From Our Family Kitchen to Your Storefront
The Coco’s Wholesale Story
Where It All Began
Every jar of sauce has a story, but ours starts long before there was a warehouse or a delivery truck. It started in a bustling Nashville kitchen, where my mother Lucy and my uncle Mike spent hours perfecting the recipes that would one day become household staples.
It was 1964. The smell of simmering tomatoes, garlic, and fresh herbs filled the air. Friends, family, and neighbors would gather around the table, tasting and laughing as Lucy stirred and tasted again and again. Every batch of sauce was an act of love, patience, and devotion — values that still guide our business today.
The classic Luciana’s Marinara Sauce captured the essence of Italian comfort food: rich, balanced, and comforting. And when Lucy experimented with a little heat, Luciana’s Spicy Marinara Sauce was born — bold, fiery, and unforgettable.
Carrying Tradition Forward
In 2009, we founded Coco’s Wholesale & Imports, building on the legacy of Coco’s Italian Market & Restaurant, a Nashville favorite. What started as serving our neighborhood grew into a mission: to bring authentic Italian flavors to grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, and specialty markets across the region.
Our sauces are still made and packed by our family’s longtime partner, who has been with us since those early kitchen days. Every batch is slow-simmered, hand-checked, and bottled with the same care Lucy insisted upon.
When you stock Luciana’s Marinara or Spicy Marinara, you’re not just offering another jar of sauce — you’re offering decades of flavor, heritage, and family tradition.
Why Stores Love Our Sauces
- Authenticity: Time-tested recipes that taste like home.
- Quality Ingredients: Fresh tomatoes, herbs, olive oil, and natural flavors.
- Versatility: Perfect for pizzas, pastas, lasagnas, or as a dipping sauce.
- Repeat Business: Customers come back for the taste they trust.
Our sauces have become staples in mini-marts, grocery stores, and liquor stores, not because we tell them to, but because customers keep asking for them.
From Our Family Table to Your Shelves
Running a store isn’t just about inventory — it’s about curating products that your customers love. By partnering with Coco’s Wholesale, you bring the richness of Italian tradition to your shelves. Our sauces connect families to meals they’ll remember, just like Lucy’s original Sunday dinners.
Whether it’s the comforting depth of Luciana’s Marinara or the lively spark of Luciana’s Spicy Marinara, these sauces deliver quality, authenticity, and a story your customers can taste.
Join Our Family of Retailers
We take pride in helping stores bring something special to their community. When you carry our sauces, you’re not just stocking jars — you’re offering a slice of Italian tradition, hand-crafted and lovingly maintained for over fifty years.
From our family table to your shelves — Buon appetito!
The Heart of Every Italian Kitchen
Luciana’s Marinara Sauce
A Sauce That Started It All
Some family recipes fade with time.
Ours only grew stronger.
The story of Luciana’s Marinara Sauce begins long before Coco’s Wholesale & Imports ever opened its doors — back in the early 1960s, when my mother, Lucy, and my uncle Mike ran a small Italian kitchen filled with laughter, flour, and the aroma of slow-simmered tomatoes.
It wasn’t just cooking; it was family life. Every pot of sauce had a story, every stir had meaning. My mother believed that food could heal, connect, and carry love farther than words ever could. And so, one evening in 1964, she perfected what would become the heart of our family table: her classic marinara sauce.
Fresh basil from a neighbor’s garden, ripe tomatoes crushed by hand, a drizzle of imported olive oil, and a patience only Italian mothers possess. That was Lucy’s secret — not the ingredients, but the intention behind them.
From Our Family Table to Your Shelves
For decades, that sauce simmered on our family stove, bringing together children, cousins, and neighbors. It wasn’t until much later — in 2009, when Coco’s Wholesale & Imports was founded — that we realized other families might want a taste of that same comfort.
Our family’s partner, who’s been with us since 1964, still oversees every batch. He knows the rhythm of the recipe by heart. The sound of tomatoes bubbling, the way the sauce thickens slowly, the scent that fills the air — it’s all exactly as Lucy intended.
That’s why we say Luciana’s Marinara Sauce isn’t just a product; it’s a promise. The same simple ingredients, prepared with care and love, just like it was in our kitchen all those years ago.
Tradition, Preserved in Every Jar
In an age where everything feels rushed, this sauce stands still. There’s no rush when it comes to good food — and Lucy made sure we never forgot that.
Each jar reflects our family’s commitment to authenticity. It’s bright, rich, and balanced — the way marinara should taste.
When you open a jar of Luciana’s Marinara, you’re not just adding sauce to your pasta. You’re opening a piece of our story — one that began in a Nashville kitchen and now lives on in markets, groceries, and homes across the region.
Bringing Italian Tradition to Modern Shelves
Coco’s Wholesale & Imports was born from the same values that built Coco’s Italian Market — a dedication to real ingredients, local partnerships, and old-world flavor.
We’ve spent years helping stores and distributors bring authentic Italian pantry staples to customers who crave something more meaningful than a mass-produced label.
Every jar of Luciana’s Marinara Sauce represents the connection between past and present — between our family and yours.
From our table to your shelves — Buon appetito!
