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Business/In Brief • Aug. 14, 2013

New sauce company to introduce productTwo Chicks In A Hammock LLC, a new sauce company on Maui, will be premiering its first product, Backyard Juice Hawaiian Chili Pepper Water, at Cash n' Carry Warehouse in Kahului from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday.The company will be serving grilled steak bites with sample cups of their sauce.Backyard Juice contains no water, monosodium glutamate or red dye and is locally made from mostly local ingredients and packaged in locally made bottles.Cash n' Carry will be selling 13-ounce bottles for $5.99.The company's website is twochicksinahammock.com.***Store ...

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* Lynn Araki-Regan recently was appointed to the J. Walter Cameron Center's board of directors.A Wailuku attorney in private practice, Araki-Regan is a graduate of Baldwin High School. She has a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Santa Clara University in California and her law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.She was economic development coordinator for Maui County from 2003 to 2006 and is the founder and president of Calendarmaui.com.The Cameron Center in Wailuku is home to 16 resident social service agencies. These agencies ...

Business/In Brief • Aug. 13, 2013

HONOLULU - The U.S. Department of Labor has slapped a Honolulu warehouse that stores refrigerated food with more than 60 health and safety violations.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday that the agency claimed violations included failure to label exit routes, inadequate electrical equipment and mismanagement of hazardous chemicals.According to officials, the warehouse is occupied by Unicold Corp. and nine other tenants.Inspectors issued 63 violations in all and have proposed at least $250,000 in fines.Other citations involve missing stair railings, unguarded floor openings and ...

Dresses on the move at Queens Bridal Shoppe

Queens Bridal Shoppe has relocated upstairs next to the Macy's home department, directly above Payless Shoe Source in the Queen Ka'ahumanu Center. The move vacates the shop's previous location in the mall, across from Party Paradise.The Maui store specializes in wedding, prom, bridesmaid and flower girl dresses as well as tuxedo rentals and event coordination.For more information, contact owner Pamela Shepard-Henderson at 298-6899 or email pshep77@aol.com.* * *Award for authorHaiku author J. Lincoln Fenn was named a finalist in the sixth annual international Amazon Breakthrough Novel ...

Business / In Brief • Aug. 10, 2013

Investors plan Coco Palms restorationWAILUA - Oahu-based investors are preparing to revive a Hawaii resort made famous by Elvis Presley.The investors said the Coco Palms Resort property, which has sat in ruins since Hurricane Iniki destroyed the hotel in 1992, is in escrow. They say they've already secured demolition permits.Construction will begin in the first or second quarter of next year if all goes well, Chad Waters, a member of the newly-formed Coco Palms Hui LLC, told The Garden Island newspaper. Workers from Craig Kawakami Builders gathered for a blessing Thursday before they ...

Business/In Brief • Aug. 9, 2013

Matson reports strong earningsHONOLULU - The state's largest ocean transportation company reported strong second-quarter profits.Matson Inc. reported that robust Hawaii shipments helped to more than double earnings.Matson President and CEO Matt Cox, in a conference call with reporters, said Hawaii continues to see high levels of visitor arrivals that drive down unemployment. He said that that in turn led to more goods shipped from the Mainland.He also noted auto shipments and construction activity.Matson reported second-quarter net income of $20.1 million, or 43 cents a share.The ...