People: Soupman Inc (SOUP.PK)

Mr. Arnold Casale is Director of Soupman Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Casale has over 40 years in the food and restaurant business. Prior to this he was the owner of the Brooklyn Bagel Company, which is a producer of par-baked bagels since April 2000. He co-founded Arnie’s Bagelicious Bagels, Inc. in 1991 which was sold to the Quaker Oats Company in 1994. Arnie’s Bagels customers included Dunkin Donuts, McDonald’s, Friendly’s, A&P and many more. In the 1970s and 1980s, Mr. Casale owned several retail “hand rolled” bagel shops where he perfected his formula including the Famous Gem Bagels on Houston Street in NYC (next to Katz Deli) and Kings Bagels in Brooklyn. Mr. Casale was also a franchisee of one of the highest grossing Carvel Ice Cream shops in Brooklyn, NY for 10 years and was instrumental in bringing Froze Fruit, an all natural fruit dessert on a stick, to NYC.