The Mrs. Paul’s story begins in Philadelphia in 1946, and accidental entrepreneur Edward Piszek. Mr. Piszek started selling deviled crabs at a local bar, to earn money while the manufacturing plant where he worked full-time was on strike. So Mr. Piszek and his friend John Paul, a bread salesman, each put up $350 and started a frozen seafood business.
Early on, the two debated taking the name Mrs. Piszek’s Kitchens in honor of Edward’s mother, in whose kitchen those first crab cakes were made. Ultimately, to keep the company name simple, they chose to name it after John’s mother instead — and Mrs. Paul’s Kitchens was officially born.
Since then, Mrs. Paul’s has grown to become a leading name in frozen seafood. Today, Pinnacle Foods remains committed to Mr. Piszek’s original vision.