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		Festival Foods sold Portesi pizzas, among them its Cheese Fries, in an October 2023 Wisconsin frozen-pizza promotion that gave Stevens Point as the maker's home.
	Property / research note: Festival Foods sold Portesi pizzas, among them its Cheese Fries, in an October 2023 Wisconsin frozen-pizza promotion that gave Stevens Point as the maker's home. / rank
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	Property / research note: Festival Foods sold Portesi pizzas, among them its Cheese Fries, in an October 2023 Wisconsin frozen-pizza promotion that gave Stevens Point as the maker's home. / reference
		stated in: Festival Foods insert, valid Oct. 4–10, 2023: "Pizza Perfection" coupons for Jack's, Brew Pub Lotzza Motzza, Tombstone, Orv's, Portesi, Luige's, Palermo's, Screamin' Sicilian, Village Pub ($7.99) and Pep's Drafthaus, with a… (WSJ, 4 Oct 2023, p. S3)

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1954Timestamp+1954-00-00T00:00:00Z
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stated in: Made in Central Wisconsin: Portesi continues long family tradition (We the Italians, 24 Sep 2013)

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point in time: 2 June 1980Timestamp+1980-06-02T00:00:00Z
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stated in: Sentry saver's coupon: 19.5-oz. package of frozen Portesi Sausage Pizza, $2.06 with coupon, good through June 10, 1980 (CT, 2 Jun 1980, p. 7)

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point in time: 2 August 1985Timestamp+1985-08-02T00:00:00Z
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stated in: Classified: part-time salesperson for fund raisers (frozen pizza) to schools in the Madison area; Portesi Italian Foods, 1103 2nd St., Stevens Point (WSJ, 2 Aug 1985, p. 39)

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George Portesi baked pizzas in a tavern near Chicago from 1939 and at an Almond resort from 1944, and moved the family pizza business to Paul's Bar in Stevens Point about 1954. Rusty Mitch, his grandson, ran Portesi Italian Foods in 2013.

Property / research note: George Portesi baked pizzas in a tavern near Chicago from 1939 and at an Almond resort from 1944, and moved the family pizza business to Paul's Bar in Stevens Point about 1954. Rusty Mitch, his grandson, ran Portesi Italian Foods in 2013. / rank

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stated in: Made in Central Wisconsin: Portesi continues long family tradition (We the Italians, 24 Sep 2013)

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In Madison, a Sentry coupon of June 1980 offered frozen Portesi Sausage Pizza, and in 1985 Portesi Italian Foods of Stevens Point sought a salesperson to sell frozen pizza fund raisers to Madison-area schools.

Property / research note: In Madison, a Sentry coupon of June 1980 offered frozen Portesi Sausage Pizza, and in 1985 Portesi Italian Foods of Stevens Point sought a salesperson to sell frozen pizza fund raisers to Madison-area schools. / rank

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stated in: Sentry saver's coupon: 19.5-oz. package of frozen Portesi Sausage Pizza, $2.06 with coupon, good through June 10, 1980 (CT, 2 Jun 1980, p. 7)

stated in: Classified: part-time salesperson for fund raisers (frozen pizza) to schools in the Madison area; Portesi Italian Foods, 1103 2nd St., Stevens Point (WSJ, 2 Aug 1985, p. 39)

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A 1965 Madison want ad offered for sale a Wisconsin Rapids supper club that wholesaled about 1,000 pizzas a week to area supermarkets, with replies to a Portesi; its tie to the Stevens Point company was not found.

Property / research note: A 1965 Madison want ad offered for sale a Wisconsin Rapids supper club that wholesaled about 1,000 pizzas a week to area supermarkets, with replies to a Portesi; its tie to the Stevens Point company was not found. / rank

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stated in: Classified, business for sale: a Wisconsin Rapids supper club on Highway 13 "featuring American and Italian food, also wholesaling approximately 1,000 pizzas per week to area supermarkets for resale"; reply to a Portesi, 8… (WSJ, 27 Jun 1965, p. 45)

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