Summary of MONTEREY GOURMET FOODS

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

(d) On August 14, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company confirmed Mr. Mark C. Frandsen's acceptance of his election as a director of the Company effective August 8, 2008. Mr. Frandsen will serve on the Compensation and Nominating Committee. The Board authorized him to receive options to purchase 4,166 shares of common upon his election to the board.

Since 1994, Mr. Frandsen has served as president and CEO of New Season Foods, Inc. in Forest Grove, OR. He purchased New Season Foods in 1998 and repositioned the business to focus on custom vegetable ingredients sold to food manufacturers in Japan and Asia. Then in 2007, Mr. Frandsen successfully sold New Season Foods to Ajinomoto Co., Inc., the largest food company in Japan and one of the largest in the world, continuing as president and CEO. Mr. Frandsen also owns and operates the Grove Commerce Center, an industrial park for food processing and technology-related companies as well as regional manufacturing and service businesses. He has served as chairman of the Northwest Food Processors Association and as a director of the American Frozen Food Institute. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Association for Corporate Growth, the board of trustees for Pacific University, and as vice chairman of TOC Management Services.

Mr. Frandsen earned a bachelor of science in finance and international business from the University of Oregon and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He also graduated from Nyenrode Business Universiteit in The Netherlands.

On August 14, 2008, Monterey Gourmet Foods, Inc. issued a press release regarding this announcement. The full text of the Company's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.