Who We Are

Mulberry Street Italian Food Center is proudly owned & operated by the Colasurdo family for 50 years. It all started in March of 1973 when Michael Colasurdo, Sr. opened A & M (Ann and Michael) Meat Market in Jersey City, NJ with his wife, Ann. In October of 1974 when the opportunity to move the business to Brick, NJ presented itself Michael Sr jumped at the chance to be closer to home so he could spend more time with his budding family.

In April of 1985 we moved to our current home on Brick Boulevard and changed our name to Mulberry Street Italian Food Center, which better reflects our growing offering of Italian imports & our homemade family recipes. Shortly after, sons, Michael and Ralph joined him in the store.

Today, we represent two brothers working side-by-side, who are delighted to share in our Italian family’s wonderful tradition and legacy.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

– Michael Colasurdo, Jr. & Ralph Colasurdo

Our Values

Our legacy is built on a belief system of constant and never ending improvement. Behind our belief system are some core values: “Quality does not cost, it pays!”; to focus on earning the loyalty of our customers; to provide the finest quality food at the best possible prices; and our customers are the reason for our existence. Our customers open up another door behind our belief system that we try to expand into our service. Among them is that you are never an interruption to our work, yet the reason for us being able to work; you are the most important person to us, you pay our salaries; and you are to be treated as if you are a guest in our home, because you are! We want to go the extra mile to offer suggestions and meet your expectations and beyond!