BUSINESS MEMO

Cool Beans Inc., The Coffee Cafe, has closed its operations at West Park Mall, but retail sales of coffee and syrups will continue.

"We lost our lease at the mall," said Bill Zellmer, owner. "Our business was going great and we were looking forward to the Christmas season, but when our six-months lease expired, we were not offered a new lease."

Zellmer said sales of coffee beans, which he will custom grind, and flavored syrups will continue on a limited basis by phone order (335-0993) only. Orders will be delivered.

"We want to keep plans open to reopen in Cape Girardeau," said Zellmer.

Dr. David P. Crowe, an orthodontist, has expanded his practice to Jackson two days a month.

The new office, at 502-A Main St., near Schapers IGA Grocery, will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Crowe said he was going to Jackson to meet the needs of a growing population.

Crowe's Cape Girardeau practice is located at 1736 Broadway.

Wetterau Inc., Scott City Division is gone....Enter Super Value, Scott City Division.

The name change is the final phase of the sale of the Wetterau food group to Super Value group last year.

Darrell Long, division president, has announced the name change to employees and customers.

The name change is effective today.

"Older Worker of the Year" nominations are being accepted by the Missouri Senior Employment Coordinating Committee of the Governor's Advisory Council on Aging.

Contestants must be 55 years of age or older, and will be judged on the contributions to the company, additional/new skills learned and how the employee serves as a role model for other company employees.

The contest is designed to recognize the benefits older workers bring to the work force and to promote the hiring of older workers.

Winners will be selected by the coordinating committee and announced in March of 1994. Celebration activities for the winners will include an expense-paid trip to Jefferson City for a tour of the capitol and meetings with elected officials.

Additional information is available by calling Karen Nally, 334-0990.

My Daddy's Cheesecake, 111 N. Main, has added some gourmet gifts to its line of products.

"We're as much a gift store as a bakery," said manager Lauchette Low. "We're offering some truly unique items that you can't get anywhere else in town."

Among the new products is a line of lemon and orange curd from England; sugar free candy; baking mixes for scones and beer batter breads; Scottish shortbread; flavored cocoas and teas; and chocolate spoons.

"The chocolate spoons are a clever item," noted Low. "They're made of pure chocolate and when you stir your coffee with them, they melt to make a delightful drink."

In addition, the store offers souvenir ceramic mugs featuring the My Daddy's Cheesecake logo and colors.

The Fastenal Company, a national distributor of threaded metal fasteners and related construction supplies, reported nets sales of $29,475,000 for the third quarter of 1993, a gain of 38 percent over the $21.3 million sales during the same period a year ago.

Fastenal, which has a branch office at 2228 Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau, opened 14 new stores during the third quarter, bringing the total to 239 stores in 33 states. Net earnings per share increased from 13 to 18 cents.

There's something new on the pizza front -- California Pizza Kitchen has brought beeper service to its customers at the St. Louis Galleria Food Court.

The restaurant is using 60 pagers to let customers know their table is ready, allowing patrons to shop within a 20-store range covering two levels of the Galleria.

This is not a first for the firm.

"We've had good success with this policy at California Pizza Kitchen outlets in Chicago and Dallas," said a company spokesman. "People place their orders, then spend their valuable free time shopping elsewhere."

The new Roadmaster Corp. Bicycle Plant was dedicated at Effingham, Ill., last week.

Gov. Jim Edgar visited the eastern Illinois community to dedicate the new plant, which will employ 230 people. Edgar also announced a $59,811 state industrial training grant for the Olney-based company.

The grant will be used for technical training for the plant's workers. The plant will manufacture mountain bicycles for Wal-Mart stores across the country, producing up to 1,500 bikes a day.

CINCINNATI - In a new twist on one-stop shopping, two grocery chains are selling flu shots.

In the program that began Sept. 13, SeaWay charges $8 a shot, alternating three days a week among its 45 supermarkets in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan and its 20 discount drug stores.

"It's been wild," said Pat Nowak, director of public relations for SeaWay Food Town Inc. of Toledo. "We thought if we got 50 a day we would be ecstatic; we're averaging 338 a day."

Kroger Co., the nation's largest grocery chain, started offering A-Beijing flu shots last week. It also charges $8 a shot and plans to offer vaccinations in 50 Cincinnati-area stores through Nov. 5.

Registered nurses administer the shots.

CHICAGO - Sears, Roebuck and Co. reported earnings of $388.4 million for the third quarter compared to a loss of $853.8 million in the same quarter of 1992.

Company Chairman Edward Brennan attributed the strong showing to a company restructuring and improved performance in merchandising and insurance businesses.

The third-quarter earnings amounted to 98 cents per share compared with a loss of $2.30 per share a year earlier.

Sales rose 8.6 percent to $12.7 billion from $11.7 billion in the third quarter, excluding the businesses that Sears is leaving such as the domestic catalog operation.

Sears has a store at 2102 William in Cape Girardeau.

TROY, Mich. (AP) - Kmart Corp. confirmed it plans to sell minority stakes in at least four specialty business units.

The second-largest U.S. retailer behind Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will sell 25 percent stakes in The Sports Authority, Borders book stores, OfficeMax office supply stores and Builders Square home improvement stores in public offerings within three or four months, spokesman Orren Knauer said Friday.