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Pattison Food Group is an operator of supermarkets, based in Langley, British Columbia. It is owned by the Jim Pattison Group . Most stores are under the Save-On-Foods banner, which it launched in 1982.
The Jim Pattison Group was created on May 8, 1961, when Pattison purchased a General Motors automobile dealership by borrowing $40,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada, and placing his home and life insurance policy with the bank as collateral. [6] In 1965, The Jim Pattison Group was awarded a license to operate Vancouver AM radio station CJOR.
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Overwaitea Food Group, which is owned by the Jim Pattison Group. PriceSmart shares the same brands and rewards card system as other Overwaitea chains, including Save-On-Foods. In recent years all but two PriceSmart Foods locations have been converted into Save-On-Foods stores. [1]
In 2004, the Jim Pattison Group agreed to pay $125,000 per year for 10 years for the Save-On-Foods name rights on Victoria’s new arena, [4] amidst unpopular public opinion. [ 5 ] In February 2014, the company announced it was taking over 14 stores on Vancouver Island owned by Sobeys , mostly under the Safeway and Thrifty Foods banners. [ 6 ]
It is a subsidiary of the Overwaitea Food Group, which, in turn, is owned by the Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Group. The chain has seven locations, four located in downtown Vancouver, one at the UBC Point Grey campus, and one each in Calgary and Kelowna.
Pattison Food Group operates AG Foods; Bulkley Valley Wholesale; Buy-Low Foods; Choices Markets; Meinhardt Fine Foods; Nature’s Fare Markets; Nesters Market ...
Their parent company, the Overwaitea Food Group, also owns Urban Fare, PriceSmart Foods and Cooper's Foods. All are owned by the Jim Pattison Group . On March 22, 2018, the remaining two Overwaitea locations in British Columbia were closed, reopening the following day as Save-On-Foods stores.
James Allen Pattison OC OBC (born October 1, 1928) is a Canadian business magnate and investor. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he holds the position of chief executive officer, chairman and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group, Canada's second largest privately-held company, with more than 45,000 employees worldwide, and annual sales of $10.1 billion. [1]