Birmingham Macaroni Company
The Birmingham Macaroni Company manufactured Eagle Brand macaroni, spaghetti and grits in Birmingham from a three-story 50 foot by 100 foot plant at 14th Street and Avenue D on Southside. The company was owned by P. J. Serio and kept its offices in the Empire Building with C. S. Simmons as secretary and treasurer.
When described in 1911, the Birmingham Macaroni Company produced 6,000 pounds of pasta a day using 30 barrels of flour. The plant was staffed by 20 employees, many of them native Italians and was equipped with modern machinery.
In 2018 the UAB Educational Foundation sold the building to 'Macaroni LLC for $810,000. The company, which includes Kathy Okrongley of Southpace Properties, has proposed a 20-unit condominium redevelopment, dubbed Macaroni Lofts.
References
- American Illustrating Company (c. 1911) Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Birmingham. Birmingham. p. 156