Scenes from the 2009 AFFI Frozen Food Convention in Monterey, California

Saturday night's frozen food industry jam session was a big hit as industry players rocked the Portola Plaza's De Anza Ballroom.  AFFI's Lucas Darnell (center) is joined by Chris Murphy of Sierra Pacific Warehouse Group (left) and AFFI's Chairman of the Board Jim Matthews of H.J. Heinz Co. (right).

 

    

Frozen Food Foundation Executive Director Linda Ziglar visits with Richard Brown of Cebro Frozen Foods at the foundation
exhibit.

 

Representatives from Korea and China at the International Buying Mission were treated to a tour of the Metz Fresh facility.

 

More than twenty exhibitors participated in the convention, including Ropack Packaging.

 

Member of the AFFI Board of Directors Stan Firestone of Firestone Pacific Foods Inc. (left) joins in a conversation with John Hannah of Pacific Valley Foods, Inc. and Susan Prchal of National Frozen Foods Corp. following the International Trade Committee meeting.


 

John Allan, AFFI's manager of regulatory and international affairs, (center) participates in the Microbiology Committee meeting along with former AFFI board member Kurt Buckman of Birds Eye Foods Inc. (right) and Mark Tullio of Patterson Vegetable Co. LLC (left). 


 

Theresa Kaufmann and Elizabeth Pivonka of Produce for Better Health Foundation and Steve Becic of Pacific-Atlantic Sales LLC enjoy the wine tasting hosted by Driesbach Enterprises Inc.

 

New Chairman of the AFFI Board of Directors Ray Walker of Patterson Vegetable Co. LLC and Immediate Past Chairman James Matthews, Jr. of H J Heinz Company visit at an evening reception.

 

             

Convention Chairman Bobby Ray of Allens Inc. introduces keynote speaker Bob Knight.

New AFFI President and CEO Kraig Naasz and AFFI Frozen Food Convention Chairman Bobby Ray of Allens Inc. guide discussion at the Convention Committee meeting.

 

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