4 Cousins

About

Family, Friends, Food

Story

4 Cousins is a story about good food, family and friends.

4 Cousins is owned by Tony, Charlie and Rob Orlando and Pasquale Perri.

The Orlando and Perri families migrated to Australia in the 1950’s. Setting up in Melbourne, Victoria these two families supported each other and would always come together for family gatherings and of course food.

The Orlando Family headed by father Joe and mother Pina opened it's first fruit and grocery store in St Kilda in 1968, this was followed by another store in Windsor. It was here where the brothers began to learn and understand the family business. Years later the 3 brothers opened Crisp & Green in Brighton, which was an institution for the Church Street locals. It was here where Pasquale worked for 3 years while studying at University.

After 17 successful years the brothers decided to have a break from the Fruit industry, and ventured into the Deli business, although successful it was short lived as the Fruit industry kept calling.

It was late in 2006 that the Parkdale store began. A business partnership with the Brancatisano family saw the vision of developing a fresh food market in the Bayside area come to fruition. The store opened it's doors with great success and was well supported by the Bayside community, who had a great appreciation for the fresh food on offer.

Although the store has gone through a few name changes due to changes in the partnership arrangement, the constant from day one has been the 3 brothers ably supported by their father Joe. Their passion and knowledge of fruit and vegetables has been the cornerstone of the store's success.

The last piece of the puzzle was the coming home of their cousin Pasquale into the family run business when the Brancatisano family decided to move back into the wholesale market.

Although 3 brothers and 1 cousin, 4 Cousins was born.