Our founder and president, John Rotella, along with his brother Lou III were named 2024 Executives of the Year by Baking&Snack Magazine!

In the article, they discuss how Rotella’s Italian Bakery continues to thrive, thanks to great leadership, strong family, and unique innovation. The article also discusses how Rotella’s bakery byproduct made its way into pet treats. Ag-Alchemy Animal Nutrition got our start saving imperfect bread from going to waste and upcycling it into animal nutrition.

“No matter how efficient a bakery is there will always be some product that doesn’t meet our specs whether it’s too small, too big, too light, too dark.”

Now we save over 20 million pounds of food from going to landfills. That’s good for pets, good for business, and good for the environment.