Pat Aiello, former owner of Silver State Foods, discussed the evolution of his family's business, which began in 1940 as a bar and restaurant supply business. By 1950, they entered the food business with barbecued beef, later adding spaghetti sauce and pasta in the 1950s. The business primarily sold to grocery stores until the 1980s when they shifted focus to restaurants to counteract declining retail sales. Aiello took over in the 1970s, building their own facility in 1971. He highlighted the challenges of price controls in the 1970s, the impact of regulations, and the difficulty of increasing prices in today's market.