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Last month, the Signpost hosted a crossword, which can be found here. The answers to last month's crossword can be found at the following link – thank you all for playing! We have a new crossword for this month – once more, all of the answers have something to do with Wikipedia, though the clues may seem unrelated.
The Save-On-Foods brand was launched in British Columbia in 1982 by Overwaitea Foods, which had been founded in 1915 and was later purchased by Jimmy Pattison in 1968. Most Overwaitea branded stores were gradually converted to Save-On-Foods stores beginning in the 1980s, with the last two remaining Overwaitea stores switching in 2018.
This month's answers are taken from Wikipedia's Featured Articles – every correct answer will be the title of one of the articles listed on that page. You can play the crossword online at this link (recommended) or manually by printing out the image and clues below. Enjoy! Hints may be given in the comments, so scroll cautiously. Crossword ...
Well, that makes two newbies, since this is my first Signpost crossword as well :-) I'm not sure if it's possible to save progress -- the template I made to embed an interactive crossword inline was very ad-hoc, and is built (ab)using a couple other templates, like the search field. I think that if I wrote a standalone app for it, it'd be ...
Some also speculate the name was born during World War II when food shortages encouraged people to limit waste, and pet food was scarce. [10] In 1943, San Francisco cafés, in an initiative to prevent animal cruelty, offered patrons Pet Pakits , cartons that patrons could readily request to carry home leftovers. [ 11 ]
The stores purchased were under the Safeway, Thrifty Foods and Sobeys banners and all were converted to become Save-On-Foods stores. [1] It was also announced that Overwaitea would convert 11 PriceSmart Foods locations to the Save-On-Foods brand. [2] OFG employed over 15,000 team members, as of August 2015.
Overall food prices have increased a staggering 25 percent between 2019 and 2023, the USDA confirms, and “food at home” prices jumped 5% from 2022 to 2023; about twice as much as the typical year.
It is claimed in the main article that the Save-On-Foods chain was founded in 1915, but this is not true. It was actually the Overwaitea chain that was founded in 1915, while the first stores to open under the Save-On-Foods name opened in 1982 in the Greater Vancouver area. The founding date for Save-On-Foods should be changed to reflect this.