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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Cosmo’s Pizzas is a family run pizza and Italian food manufacturer based in Newtongrange, Edinburgh.Cosmo Tamburro Senior, the Chairman and Founder of the company, had a humble post war upbringing in Formia, a small town on the west coast of Italy situated between Rome and Naples, becoming a chef at one of his hometown’s renowned hotels for wealthy holidaying Italians.In 1958, he moved to Edinburgh, where, in 1965, he established his own small restaurant close to the Edinburgh Playhouse theatre.By the mid 1970s Cosmo had moved to much larger premises in North Castle Street, in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. In the 1970s and 1980s celebrities staying at Edinburgh’s more stately hotels were guided to the Cosmo Ristorante. Famous clientele included; Burt Lancaster, Margaret Lockwood, Ronnie Corbett, Sean Connery, Fanny Craddock, and James Last and His Orchestra.It was in the basement of the restaurant that manufacturing began, supplying egg pasta to retailers and food service markets.It was also at this time that his son, Cosmo Junior, and son in law Richard Smith, joined the business. In 1986 they branched out to rented property where they continued to produce products for retailers and caterers in the central belt of Scotland.The family is featured on the National Museums of Scotland on how everyday life in Scotland changed throughout the 20th century.In 1993 Cosmo sold the restaurant and built a new factory in order to expand the manufacturing business. By 2002 Cosmo's Pizzas were supplying ItalyIn 2003 Cosmo Products Ltd moved to its present location in the old mining town of Newtongrange, just outside Edinburgh. Built from scratch, the 1,200m² building also has a one-acre plot set aside for further expansion.Now firmly established in Scottish supermarkets including Asda, Margiotta, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Scotmid, Tesco and Waitrose, the Cosmo brand also exports around half a million pizzas per annum to Italy and Germany.. }

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