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James Leprino, ‘Willy Wonka of Cheese’ Who Revolutionized Pizza, Dies at 87

He turned a small family grocery store into a mozzarella empire, producing most of the cheese for American pizza chains like Domino’s, Papa Johns and Pizza Hut.

Michael S. Rosenwald
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Cheese, Deaths (Obituaries), Denver (Colo), Domino’s Pizza Inc, Fast Food Industry, Food, Frozen Foods, Inventions and Patents, Leprino, James (1937-2025), Pizza, Pizza Hut, Supermarkets and Grocery Stores
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