The set up for the expo went well and I have already met a number of my neighbours for the next three days. Two of which may be of considerable interest to those of you who try and be environmentally friendly. The first is a company called BioEarth that sell packaging material that I am told is edible (corn starch). While I wouldn’t eat it, it is biodegradable which is a definite bonus.

The second company is called Nova Spring Water that provide water for coolers in single use containers that are recyclable, eliminating the need for collection and return of polycarbonate bottles.

Other neighbours of ours include Boscastle pies, FSM (Food Service Machinery) and Birko.

The show looks excellent with many beneficial suppliers for food industry professionals. Tomorrow I will go around and see what else is on show and report back to you, with my top 5 must see stands.

If you are attending the FSA expo, please come and see us at stand #399. We have three show bonuses that include:

• Our newly released food safety posters
• An ongoing after certification 6 month support for new HACCP clients
• An incentive to enrol in our Food Safety Supervisor course.

As well as discussing our services, we have three different temperature devises for sale. All purchases include a complimentary subscription to our Food Safety Compliance System valued at $228.00. For all existing subscribers that purchase  these items from our website, we will offer the same bonus (just mention the offer in the comments section)

Don’t forget that I am part of a panel discussion on the “Can we talk” stage at 1.30pm discussing “HACCP and Food Safety – what the proposed law changes mean for you and your business”.  Another must see presentation if you own your own food business is delivered by Dr Marc Dussault at 3.00pm. Marc is The Exponential Growth Strategist, and will discussing how you can market your food business differently than everyone else.

For the full schedule of presenters, please check out this link.

Tomorrow at 3.00pm I am presenting a 30 minute session called HACCP – Does it mean Have A Cup of Coffee and Panic? Of course if you have any other HACCP acronyms that I can use, I would appreciate you letting me know. I will credit you in my presentation.

“Do you know how high above the net a top tennis player has to hit the ball to get the ball deep into the back court if he or she is standing on the base line?”

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4.5 to 6 feet ABOVE the net.

Isn’t that amazing? Most people think the goal is to hit as low as possible above the net. If you do that, the ball doesn’t go deep and any good player will ‘jump’ on it and hit a winner.

Hmmm….. I know Marc has a way of thinking differently which is why I had to blog about this today…

I’d like you to attend the Food Services Australia show, but chances are you might make the same mistake most tennis players make thinking they have to hit the ball low when the BEST strategy is to hit HIGH, DEEP with a topspin…

In your case is attending the show doesn’t have to take all day, in fact, with a detailed map of the exhibition hall that I will provide, I’m going to highlight the top 10 booths you have a look at so you can get in and out within 2 hours or less!

That’s the epiphany I had thanks to Marc. Surely you’ll consider attending the show for 2 hours within the 3 full days the show’s open – you have several weeks to plan for it AND it’s staged on the Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday to make sure you’re not away on your busiest days of the week.

If you were thinking it would take you the whole day, that’s not the case – not the way I suggest you do it!

Click here to register for the show, you’ll receive a detailed list of exhibitors, a map of the booths with a pre-determined ‘Top 10’ booths to visit as well as other bonuses I’ve got lined up for you!