The Distinguished Order of Zerocrats -- a joint group representing members of both the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) -- selected two industry figures to join the Frozen Food Hall of Fame.
Transportation and logistics economist Noel Perry will provide a keynote address at the American Frozen Food Institute's annual Distribution & Logistics Conference, June 14-16, in Seattle.
The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) asked the Child Nutrition Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to include frozen products in the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Programs and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) Chairman Jim Matthews announced that Leslie Sarasin, AFFI president and CEO and a 19-year organization veteran, resigned effective Oct. 31, 2008.
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods turns
to American Frozen Food Institute President
and CEO Leslie Sarasin for a Washington, D.C., insider’s view of ethanol
subsidies and the “food-versus-fuel” debate.
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.