other products they were making under his own ‘Shooster’ label. Soon some customers preferred to buy NFM products under the Shooster label. After several months Lou
frozen food manufacturer who could make our product. Herman traveled to various potential clients to demonstrate the product. That wasn’t easy since the product had to remain frozen. Once Herman stopped at a hospital morgue to borrow some dry ice. How’s that for creative thinking? The trouble was, it was turn- ing out to be difficult to create the dish in quantity and still retain its quality. And making the product
Caracciola asked Herman to join his company as Vice President for Sales. We talked it over and Herman accepted his offer. As the job developed Herman trav- eled around the Midwest, North and South for the company sell- ing its frozen foods, including the stuffed shrimp, to frozen food distributors. Then, in order to be closer to the new offices we bought a house in Woodcrest, New Jersey. Our son, Frank, who was eight years old at the time gave us specific instructions that he wanted a “hooked off” house. We had always lived in a row house and apparently Frankie was ready for a change. After eight years in a row house Frankie was about to get his “hooked off” house at last.
all day long was a grueling affair for both of us. What we needed was someone who could make the product in quantity and with the best quality. Herman found Lou Carraciola and his wife, Marie, in Blue Anchor, New Jersey. Lou provided frozen food products to companies like Kraft Foods and was one of the first companies to provide food products for the airlines. Herman commuted to Blue Anchor for a year selling both his products under the Shooster brand and Lou’s products under the National Food Marketers brand. NFM began to manufacture Herman’s stuffed shrimp. As he sold his own product, he began to put
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