28-05-2021

Ilaria Puddu and the secrets of a small empire of pizza (awarded by the Guida Identità Golose 2021)

Marghe, Giolina, Crocca, Pizzium (and pastry shop Gelsomina) all belong to the same group, awarded by Identità. The secret? «Creating different services, atmospheres, and types of dough»

Ilaria Puddu with Stefano Saturnino and Nanni

Ilaria Puddu with Stefano Saturnino and Nanni Arbellini is responsible for the brand of pizzerias MargheGiolinaCroccaPizzium and of pastry shop Gelsomina (photo Onstage Studio)

«We're ready to start over, we can't wait. What's giving us courage, for sure, is seeing our colleagues from other parts of the world who, in one way or the other, are getting acquainted once again with normal life!». Lots of patient breathing waiting to start again but then the “small empire of pizza” of Ilaria PudduStefano Saturnino and Nanni Arbellini never gave up. In fact, the volume of their pizza delivery increased in this stage (confirming that 70% of deliveries is mostly related to pizza) and the ideas, well, those never stop.

Stefano Saturnino and Nanni Arbellini

Stefano Saturnino and Nanni Arbellini

Ilaria Puddu with Paolo Marchi receives the "Impresa Pizza" award at the launch of the Guida Identità Golose 2021

Ilaria Puddu with Paolo Marchi receives the "Impresa Pizza" award at the launch of the Guida Identità Golose 2021

Two pizzas at Marghe, which has two pizzerias in Milan: in Via Cadore 26 and in Via Plinio 6

Two pizzas at Marghe, which has two pizzerias in Milan: in Via Cadore 26 and in Via Plinio 6

But let's go in order: on the 18th March 2021 the business that includes MargheGiolinaCroccaPizzium and their sweet counterpart Gelsomina was awarded by the Guida Identità Golose 2021, in partnership with Petra - Molino Quaglia, for the brilliant management of what are now considered some popular points of reference for pizza lovers in Milan (and beyond), in a varied range of formats, settings and flavours. Ilaria Puddu was very emotional when she got the prize, but also light and happy «because when you get a prize from Identità, your legs will tremble a little more» – she confesses - «Identità, has indeed always been a lighthouse, for its capacity of directing you in the large sea of Italian and international gastronomy».

Two pizzas at Pizzium, 20 branches, in Bologna, Brescia, Busto Arsizio, Cesano Maderno, Como, Gallarate, Milan (6), Parma, Piacenza, Rome, Seregno, Serravalle Scrivia, Torino (2) and Varese

Two pizzas at Pizzium, 20 branches, in Bologna, Brescia, Busto Arsizio, Cesano Maderno, Como, Gallarate, Milan (6), Parma, Piacenza, Rome, Seregno, Serravalle Scrivia, Torino (2) and Varese

Giolina, one location in Via Bellotti 6, Milan

Giolina, one location in Via Bellotti 6, Milan

Crocca, one location in Via Fiamma 4, Milan

Crocca, one location in Via Fiamma 4, Milan

But what is the winning recipe to reach such a result? «For sure, working hard on the trust between employee and employer. For me success is knowing that some of the people with whom I started working 5 years ago, are still part of the team. Why so? Because they have truly believed in the project right from the start, so much so they felt it belonged to them as well».
Another element is understanding the compatibility of a character with the brand identity. The type of service you get at Pizzium is completely different from what you experience at Giolina: they have two different souls, two different audiences and hence even the actors will be different, offering their very personal contribution to each one of these contexts.

And then, no brand competes with the other, and this is shown by Piazza Cinque Giornate: within a short range you can find Crocca, Pizzium, Marghe and, slightly further, Giolina. Despite this, none of these brands steals clients from the other because each pizzeria welcomes a well-defined group of consumers...


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Born in Irpinia in 1991, she studied Foreign Languages at university, and then International Studies. But then she followed her heart and so her love for hospitality was born in the New Forest (U.K.). Her love for food had always been alive and kicking.  After manging the hospitality at Identità Golose Milano, today she reports on flavours for Identità Golose. Isa travels, and tastes. She keeps her sensations alive through words.

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