SALINAS, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/30/06 -- Monterey Gourmet Foods (NASDAQ: PSTA), a leading marketer of refrigerated gourmet food products, announced today that it will be participating in the Roth Capital Partners 2006 New York Conference, September 6 - 7 at the Westin New York at Times Square. Chief Executive Officer Jim Williams and Chief Financial Officer Scott Wheeler will present on Thursday, September 7 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Monterey Gourmet Foods CEO Jim Williams stated, "We are looking forward to speaking with existing and potential investors at this Roth Partners conference. Because of Roth's focus on small cap firms this is an excellent audience for our company."

Monterey Gourmet Foods manufactures USDA inspected, fresh gourmet refrigerated food products at its integrated 143,000 square foot corporate headquarters, distribution, and manufacturing facilities in Salinas, (Monterey County) California, its organic food production facility in Eugene, Oregon and its newly acquired facility in Seattle, Washington. Monterey Gourmet Foods has national distribution of its products in over 10,000 retail and club stores throughout the United States and selected regions of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.

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Monterey Gourmet Foods
1528 Moffett Street
Salinas, CA 93905
831-753-6262

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CEO
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Scott Wheeler
CFO
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