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Founded in 1940 by Murray Greenberg, Murray’s is proud to be a Greenwich Village-based business and part of the neighborhood’s rich food history. It’s a pretty safe bet to say that we’re cheese obsessed: our goal is to find the most delicious cheese across the globe, and then feed it to you! Murray was a Jewish veteran of the Spanish Civil War who was rumored to be a Communist – but pay no mind, he was a smart capitalist who built a great reputation for the business. In the 70s, Murray sold the shop to his clerk Louis Tudda, an Italian immigrant from Calabria. In those days, it was a humble butter and eggs shop that had a lot of block cheeses and catered to the little Italian enclave that Bleecker Street was at the time. Rob Kaufelt bought the Murray’s in the early 90s and began traveling the globe, finding new cheeses that no one had ever heard of and bringing them back to the US. He and our lucky team travel regularly both in Europe and across the US in search of the new and great artisan cheeses being produced from California to Vermont and from Athens to Wales. And everywhere in between. The main thing that makes Murray’s special is our passion for cheese – we share that with our friends and customers, whether you’re visiting one of our shops in New York, stopping by a Murray’s kiosk at your local supermarket, trolling on our web site, taking a class with us, or working with our wholesale department for your restaurant.

Since 1939, Di Bruno Bros. has been recognized as the region's finest specialty food retailer. We offer the highest quality, most innovative specialty foods and fresh products in the market, served with exceptional customer care. Our motto, "Celebrating Great Food, Great Service and Great People," is demonstrated every day at each of our retail locations. The Company has grown from a small, one-store operation in the Italian Market to a total of 5 retail stores and wholesale, e-commerce, manufacturing and catering operations. A family-owned business, Di Bruno Bros. now employees over 350 Associates who pride themselves on being recognized as Culinary Pioneers. For more information about Careers with Di Bruno Bros., please visit http://www.dibruno.com/careers.

We believe in organic dairy as a force for good. Twenty-five years after our founding, we’re carrying the torch for the food revolution that started in our backyard and inspired our founders. We’re still using it to cultivate goodness in the people, land and communities around us. We are an organic cheese producer, an artisanal cheese distributor and a retailer of specialty food products. Based in Petaluma, CA, Cowgirl Creamery makes cheese from organic milk supplied by three small farms in Marin and Sonoma Counties. We know firsthand the power of organics and its role in sustainable agriculture to support healthy communities and delicious food. We believe that the secret ingredient to delicious cheese starts with the land. That’s why we partner with local dairies in Marin and Sonoma counties to source the organic, pasture-based, cow’s milk for everything we make. Through Tomales Bay Foods, our distribution arm, supports and promotes artisan cheesemaking and sustainable agriculture, offering over 200 artisan and farmstead cheeses from all over California, America and Europe through their website and the Cowgirl Creamery retail locations.