In 1960, Alex Pappy Papulias started Pappy Meat Company in Fresno, California as a wholesale meat company for the San Joaquin Valley. In 1981 Pappy passed away, leaving his wife Marie, four sons and a daughter to run the increasingly competitive meat business. Pappy and Maries youngest son, Edward, while attending college, decided the company should change direction focusing on specialty seasonings and sauces. With little capital to start off, Edward began manufacturing its first product as Pappys Choice Seasoning in 1985 and distributing to a few supermarkets under the new name Pappys Fine Foods, Inc. Since then, the company has flourished, now with over 25 different products being manufactured in a new state-of-the-art packaging plant. The steady growth of Pappys Fine Foods has not changed everything, however, as Pappys is still owned and operated by Edward Papulias. He is the CEO of Pappy's Fine Foods and works with grocery store chains as well as distributors and food service to bring his seasoning products to all markets. Edward has developed all of the seasoning and sauce blends and has applied his knowledge of food and spices to help other companies launch seasoning lines and products including Harris Ranch Beef Company. Pappy's Fine Foods is known for having delicious, made to order seasoning and sauce products that through Edward's expertise are developed without many of the additives and preservatives that are a mainstay of so many products on grocery store shelves.