DINUBA, Calif. – Ruiz Foods Inc. has appointed Arthur Drogue, recently retired from Unilever as senior vice president of customer development for the Americas, and Angelo Iantosca, recently retired as president/CEO from Nestle Prepared Foods, as two new members of its board of directors.

Drogue has also held positions at Best Foods, Nabisco and General Mills. Iantosca has also held other positions at Nestle Prepared Foods, within Buitoni North America, Nestle’s Global Food Strategic Business Unit, Stouffer’s and Lean Cuisine.


Ruiz Foods processes prepared frozen foods selling to all channels of distribution: retail, convenience store, clubs, vending, industrial and foodservice. Its El Monterey brand is the market leader within the frozen Mexican food category and the No. 1 brand of frozen Mexican food in the US.