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.