The Skåne businesswoman is achieving multi-million dollar success with delicacies in the US.

Skåne businesswoman is achieving multi-million dollar success with delicacies in the US.

Cecilia Ercolino, born in Malmö, is the owner of the gourmet company Italian Products & Beyond in the USA, which imports delicacies from Europe. Among other things, it has brought Scanian sweets and chips to store shelves across the Atlantic, and now intends to open an office in Sweden to establish closer ties with producers across Scandinavia.

Cecilia Ercolino at the heart of the Italian Products & Beyonds showroom; the red Italian kitchen where product samples are reviewed and tasted together with customers and staff.Image: Kieran doyle

She was only going to the States to sell some Italian delicacies, a fun project that was supposed to last up to six months. Cecilia Ercolino made that trip 20 years ago and stayed.