BUSINESS BRIEFS
Transit workers consider last offer
Advertiser Staff and News Services
The 1,200 unionized workers at Oahu Transit Services, which operates TheBus, say they will consider a "best and final" contract offer from the company next week.
The offer was presented Tuesday to the Hawaii Teamsters & Allied Workers Union Local 996, which represents bus drivers, mechanics, maintenance workers and clerical staff. The previous five-year contract expired Monday and the employees have been working on a contract extension since then.
Details of the proposed deal were not released. Union officials will explain the contract offer to their membership, which will vote on the deal on Wednesday.
The union has yet to take a strike authorization vote and a work stoppage is not imminent. In August 2003, unionized workers struck OTS for more than a month over wages and benefits.
SERVCO OPENS 2ND SUBARU DEALERSHIP
Servco Pacific Inc. said it has opened a second Subaru dealership on O'ahu, at 3361 Wai'alae Ave., near Servco Auto Service Center Kaimuki.
The automotive, insurance and consumer goods company bought the 12,600-square-foot site for the Subaru business earlier this year from an affiliate of former automotive firm Schuman Carriage Co., and renovated the property. Servco acquired the Subaru distributorship in Hawai'i from Schuman last year.
Servco Subaru Wai'alae sells new and used Subarus, as well as other makes of used vehicles.
Servco also operates a Subaru dealership adjacent to its flagship Servco Auto Honolulu in Mapunapuna.
HONOLULU COOKIE CO. LATEST TENANT
Pineapple-shaped cookies are among the latest occupants of Royal Hawaiian Center with the opening of Honolulu Cookie Co. on the shopping center's ground level.
The 693-square-foot Honolulu Cookie Co. store offers free samples. The individually wrapped shortbread cookies come in a variety of flavors including pineapple, liliko'i, mango, Kona coffee and macadamia nut.
Along with the new location comes the addition of new flavors. Chocolate lovers can now indulge in premium dark chocolate dipped butter macadamia, dark chocolate Kona coffee, and dark chocolate triple chocolate cookies.
MEETING ON CABLE FRANCHISE RENEWAL
The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs has scheduled a public meeting for 4 to 6:30 p.m. July 15 at McKinley High School's Hirata Hall on the renewal of the franchise of Oceanic Time Warner Cable to provide cable TV services on O'ahu.
The meeting is open to the public, and members of communities served by Oceanic Time Warner are encouraged to attend the meeting and say how community access TV has benefited their communities, state officials said.
For more information, contact DCCA: cabletv@dcca.hawaii.gov or 586-2620.
OUTRIGGER LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE
Outrigger Enterprises has launched a new Web site — www.OutriggerHawaii.com — to help travelers plan their trips to Hawai'i.
In addition to providing information about Outrigger hotels, the The Web site guides users through activities in five "lifestyle" categories: adventure, romance, culture, culinary and business and leisure. It features video vignettes that showcase unique experiences of the Hawaiian culture as well as first-person stories of visitors who have traveled to Hawai'i.
