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Quick. Name a long-standing Dallas organization identified, in part, with the color, silver? Never mind the city’s pro football team. The answer is Food Source LP.

Admittedly, Allan Kliger’s entrepreneurial career didn’t start with a dream. Rather, the story of Kliger’s business, Victory’s Kitchen Ltd., Toronto, begins with a challenge.

It could the home fireplace or – given the summertime season – the backyard fire pit. In either place, the most enjoyable fires have the right mix of fuel and air for embers that generate a long, slow burn.

Triangle Capital Corp., (TCAP) Raleigh, N.C., said it closed a $7.5 million subordinated debt investment in private label processor Frozen Specialties Inc., Holland, Ohio.

Teamsters Local 200 members said they were informed that Saputo Inc., Montreal, expects to close a condensed milk processing plant in Fon du Lac, Wis.

Chicken processing Perdue Incorporated, Salisbury, Md., announced three senior executive appointments.

Despite national economic woes, food and beverage processors are moving ahead with more than 70 capital projects involving production plants and distribution centers.

Media reported that Publix Supermarkets Inc., Lakeland, Fla., plans to build a 970,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center just north of the Orlando (Fla.) International Airport.

What are today's top comfort foods? Consumers say they are turning more toward such artisan pies, meatloaf and "new" casseroles.

Perhaps it's no surprise but Boomer consumers prefer more "classic" comfort foods while Gen Xers find comfort in more commercial fare.