The last time I used a Latin phrase in a headline, one of my colleagues teased me unmercifully, arguing that no one had the faintest idea what I was trying to convey.

Haves and have nots. It’s a lot easier to espouse sustainability when you have plenty of resources to … well, sustain oneself, as opposed to being in a position where you’re fighting to establish a livelihood for yourself and your family.

“We was robbed!” That’s all I could think of when Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, announced - in his Hercule Poirot voice - that Chicago had been eliminated in the first round.

Editor Bernie Pacyniak discovers that the confectionery world doesn’t stop turning while he takes advantage of summer’s last hurrah during a family vacation.

I recall the first time I saw a three-wheel bike in a cookie/cracker bakery many years ago. As a novice to the industry, I wasn’t quite sure what a bicycle was doing in a food processing plant.

When I returned to Stratham, N.H., earlier this summer to visit Lindt USA, I was impressed by how much it had changed since my first visit in 2001.

Pinch yourself. No, this isn’t an attempt to determine your pain tolerance level. Waterboarding is now definitely a no-no here in the United States. Rather, the pinching is simply an interactive approach of saying we’ve survived the first half of 2009.

Typically, it’s an intense week whenever the National Confectioners Association’s ALL CANDY EXPO rolls into town in the middle of May. Let’s face it, the former candy capital of the world understands the importance of having confectioners in town to showcase the latest treats, thus facilitating a bit of sweet and savory wheelin’ and dealin’ on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Faced with a critical need to add capacity in order to sustain a fast-track growth strategy, Katjes Fassin GmbH selects a greenfield site in Potsdam, Germany, to debut the latest in processing efficiency and operational transparency.

During this year’s 11th annual European Suppliers Roundtable, representatives from the leading equipment and ingredient suppliers to the global confectionery marketplace wrestled with a host of questions dealing with the economic downturn.