AMERICA’S TRUSTED CHOICE
Cozzini Bros. is the nation’s largest provider of commercial knife rental and sharpening services.
Trusted by over 100,000 customers, we proudly serve some of the most prominent restaurant
and grocery chains across the United States.
1905
Mr. Giuseppe Cozzini arrived to Ellis Island with a dream to build a better life for his family and himself.
Giuseppe made his way to Chicago to begin his dream; returning home to Italy about every 2 years
1930
Giuseppe’s three sons: Ottorino, Lino and Angelo came to America to work with their father in his business.
They used horse drawn wagons to grow their territory, delivering knives throughout Chicago.
1941
Increased their territory beyond Chicago city limits by beginning to use trucks
1968
Ottorino, Lino and Angelo’s children joined the business and it grew to restaurants, supermarkets and industrial accounts throughout Illinois and Wisconsin.
The knife sharpening was centralized and daily routes to customers were created.
2010
Oscar and Oswald brought partners into the business to focus on building a national company
Full Service Knife Sharpening Provider
Knife sharpening service nationwide – Cozzini Bros. is a full service provider of sharpening and other blade exchange programs for restaurants, grocery stores, commercial kitchens, cafeterias, hospitals and schools. While maintaining the heritage, values and customer focus of our family business, we have been encouraged by our customers to invest in customized blade sharpening programs for a variety of equipment, and in developing sophisticated invoicing capabilities.
Expert Knife Sharpening Service Nationwide
As our customers grew their businesses, we grew with them. Today we are the only knife rental and sharpening business capable of providing nationwide service. Plus, Cozzini is the only company in our industry that will provide a regularly scheduled sharpening program/exchange program for customer equipment including slicer blades, food processing blades and can openers
Professional & Reliable Service
Cozzini takes great pride in providing consistent, reliable and high-quality service. Every location is assigned a dedicated set of cutlery, a specific delivery day, and a regular frequency of service. And because we are a large company, we have the backup resources to deal with the inevitable challenges of route delivery businesses. Our team members arrive at your location in a clean vehicle and wearing a uniform.
Sophisticated Invoicing
When our customers told us they were spending way too much time entering invoices into their payments systems, we listened. We invested in state of the art technology so that we can capture an electronic proof of delivery signature for every delivery, and we can provide a consolidated monthly invoice with all of the necessary details. And upon request we’ll activate our electronic data interchange (EDI) so that our computer talks to yours.
