Lubriplate’s NSF H-1 registered, food machinery grade, synthetic lubricants are ideal for frozen food processors.

Diversified frozen foods processor Rich Products Corp., Buffalo, N.Y., recognized top sales personnel and brokers for 2008 performance.

It may be the title of President Barack Obama’s best-selling biography, but “The Audacity of Hope,” also is a phrase that applies to the current state of affairs in the refrigerated and frozen food industry.

Frozen food processors elected Ray Walker, Patterson Vegetable Co., as 2009 chairman of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI).

R&FF provides its annual listing of the leading retail and foodservice processors in each of six industry segments. Coverage includes “Year in Review” highlights with segment-leading companies.