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Guglielmo Papaleo started his business in 1945. After a short run as clerk in a small foods shop in the capital of Calabria, he opened a shop in "Corso Mazzini", where he put a coffee machine.

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Two years later, in 1947 he began to produce and sell coffee and to expand the rooms of his shop in order for patrons to try his coffee there.

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In 1952 the activity was moved to the quarter "Stratò" of Catanzaro where it targeted the entire country through the use of advertising vehicles the shape of a coffee pot with a cup made from a Fiat 1100.

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In 1960 there was another move, this time to Catanzaro Sala, in a bigger facility, more suitable for the levels of production that the firm had reached. In 1970, production levels required another move to the present factory at Copanello of Stalettì.

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Caffe Guglielmo Uk was founded in 1999 thanks to Leo Mercurio who decided to import this amazing Italian brand of coffee into the UK.