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Overwaitea Food Group
The Overwaitea 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. On March 8, 1915, Robert C. Kidd purchased a store at 746 Columbia Street in New Westminster, British Columbia. He developed several innovative merchandising techniques to attract customers to his store including odd-penny pricing and selling 18 ounces of tea for the price of a pound. The store was soon known as the "over-weight tea" store. When Kidd opened his second store, he decided to call it "Overwaitea". As of August 2015, the Overwaitea Food Group owned and operated 145 grocery stores in B.C. and Alberta under six different brand names. OFG later opened four stores in Saskatchewan and three stores in Winnipeg, Manitoba during 2016. Additionally, in 2017 a full-size store was opened in Whitehorse, Yukon. In February 2014, it was announced that Overwaitea would purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a same management being substantially controlled by same entity/group are called sister companies. The subsidiary can be a company (usually with limited liability) and may be a government- or state-owned enterprise. They are a common feature of modern business life, and most multinational corporations organize their operations in this way. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, or Citigroup; as well as more focused companies such as IBM, Xerox, and Microsoft. These, and others, organize their businesses into national and functional subsidiaries, often with multiple levels of subsidiaries. Details Subsidiaries are separate, distinct legal entities f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safeway (Canada)
Safeway (also referred to as Canada Safeway) is a Canadian supermarket chain of 135 full service supermarket stores mostly operating in the western provinces in Canada. It was established in 1929 as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold in 2013 to Canada's second-largest supermarket chain, Sobeys, a division of the conglomerate Empire Company. It is now independent from the American company (owned by Albertsons) but continues to use the same Safeway name and logo. It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada. History Early years Safeway Inc. established its Canadian operation as Canada Safeway Limited with nine stores in 1929 with headquarters in Winnipeg. In 1935, it acquired the 179 Canadian Piggly Wiggly stores. In 1969, Safeway entered the Toronto market by opening new stores, rather than by acquisition. The firm ultimately failed against entrenched competition in this market. 1970s and 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotiabank
The Bank of Nova Scotia (french: link=no, Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse), operating as Scotiabank (french: link=no, Banque Scotia), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. One of Canada's Big Five banks, it is the third largest Canadian bank by deposits and market capitalization. It serves more than 25 million customers around the world and offers a range of products and services including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, corporate and investment banking. With more than 92,001 employees and assets of Can$1,136 billion (according to 2020 annual report), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto () and New York () exchanges. The Scotiabank swift code is NOSCCATT and the institution number is 002. Scotiabank was founded in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where it was headquartered until relocating to Toronto in 1900. Scotiabank has billed itself as "Canada's most international bank" due to its acquisitions primaril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visa Inc
Visa Inc. (; stylized as ''VISA'') is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards. Visa is one of the world's most valuable companies. Visa does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers; rather, Visa provides financial institutions with Visa-branded payment products that they then use to offer credit, debit, prepaid and cash access programs to their customers. In 2015, the Nilson Report, a publication that tracks the credit card industry, found that Visa's global network (known as VisaNet) processed 100 billion transactions during 2014 with a total volume of US$6.8 trillion. This article is authored by a ''Forbes'' staff member. Visa was founded in 1958 by Bank of America (BofA) as the BankAmericard credit card program. Available through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coast Hotels
Coast Hotels Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of APA Hotels Canada, Inc. is one of North America's fastest-growing and Canada's largest hotel brands. With corporate offices in Vancouver, B.C. and Seattle, WA, Coast Hotels owns, manages and franchises hotels under the Coast Hotels brand and also manages properties independently. Coast Hotels offers unique, one-of-a-kind properties throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Washington State. Coast Hotels offers a loyalty program called Coast Rewards. Members can earn points the moment they join on every qualifying dollar spent with every stay and points can be redeemed for complimentary stays, room upgrades, travel packages and merchandise. Coast Rewards offers members five benefit tiers - Pink, Purple, Silver, Gold and Platinum. In addition, Cast Rewards members have the option to accumulate points with Aeroplan, Alaska Airlines Mileage or More Rewards in place of Coast Rewards p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panago
