Hall of Fame Beverages, Inc (HFBG)

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small article on Restivo Fam.

I'm trying to understand why some investors have viewed this New Distributor for HFBG as just a small time or wannabe distribution company. Sure they deal with wine, however; how can you ignore the fact that these people cater to distributors across the country and national vendors such as Costco, BJ's and Sam's Club.. Pepsi or Coke may of been the Investors Choice that everyone may of wanted or preferred but does a company that deal with the above named Vendors sound bad to you?

I don't believe this small article has been posted in regards to the Restivo Family which gives a slight insight to each of them so I'll post it here for a little late night reading :) ...

Byline: Keiko Morris

Jan. 29, 2007--Louis Restivo first tossed around the idea with his brother while at a wedding in 1998. "He wasn't doing anything and I wasn't doing anything," said Louis Restivo, who once ran his family's large baking business. "I said, 'You want to do something together?'" Vincent Restivo, Louis' brother and a retired doctor and medical school dean, was game. And when asked what they should choose as their next venture in life, he responded quite readily: wine. More than eight years later, the Restivos' wine importing business in Roslyn Heights has taken off, catering to wine distributors across the country and national vendors such as Costco, BJ's and Sam's Club, and securing an exclusive contract with Castellani Wines, one of Italy's well-known and generations-old wine families. Biagio Cru and Estate Wines Llc -- named after Louis and Vincent's father, Biagio -- is not only a thriving second career for them but also a second family business in which their sons -- Darren and Ben Restivo -- have also discovered their own vocations. Darren Restivo, 32, marketing director, entered the business as he was finishing a psychology degree at Queens College. Ben Restivo, 35, managing director, had been a currency trader and banker for several years when he left for this family enterprise.

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-158533645/taste-italy-family-style.html