Hawai'i small businesses hoping to sell their products in military commissaries and exchanges will get a chance to show off their goods at the annual American Logistics Association Hawai'i Food Show Thursday at the Hawaii Prince Hotel in Waikiki.

This year's show will feature 81 local companies showcasing thousands of products.

Each year, buyers from the Defense Commissary Agency attend the show to sample and select products for sale in more than 260 commissaries and exchanges in Hawai'i as well as across the world.

At last year's show, 251 items were selected for placement in military commissaries.

PRIMO BEER SPONSORS 6-MAN CANOE TEAM

Primo Beer said it will sponsor a six-man crew competing in the O'ahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association's 2009 long-distance outrigger canoe paddling season.

Team Primo makes its debut tomorrow in the Duke Kahanamoku Race, sponsored by Lanikai Canoe Club. The race is from Kailua Beach Park to the Hilton Pier in Waikiki.

Team Primo paddlers include Kai Bartlett, Mael Carey, Danny Ching, Kekoa Cramer, Philipe Gomes, Peter Konohia, Tyson Kubo, Mike Pederson, Alfred Van Gieson and coach Kala Judd.

CREDIT UNION INDUSTRY BARS EX-MANAGER

The National Credit Union Administration Board has issued an order barring a former Honolulu credit union manager from working in the industry because of her conviction on bank fraud charges.

Roselle Farias, the former manager of Prince Kuhio Federal Credit Union, was convicted of bank fraud in November 2007. She was sentenced to 16 months in prison, five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $96,085 in restitution.

NEW HABITAT STORE TO PROMOTE RECYCLING

Habitat for Humanity Leeward O'ahu said it will open a store in Campbell Industrial Park this fall that will sell new and used building materials, with proceeds going to support its affordable housing program in the area.

ReStore will hold preview sales on Saturdays and Sundays starting Sept. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Additional days and times will be added after a grand opening scheduled for November.

In addition to raising funds for Habitat for Humanity, organizers say the store will be an important way of recycling and reusing products by keeping them out of landfills. In the first year of operation, the goal is to divert 100 tons of usable materials from O'ahu's landfills.