Tampa Bay Times from St. Petersburg, Florida • 107

8 TIMES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2,1987 pt BUSINESS p. TALL 5s" Li, MEN'S WEAR WHO'S NEWS Barnett Bank of Pasco County announced the following promotions: Patricia G. Krogmann was 1st Quality Big Toll Fashions Cypress Point Shopping Center 2365-A U.S. 19 Clearwater Sun. 12-5 (813)796-1443 Heating System fc INSPECTION SPECIAL 1 Offer Expires PLAN NOW TO Ruth Barber Trust.

Mills Resources has leased mining rights to its sister firm, according to principal Elli Mills. Zephyr Rock fought strong community opposition to extend mining operations into the adjoining property, eventually obtaining a judicial ruling in November to force the County Commission to award a permit. Mills said work in the new property should not begin for several years. Robert Walker has opened Teen Town Inc. on Seventh Street in Dade City.

The business features more than 20 video games, three pool tables, a snack bar and juke box. Walker said there will be adult supervision during all business hours. WPAS Radio-AM 1400 in Zephyrhills is moving from its present site on U.S. 301 to the new Mission Square shopping center on County Road 54, owner Charles F. Wister announced.

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Arthur Anderson, Inc. 7212 U.S. 19 New Port Richey (WGUL Building) 849-2537 We service all makes and for replacement we carry named vice president and branch manager of the Veterans Village office. She joined the bank in March 1983. Rita M.

Jansky was named assistant vice president and branch manager of the County Line Road office. She joined the bank in July 1979. Daniel B. Andrews was named assistant vice president and branch manager of the new Dade City office. He joined the bank in August 1985.

Sandra E. Smalley was named assistant vice president and branch manager of the Land O'Lakes office. She joined the bank in June 1984. Maureen Conley was named assistant vice presidentoperations in the New Port Richey office. She joined the bank in January 1981.

DeeDee L. Biagli was named a loan officer at the Regency office. She joined the bank in August 1984. Regina M. Maher was named operations officer of the Port Richey office.

She joined the bank in June 1982. W. Keith McCart and William E. Parker have joined Brasher Associates a commercial real estate company in New Port Richey, as associates. McCart lives in Lecanto and will concentrate on Hernando, Citrus and southern Marion counties.

Parker is a former teacher in a Pinellas County high school and lives in Hudson. John Finlay of Holiday, a salesman for Newton Manufacturing Co. of Iowa, was honored recently as a member of the company's 1986 National Sales Toppers, an award for the top 10 percent of its 1,500 member sales force. Newton distributes advertising and promotional items. Gordon F.

Lennon of Port Richey was named secretary of the Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers. Carol Lennon was named a state director of the group. TRANE 1 7935 U.S. Hwy. 1 9, Hudson THE SERVICE SPECIALISTS Wal-Mart plans to open its fourth discount department store in Pasco County at 8:30 a.m.

The store is in Pasco Square at the intersection of County Road 54 and Rowan Road. The store manager is Norm Zizoff. an HERNANDO 4 ''I PASCO HOLIDAY 868-9531 842-1464 683-76067 Not emaciated with Arthur Andersen Co. Jasmine Lakes Development Corp. plans a grand opening for its Jasmine Lakes Plaza at U.S.

19 and Jasmine Boulevard NORM ZIZOFF i fill 'xMIf from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., president Sam Y. Allgood Jr. announced. The opening will continue Saturday from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Tenants include Rojo Cleaners and Tailors, Major Medicare Supply, Nature's Storehouse, Eleanor's Beauty Shop, Coastal Hearing Aid, Holiday Travel Service, Karen Stockwell Insurance, Woodside Opticians, Pizza Works and Medical Walk-In Clinic. The Business column is a regular feature of the Pasco Times appearing Mondays. Send items of interest concerning appointments, promotions, new businesses, new construction, and business-related awards and events to Joseph Garcia, Pasco Times, 11321 U.S. 19, Port Richey, 33568.

BRIEFLY Mills Resources, which shares ownership with Zephyr Rock and Lime recently purchased 426 acres adjacent to the mining company's 321-acre site in Crystal Springs for $876,275 from the Alan and Service, quality attract customers By DIANNE STALLINGS Times Staff Writer "The chains (failed), and the independents went in, rehabilitated the stores and made a go of it," he said. "Usually in those cases, the structure of a large corporation has become too cumbersome to meet local needs. The more regionalized, the more successful they can become. "Just like the successful mom and pop stores, they have to get to know their customers, their needs, wants and pleasures. While the big stores have the advantages of group purchasing and large inventories, the little business can tailor its merchandise to its customers." The small markets appear to fare best in areas where the people have the time and money to shop, he said.

With a large retiree population, Hernando County fits that description. And their demand for meat means that each week, Gene Owens goes through 10 to 12 hanging cattle carcasses, an average of 1,000 pounds of pork, 1,500 pounds of chicken and 700 pounds of sparerib3. SPRING HILL In a time when big business is swallowing family operations right and left, Gene Owens is doing just fine. In the last five years since he opened Gene's Meat and Deli on Northcliffe Boulevard in Spring Hill, his annual sales have nearly doubled. "It's been fantastic," Owens said, with a trace of an Irish lilt.

"The main thing is quality. We stand behind everything. And we cater to everybody the same way whether they are big spenders or small." At Carlton's Suprex Market on Broad Street in Brooksville, Paul Carlton has weathered the assaults of super chains like Winn Dixie and Publix with hardly a scratch. After 40 years, he knows most of his customers as well as he does his own family. Dr.

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Attitude, personal service and quality set the small market apart, according to John Morse, senior editor of Supermarket News, an industry publication based in New York. Because of the pressure from competition, even large chains such as Safeway are learning lessons from neighborhood meat markets and grocery stores, Morse said. Some of the food giants are using computers to allow them to OFFICES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA: Bayonet Point: 12300 U.S. Highway 19 Norlh. 868-9518.

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But those same stores produced only 21.2 percent of the total sales of $292-billion. But with only 800-square-feet of store space as with Gene Owen's operation, a small meat market doesn't need to sell as much to make a profit. "About 20 percent of the supermarket units that is the major chains in the country sell one-half of the food," Morse said. Yet in some places like Baltimore, Ohio, the mom and pop grocery has staged a comeback. COMPUTERIZED TAX PREPARATION in your home We will prepare your tax return in the comfort and privacy of your own I home.

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