Repicci's History - Past, Present & Future Past: Dominic Francesco Repicci immigrated to America in 1911 from Messina, Italy. Along with his  family, Dominic brought the old world recipe for Italian Ice, that he enjoyed so much as a child in Messina, to South Philadelphia. At first, Dominic shared his family's Italian Ice with friends and neighbors, but soon others were requesting this Italian treat. It wasn't long before Dominic found himself busy producing the family's unique product to meet the overwhelming demand in South Philadelphia. Dominic and the Repicci family continued to sell Italian Ice in the corner markets of South Philadelphia for decades. Present: REPICCI'S ITALIAN ICE now covers Tennessee, Georgia & Northern Mississippi through a network of wholesale distributors. Dominic's grandson, Frank is continuing on the tradition of his Italian family. The main goal of REPICCI'S ITALIAN ICE is to keep Dominic's passion of offering a quality frozen treat alive. Frank opened the Chattanooga, Tennessee manufacturing plant in May of 1998. This facility initially supplied the concessions for the Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Facility. Yet the popularity of the unique product grew rapidly, and soon presented numerous wholesale and retail opportunities, including sports recreation facilities, schools, fairs and festivals in Chattanooga and surrounding areas. REPICCI'S ITALIAN ICE has distributors in Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi. In August of 2005, Frank developed a franchise program to make Repicci's brand available throughout the United States. Since offering the franchise program Repicci's now has franchisees in Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Georgia, California & Kentucky. Future: The REPICCI'S ITALIAN ICE family is growing rapidly with plans of 20 franchises by 2007. REPICCI'S ITALIAN ICE is committed to the same quality product that Dominic created over 90 years ago. Dominic's simple treat has been cultivated into a thriving company that produces the finest quality Italian Ice, but more importantly, Repicci's Italian Ice is committed to you, our customers. We hope that you will be the future of REPICCI'S ITALIAN ICE by joining us in furthering the tradition. Repicci's is currently a member of the ARPA, TRPA, GRPA, FRPA, SCRPA, NCRPA and a national sponsor of Dizzy Dean Baseball, and Dixie Youth to name a few.