International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA) directors voted for Gary Kelly, senior director of transportation & distribution at Schwan's Logistics LLC, as IRTA's 2008-09 "Executive of the Year."
Editor's note: A special AFFI meeting session featured an interview
between Refrigerated & Frozen Foods Editor Bob Garrison and Ron Pillsbury,
vice president of planning, distribution and customer service for McCain
Foods USA. Following are excerpts from that conversation.