Robinson Roots and Good Sausage Key to Business Owner's Success
Local sausage maker has earned the business professional of the year award from the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
For Ernie Ricci III, sausage is life. Since he was a child growing up in McKees Rocks, Ricci has been involved with the family business, Ricci’s Italian Sausage. He used to work alongside his grandmother Stella, stuffing sausages with an old hand-crank stuffer while she held the casing. Yeas later Ricci, now the owner of the shop, has been named the 2012 Business Professional of the Year by the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (NIASHF) Pittsburgh Chapter. “I was nominated for the award as a local business professional, and that was it, I was selected,” said Ricci, 56, who played high school football for Montour High School and in college for Washington & Jefferson College. “It was a great dinner, and now moving forward, it’s a…
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