Panago is a privately held Canadian pizza delivery and takeout chain with approximately 200 locations across six provinces. It was founded in 1986 by the Rooke Family. Panago is a franchise business with each location being franchisee-owned and operated. In 2015, Panago generated over 150 million dollars in sales. History The first three stores opened in 1986 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, and operated under the brand "Panagopoulos," which is the name the chain grew under, until it was rebranded as "Panago" in 2000. Panago has a strong presence in British Columbia, which has 96 locations followed by 68 locations in Alberta. Other stores in operation include eight in Saskatchewan, four in Manitoba, 22 in Ontario and one in Newfoundland. The Panago head office is in Abbotsford and there is a regional office in Downtown Toronto. Current expansion efforts are heavily focused in the province of Ontario. The first urban Toronto location opened at Bay and Gerrard in April 2007. Acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petro Canada
Petro-Canada is a retail and wholesale marketing brand subsidiary of Suncor Energy. Until 1991, it was a federal Crown corporation (a state-owned enterprise). In August 2009, Petro-Canada merged with Suncor Energy, with Suncor shareholders receiving approximately 60 percent ownership of the combined company and Petro-Canada shareholders receiving approximately 40 percent. The company retained the Suncor Energy name for the merged corporation and its upstream operations. It continues to use the Petro-Canada name nationwide. History Founding In 1973, world oil prices quadrupled due to the Arab oil embargo following the Yom Kippur War. The province of Alberta had substantial oil reserves, whose extraction had long been controlled by American corporations. The government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the opposition New Democratic Party felt that these corporations geared most of their production to the American market, and as a result little of the benefit of rising oil p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulkley Valley Wholesale
Bulkeley or Bulkley is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Charles Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (1867–1917), British Officer * Elisabeth Rivers-Bulkeley (1924–2006), Austrian stock broker * Henry Bulkeley (c. 1641–1698), English courtier and politician * James Michael Freke Bulkeley (1761–1796), Nova Scotian civil servant and political figure * John D. Bulkeley (1911–1996), American Vice Admiral in United States Navy * Lucius Duncan Bulkley (1845–1928), American dermatologist * Mary Bulkley (1747/8–1792), British comedy and Shakespearean actress, and dancer * Morgan Bulkeley (1837–1922), American politician, business and sports executive * Peter Bulkley (1583–1659), English-born Puritan preacher and American colonist of Massachusetts * Richard Bulkeley (died 1621) (fl.1563–1621), Welsh politician * Richard Bulkeley (governor) (1717–1800), Irish-born colonial governor of Nova Scotia * Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley (died 1688), MP for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PriceSmart Foods
PriceSmart Foods is a chain of supermarkets located in British Columbia, Canada. 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. The two remaining locations, in Burnaby and Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ... have adjusted their focus into specializing as Asian-foods supermarkets. Locations 2 locations: See also * List of Canadian supermarkets References Supermarkets of Canada Jim Pattison Group Food and drink companies based in British Columbia {{canada-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Fare
Urban Fare is a supermarket chain located in British Columbia. It is a subsidiary of the Overwaitea Food Group, which, in turn, is owned by the Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Group. The chain has six locations, four located in downtown Vancouver and one each in Calgary and Kelowna. It is part of the 'More Rewards' rewards card program as also featured at other stores in the chain such as Save-On-Foods. Urban Fare is primarily upmarket, with a focus on high-end, gourmet, organic and imported foods. In addition to selling food, most locations also have an in-store restaurant and coffee bar. Most of the stores also feature a florist, pharmacy and wide selection of prepackaged "grab and go" meals. History The first Urban Fare opened in 1999 in Vancouver's trendy Yaletown neighborhood, at the base of a new luxury condominium development. An Edmonton, Alberta store in the city's historic Crestwood neighborhood opened shortly after but closed after its lease expired. A second Vancouver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrifty Foods
Thrifty Foods (often shortened to Thrifty's) is a chain of supermarkets located in British Columbia, Canada. Background Thrifty Foods was founded by Alex Campbell and Ernie Skinner in 1977 when the first store was opened in Victoria's Fairfield neighbourhood. , the chain operates 25 stores, with 2 more under construction on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. It is the largest supermarket chain on Vancouver Island. In 2007 it became a division of Sobeys which operated independently of the larger company initially, before being fully integrated. Since 2004, it has operated an on-line grocery service on Vancouver Island. The online ordering system extends into the Metro Vancouver area. The company has an annual scholarship program that gives out $1500 to 20 students that are part of the company's web, either directly or indirectly. Thrifty Foods is the largest private employer on Vancouver Island. In 1999, Thrifty Foods was voted among the Ten Best Companies to Work For in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
