Fine Food, incorporating Convenience World and the AACS Convention will run at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre from 24 – 27 September 2007. Entry is restricted to members of the retail, hospitality and foodservice sectors. Persons not in these categories, including children, will not be admitted. Visitors can obtain further details and register at http://www.finefood.com.au/

According to a news report from townonline.com, “In 2003, 29-year-old Nondas Pamfilis traveled from Athens, Greece to Chelmsford hoping someday to open his own Greek-style pizzeria.”

“I love my job except for 2 times a year when I have to review my eight direct reports.” Do these words sound familiar? If you are like most managers, you would prefer to just do the “real work” and leave it to the employees to figure out how their performance stands.

Do you have a boss who… Changes priorities often, giving you one direction then suddenly sending you off in a different direction entirely? Changes priorities but doesn’t inform you? Doesn’t give you timely feedback on your work, so you don’t even know if you have been successful?

David Smith of Smith’s Pizza Palace Plus (www.PizzaPalacePlus.com) in Emporium, Pennsylvania, became the American Pizza Championship (APC) Winner with his tantalizingly tasty Cajun Chicken pizza at this year’s Orlando Pizza Show hosted by PMQ’s Pizza Magazine and held in conjunction with the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show September 7-9 at the Orange County Convention Center.

According to a news report from chinadaily.com, “Most people think pizza originated in Italy, others say it was created in China. But staff at Serafino Pizzeria are adamant that Greece was the first home of the globally popular pizza.”

A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour is celebrating its 2nd year showing tourists from around the world what locals, pizza aficionados, food critics, the Food Network, the Travel Channel and the Zagat Survey already know about the best pizzerias in Brooklyn while exploring some of the borough’s most unique neighborhoods.

According to a news report from usatoday.com, “Subway is to sandwiches what Dunkin’ is to doughnuts. So why are both chains exploring — pizza?”

It’s scary to think you might actually become obsolete. What’s really frightening is to already be obsolete and not even know it.

She regularly sees her handsome coworker at the coffee pot. In fact, she has started drinking more coffee just to increase her chances of an encounter. He occasionally sees her in meetings and tries not to stare. They both know there is a spark between them, but they have been trying to act professionally and ignore it. They are definitely interested in a romantic relationship, but they both value their careers. Should they take the chance for romance?

Diversity in business today makes good sense. Unfortunately, many companies don’t manage their diversity initiatives effectively, resulting in the one thing they were aiming to avoid: Discrimination.

Keeping up–with technology, with competitors, with anything in business or life–is a fool’s game. Think about it…When you’re keeping up, what’s the advantage? In reality, there is no advantage to keeping up, because all you’re doing is making yourself just like everyone else. You’re finding out who the best is and then you’re copying the best. But by the time you get as good as the best, the best has already moved on to something better, and you’re still far behind.