In 2001, Pete Lorusso had one of his many good ideas. He wanted to create a "new old style" food ingredients and chemical distributorship. That is, a brand new entity, devoted to doing business the way the four founders learned from past giants of our industry.
Pete Lorusso, Tom Turriff (Sr.,) Tommy Turriff, Jim Cavelle
Pete knew he had the ability to generate sales and develop market plans. Pete asked Tommy Turriff if he would join him and perform administrative and purchasing tasks; Tommy agreed. They both decided that they needed an operations superstar, so they invited Jim Cavelle to join them. Tom Turriff, Sr.had experience in executive management and ownership, so he advised on strategic planning and made key introductions to banks, accountants, attorneys, etc. Together they wereTLC Ingredients, with 2 T's, an L and a C.
