A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 2, 1994 TERRACE STANDARD Business Review Nothing AROUND TOWN she’s known as “The Popcorn Lady.” What Heather Austin sells is a Hine of popcorn and spices pro- duced by Saskatchewan-based Schneider's Popcorn Parties Inc, Like a lot of home-based businesses, Austin became in- volved because she wanted better access to a particular product. **We got a (Schneider's) popper as a gift, but found there was no one available here to sell us the product,’” said Austin last weck, Schneider’s sells 16 spices ranging from dill pickle to parmesan and garlic which are added to the popcorn after it’s been popped. There’s also a 17th one — theatre spice — that’s added with the popcom in the popper. It’s the most popular of the spices. Schenider’s also sells its own popper‘and coconut oil, but Aus- tin says other methods — includ- ing air poppers — can be used. *Yow’re making it, so you can determine what you want,”’ she says of the taste variety available. Aside from spices, Schneider’s also sells packaged popcom in a variety of flavours including but- ter pecan and black forest. Austin and other home-based businesses will be at the arena banquet room this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 pam. They’re taking part in the Ter- trace Home-based Busincss Asso- Shop local plan — here - A LOCAL finance company is hoping to spark Christmas shop- -. ping wilh a plan used -in othe) communities, ae Aveo Financial Services, with 50 sponsoring businesses, is, promoting Kermodei Kash, a sys- tem of travellers’. cheque-type certificates. Consumers who qualify spend the Kermodej Kash cheques at participating businesses and have - six-months — until April 1, 1995 — to pay the money back without incurring interest payments, ‘Medicine Hat ran a promotion like this last year and it resulted in $250,000 in sales,’’ said local Aveo manager Mitch Stolarchuk. It was tried in Kitimat several years ago and is now an annual feature in Smithers where it’s sponsored by that community's credit union. Avco takes five per cent of each Kermodei Kash purchase from participating merchants, enough to cover overhead and expenses. ‘We don’t expect to make any money. This is a positive-type promotion. We may gain new clients from this,’’ said Stolar- chuk. He said the promotion has drawn. a lot of interest from busi- ness and owners who expericnced it in other communities. Martin feted NORTHERN DRUGS co-owner Gerry Martin was in Philadelphia recently to accept the ‘Bowl of Hygeia’’ award sponsored by Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories and Whitehall Robins. It’s) = given’ =by provincial pharmaceutical associations and by those in each of the United States cach year to pharmacists who take active roles in their communitics. Martin is past president of the Terrace Rotary Club and the Ter- tace and District Chamber of Commerce, is president of the Shames Mountain Ski Corpora- tion, is a director of the Forest Al- liance of B.C. and sits on various land claims advisory committees. He’s also chairman of the Terrace University Access Commitiee. Martin’s partner in Northern Drugs is Larry Krause, The pair this year are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their company. mo a orny here aon BIG BOWLS from tiny kernels is the business of Heather Austin. She sells Schneider's Popcorn Parties products. 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