Business Affairs

SEAN PERCY

BUSINESS AFFAIRS

New soul at Just Soul Foods

Julie Briscoe is the new owner of Just Soul Foods, the maker of healthy plant-based treats in the Townsite Market.

Just Soul Foods makes treats that are free from gluten, dairy and refined sugars.

Company founder Paula Ansell, a self-taught vegan treat foodie, sold the business to Julie when she decided to move back to Australia.

“I trust her 100% with my recipes and I know she has great things coming her way,” Paula said when introducing Julie.

New Seoul foods

qathet has a new sushi place, with the opening of Seoul Sushi beside Smoke on the Water (the old Haylstonz building at 4775 Joyce Avenue.) Owner and chef Andy Lee was general manager for Smoke on the Water until he opened Seoul Sushi. Andy opened the restaurant before Christmas but was overwhelmed by demand and sold out too quickly, so shut down to re-group.

Now he has re-opened with a staff of three and is looking to hire one more, and even more when the busy summer season arrives. There is no seating

in the small location, so food is take-out only. He currently offers sushi rolls and california rolls, promoting bigger portions at cheaper prices. He plans to add more selection, including Korean hot food, in the future.

Garden Swap

During the pandemic, Baron Shaver, like many, took up gardening.

He manged to grow a few things well and lots of things not so well, and, like many gardeners in the same boat, thought it would be useful to swap what he was growing well with gardeners who were growing something else well.

Though he has a day job making movie sets with his business Reel Fake Stuff, he had been taking classes in programming, and decided to put those skills to the test to build a website that would allow gardeners to swap their produce. His work grew into Garden Swap, a site dedicated to helping gardeners swap food, but that could also serve as a gardener’s social network.

At gardenswap.ca, users can list what produce they have, see what others are growing, and arrange to swap anything from seeds to frozen food.

It accomplishes what many neighbourhood Facebook groups have attempted, but mostly failed, to do.

In addition to swapping features, it also offers discussion boards, blogs, photo sharing and private messaging, as well as functions to rent out your garden space.

While Baron hopes the idea will take off worldwide, his focus is on qathet.

Sign up at gardenswap.ca for a free month. Membership is $1.99 after the first month.

IT guy

Spencer Braak has launched an IT business, Braak Information Technologies

Working out of his home office, Spencer offers businesses help with server adminsitration, switching and routing, and general systems admin, as well as customer software development and troubleshooting.

He also helps individuals with hardware and software problems on non-Mac computers. You can reach him at spencerbraak@gmail.com or visit braakit.ca.

Lund Café

Stockpile Market has opened a cafe inside the market with specialty coffees and an amazing view of the harbour.

The 101 Cafe is open 9 am - 2 pm Monday to Friday and 10 am - 2 pm on weekends.

Awards night

The Chamber of Commerce Business Awards will be presented at a banquet Saturday, February 4 at Dwight Hall at 6 pm.

At deadline, tickets were still available for $65 each at the Chamber of Commerce office on Wharf Street or email office@powellriverchamber.com

|| sean@prliving.ca