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Sometimes the simplest premise has the biggest impact. Notice a product missing from the market place? You’ve got an opportunity on your hands.

Could it be a lucky penny? Or perhaps a rabbit’s foot? Whatever the reason, it’s clear that executives at Real Mex Foods, Buena Park, Calif., are enjoying a streak of good luck.

Consumers are feeling the heat of Latin flavors and asking for more.

This year, Hispanic food and beverage sales are expected to reach $8.4 billion (from $5.7 billion in 2006), reports Packaged Facts, a New York-based market research group.

Stellar, Jacksonville, Fla., said it will provide full design-build services for Keystone Foods' new 185,000-square-foot chicken processing facility in Gadsden, Ala.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the nation's largest chicken producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, Dec. 1, reported the Associated Press.

Local news media reported that the Coffee County (Ala.) Commission granted a 10-year tax abatement to chicken processor Wayne Farms LLC, Oakwood, Ga.

Virginia business media reported that Sabra Dipping Co., Queens, N.Y., expects by mid-2010 to build a new $50 million refrigerated dips and spreads plant in Chesterfield County, Va.

The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association, Harrisburg, Pa., said it has established the "NFRA Refrigerated Food Hall of Fame."

The American Meat Institute said it hired the sales analysis firm, ethnoMetrics Inc., Stevensville, Mich., to "enhance the purchase experience" of those buyers and sellers.

Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, Wis., announced several personnel appointments.