Who We Are:
We are a family run business with an inclusive and warm family-like vibe. Most important to us are our partnerships; and our first partnership is with LiDestri employees. Together we create a culture where respect, support and appreciation is expected. Throughout our organization we are on a journey to embed a coaching culture and in-house training programs that assist in developing self-awareness and building cross-functional connections. We value communicating openly and effectively. Each member of our team holds the possibility of creating a fulfilling and rewarding career with us. We thank you for learning about the company we keep and considering your first step here, into our fold.
Long-lasting partnerships are crucial to our success: with our customers, with our suppliers and within our team. Our company also cares deeply about our community and strives to drive positive change through environmental stewardship and charitable giving. We invite our employees to join us as we raise money for philanthropic causes, including one founded by one of our longtime and most cherished customers, Paul Newman, founder of Newman’s Own and The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
LiDestri Food and Drink is a premier contract and private label manufacturer of food, beverages and spirits, supplying over 40 million cases of product each year. LiDestri’s core competencies include producing aseptically filled, hot filled, cold filled and retorted products in glass and plastic containers for retail and food service customers.
LiDestri was created to provide meaningful jobs, and this remains the core of how the company nourishes today. Our Vision, Mission and Purpose is to nourish at every touchpoint.
Over the last five years, the company has added new capabilities, including fresh processing equipment, a high- pressure pasteurization machine, carbonated slim can production lines, and automated variety packaging equipment. LiDestri is currently expanding its aseptic beverage capability to include low acid.
LiDestri, an entrepreneurial family-owned company, established more than 45 years ago with the help of Giovanni LiDestri, who today is the company’s chairman, is headquartered in Upstate NY. LiDestri operates five SQF, level-3- certified, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Fairport, NY; two in Greece, NY; Fresno, CA; and Pennsauken, NJ. Under the leadership of Stefani LiDestri and John C. LiDestri, Giovanni’s children who serve as Co-CEO, LiDestri currently employs more than 1,400 people.
LiDestri continues to be recognized for leadership and innovation in manufacturing, recently being awarded the Powerful Partnership with Career Start Workforce Management Group in the 2020 Rochester Business Journal Manufacturing & Technology Awards. In addition, LiDestri received three other distinct honors, one acknowledging LiDestri’s ability to pivot operations and develop much needed hand sanitizer during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
LiDestri’s proprietary spirits brand, Recipe 21, received Impact Magazine’s 2019 Hot Brand Award, as well as the Beverage Information Group Growth Brands Award three years in row, 2017 – 2019. In 2015 and 2016, LiDestri was named PepsiCo Contract Manufacturer “Supplier of the Year”.
In 2020, Stefani was named Rochester Business Journal’s Executive of the Year from the Technology & Manufacturing Awards recognizing her exemplary leadership. Stefani also co-chairs the event that raises over 2 millions dollars annually for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which is LiDestri’s number one philanthropic partner.
LiDestri Food and Drink lives by 4 core values - Do the Right Thing, Act with Grit, Be Creative, and Make an Impact. These values are grounded in the company’s tagline “Where Tradition Meets Innovation”.