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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to recognize the 100th
4 anniversary of Ronchetti Distributing Company in Mattoon; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Ronchetti Distributing recently celebrated its
6 100th anniversary as a family-owned wholesale beer distributor
7 for St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The company was founded by Felix Ronchetti in 1906
9 in the western Illinois town of Benld, delivering Pabst beer;
10 in 1914, Mr. Ronchetti moved to Nokomis and purchased the
11 Budweiser distributing business there; and
 
12     WHEREAS, During Prohibition in the 1920s, Ronchetti
13 Distributing survived through the delivery of soft drinks; the
14 business acquired the Mattoon distribution area for
15 Anheuser-Busch in 1934, and Frank Ronchetti, son of Felix
16 Ronchetti, took over the operation there; and
 
17     WHEREAS, In 1971, Bob Ronchetti began working for the
18 family business as a driver/salesman, and he became owner when
19 his father, Frank Ronchetti, passed away in 1981; when Bob
20 Ronchetti took over as owner, the company distributed just
21 Budweiser, Michelob, and Busch beers; today, Ronchetti
22 Distributing handles 20 different brands and more than 100
23 products; and
 
24     WHEREAS, The company's building on south Lakeland
25 Boulevard, built in 1973, is the fourth Ronchetti warehouse
26 constructed in the area; Ronchetti still operates a center in
27 Nokomis and formerly had sites in Pana, Taylorville, and Paris;
28 and
 
29     WHEREAS, Ronchetti Distributing covers the Illinois Route

 

 

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1 16 corridor between Mattoon and Litchfield, employs 18 people,
2 and operates a fleet of seven trucks; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 we recognize the 100th anniversary of Ronchetti Distributing
6 Company in Mattoon; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Ronchetti Distributing Company as an expression of
9 our esteem and with best wishes for the future.