There are many companies and products that claim to be the best thing since sliced bread, but for Boisbriand, Que.-based Salaisons Desco Inc., being the proverbial best thing in the processed meats industry is the company's true calling. Originally founded in 1980 by president Guy Chevalier, Desco began as a 50,000-square-foot facility that exclusively operated as a ham business, before making the shift to smoked Montreal meat back in 2000.