The problem was we all knew quite a bit about manufacturing and potato processing and licensing. We didn't know a whole lot about the web that exists out there in the spirits industry.

We have to be selective now.

The idea that you can drink your potatoes now is pretty appealing to most people.

It ranges from housing interest to retail development interest to warehouse and manufacturing interest.

We were really good at manufacturing. We have a real niche ... so we started manufacturing index tabs and started marketing those nationwide and selling to other printers and print brokers, and all of a sudden that business took off. The norm was two weeks, and we were offering next-day service, which really got people's attention.

In Ontario, job losses in manufacturing have accelerated in recent months alongside announced layoffs in the key auto sector. However, Ontario's economy is well diversified and strength in the service sector, which accounts for more than 70% of overall employment and economic activity, should support vehicle sales of about 590,000 units in 2006 - in line with the average of the past two years.