A distributor’s bankruptcy placed Canada Dry beverages in short supply around Snohomish County in recent weeks, but store shelves are again getting stocked up. Owners of the brand recently switched to Columbia Distributing Co., the largest distributor in the Pacific Northwest. The beverage company is offering Herald readers a coupon in Sunday’s paper for a free 2-liter bottle of Canada Dry to thank them for their patience.
Finding a job in a recession is the topic of a workshop from noon to 1 p.m. Monday at Everett Community College in the Parks Student Union Conference Room B. Special guest speakers from Safeway Corp. will offer insights on getting a job during hard times and on career opportunities with their company. A career adviser will talk about the value of volunteer experience on a resume. For more information, call 425-388-9279.
Farmers, market leaders, educators and agriculture industry supporters are invited to a one-day workshop to learn how to market for the “new consumer.” The workshop begins at 7:30 a.m. March 13 at the Cotton Tree Inn in Mount Vernon. The workshop, sponsored by the Washington State University/Skagit County Cooperative Extension and Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland, includes a lunch and discussion session. The fee is $10. Registration is required by calling Dyvon Havens at 360-428-4270. Speakers include Laurie Demeritt, chief operating officer of the Bellevue marketing firm Hartman Group, who will talk on profiling the new consumer. Also, Bill Shepard of Mind Garden Group in Anacortes will discuss developing markets and brands for the new consumer. He served as director for marketing for Chex cereals and Bumblebee Seafoods.
Webcasting concern Loudeye Technologies Inc. of Seattle said Friday it will cut 12 percent of its workforce, or about 27 jobs, and eliminate several senior managers in a restructuring designed to save money. The workforce reductions include the positions of president, chief operating officer and general manager of Activate.net, which Loudeye recently acquired.
Verizon long distance customers in Washington can now buy minutes in advance and keep a better handle on how much they spend for the service. SmartTouch is a new service that allows customers to set up a personal long distance account and then decide how time is allocated to it. The plan is a flat 8-cent fee per minute with no monthly fees. At the beginning of each long distance call, the customer is told how much money and how many minutes he or she has in the account.
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