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0QNnitRWI4
January 2009 - Little Pepi's Pizzelles continues to enjoy success with retailers and through the online store. Last year showed a modest increase with retailers, however the Internet store was up 70% over the previous year.
February 2008 - With 116,000 square feet of warehouse space, several hundred suppliers, four thousand customers, and over 80 employees, San Francisco based ITALFOODS Inc joins the Little Pepi's family of specialty distributors. California fans of Little Pepi's will be able to buy our pizzelles at many of their favorite retailers being serviced by ITALFOODS in the north and Los Angeles based TAMA Trading Company in the south. Besides Southern California. 100-year old TAMA also services parts of Nevada and Arizona.
December 2007 - Little Pepi's accepts the responsibility as a community partner, by providing work to physically and mentally challenged individuals and incorporating them into the fabric of our workplace. For this, we were recognized as the 2007 "Employer of the Year" by the Montgomery County Human Services Department for Mental Health and Retardation.
