The Jim Pattison Group is a Canadian conglomerate based in

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. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based

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, is the

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, CEO, and sole owner of the company. The Jim Pattison Group, Canada's second largest privately held company, has more than 45,000 employees worldwide, and annual sales of $10.1 billion based on investments in Canada, the U.S.,

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. The Group is active in 25 divisions, according to ''

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'', including packaging, food, forestry products. In early 2022, the 93-year-old Pattison was still working full-time. According to

, his net worth then was $5.7 billion, having increased substantially from the $2.1 billion reported in March 2009. In September 2020, a news item stated that "Jim Pattison Group Inc. had $10.9 billion in revenue and employed 48,000 people".

History

The Jim Pattison Group was created on May 8, 1961, when Pattison purchased a

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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. In 1965, The Jim Pattison Group was awarded a license to operate

AM radio station CJOR. The group then acquired Neon Products (Vancouver) & Seaboard Outdoor Advertising in 1967, Overwaitea Foods (Vancouver) in 1968, and Provincial News (Edmonton) in 1969. The real estate arm of the group was created in 1980. The Jim Pattison Group acquired British Columbia Magazine, Canadian Fishing Company in 1984, and Ripley's Believe It or Not! in 1985. In 1990, the group acquired Foodservice Packaging Group, Flexible Packaging Group, and Coroplast and Montebello Packaging. The following year, the group launched its financial services division. The Jim Pattison Group acquired Westshore Terminals (B.C.-based coal-export terminal facility) in 1994, Buy-Low Foods in 1995, and launched Select Media Services. In 1999, the group acquired Cooper's Foods. The Ripley's Aquarium opened in Myrtle Beach, SC, and Ripley's Aquarium of The Smokies, Gatlinburg, TN opened in 2000. In 2001, the group acquired Monarch Broadcasting and Van-Whole Produce, and started ProLogix Distribution Services and AccuLogix Distribution Services the following year. Ever Corp. was acquired in 2002 and LIN PAC Inc. in 2003. In 2004, the Jim pattison Group acquired Classic Attractions (Texas), St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains (Florida), Maltese Signs (Norcross, GA), the auto lease business of Cross-Canada Car Leasing Limited (Toronto, ON), and the periodical distribution companies in San Jose and Chico, CA. As of April 2020, the group was headquartered in the Shaw Tower in Vancouver. The Shaw Tower was later renamed to the Rogers Tower in May 2023, after

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merged into Rogers Communications. *2005 – Acquired control of Icicle Seafoods (BC.) Inc. **Acquired Freeway Dodge Chrysler **Acquired Spartech Corporation's corrugated plastic sheet business **Started the Vancouver edition of '' 24 Hours'' (in partnership with Quebecor Media) **Formed or purchased interests in several US and Canadian joint ventures in the periodical industry **Employees: 28,000 Sales: $6.1 billion *2006 – Acquired Carthage Cup, Carthage, TX **Acquired Creative Outdoor Ads,

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**Acquired Island Radio Ltd.'s six FM stations on

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**Acquired OK Radio Group Ltd.'s two FM stations in Victoria, BC **Acquired A&W Fixtures, Cocoa, Florida **Started Great Pacific Bank Limited, Warrens,

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*2007 – Disposed of interest in the Vancouver ''24 Hours'' *2008 – Acquired

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*2009 – Funded the Peak Performance Project *2010 – Acquired Amc Billboard Co *2011 – Acquired Ocean Brands October 29, 2013, Pattison became an insider of the Just Energy Group, a publicly traded corporation on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange, by taking possession of more than 14 million shares (over 10% of the company's shares outstanding). *2013 – Acquired Sun-Rype *2014 – Purchased 5 John Deere Dealerships in Saskatchewan. *2015 – Employees: 39,000 Sales: $8.2 billion *2015 – Purchased Peterbilt Pacific Dealerships *2017 – Amalgamated JayDee AGTECH and Maple Farm Equipment John Deere Dealerships as one company, Pattison Agriculture with 17 locations across Saskatchewan and Manitoba *2017 – Took controlling interest (March 23, 2017) of Quality Foods with 13 locations across Vancouver Island, British Columbia *2017 – Acquired Choices Markets from the Lockhart family to be operated as a division of Buy-Low Foods LP *2019 – Sold Sun-Rype to Lassonde Industries for C$80 million in an all-cash deal. As well, in announcing the sale, it was reported that Sun-Rype had C$164 million in gross sales for their fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, and C$9 million in

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. * 2020 – acquired remaining magazine and book distribution business not previously held in Canada from Metro360 for $925,000. The News Group is the only major distributor of periodicals in Canada. * 2024 - acquired Northern California-based grocer Save Mart Companies which includes Save Mart, Lucky, and FoodMaxx stores; Yosemite Wholesale; and the office division of Save Mart.

Divisions

Some of the more significant divisions of the Jim Pattison Group include:

Illuminated Signs

* Pattison Sign Group

Pattison Food Group

* The Overwaitea Food Group ** Bulkley Valley Wholesale ** Coopers Foods ** Everything Wine ** More Rewards ** PriceSmart Foods ** Save-On-Foods ** Urban Fare * Buy-Low Foods LP ** Choices Markets ** Nesters Markets ** Meinhardt Fine Foods ** Nature’s Fare * Canadian Fishing Company * Quality Foods *Roth's Fresh Markets * Save Mart Supermarkets **FoodMaxx ** Lucky California

Pattison Media

Television stations

Kamloops Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

– CFJC-TV, Citytv affiliate * Prince George, British Columbia – CKPG-TV, Citytv affiliate

Radio stations

* Brandon,

Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...

- CKLF-FM, CKLQ-FM, *

Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

– CKWD-FM, CKCE-FM * Chilliwack, British Columbia – CHWK-FM * Courtenay/ Comox/ Campbell River, British Columbia – CKLR-FM * Cranbrook, British Columbia – CHBZ-FM, CHDR-FM * Drayton Valley/ Rocky Mountain House,

– CIBW-FM, CHBW-FM *

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

– CIUP-FM, CKNO-FM * Fernie, British Columbia – CJDR-FM * Grande Prairie,

– CJXX-FM, CIKT-FM *

– CKBZ-FM, CIFM-FM *

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia Interior, southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna ...

– CKQQ-FM, CKLZ-FM, CKOV-FM *

Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 106,550 in the 2023 Alberta municipal censuses, 2023 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

– CHLB-FM, CJBZ-FM * Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan – CJNS-FM *

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, R ...

– CHAT-FM, CFMY-FM * Melfort, Saskatchewan – CJVR-FM, CKJH * Merritt,

– CKMQ-FM *

Nanaimo Nanaimo ( ) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. "The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating fr ...

– CHWF-FM, CKWV-FM * North Battleford,

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...

– CJNB, CJCQ-FM, CJHD-FM * Parksville/ Qualicum Beach,

– CHPQ-FM, CIBH-FM * Port Alberni,

– CJAV-FM *

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada, after Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. It is situated near the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway ...

– CFMM-FM, CHQX-FM, CKBI * Prince George, British Columbia – CKDV-FM, CKKN-FM * Red Deer, Alberta – CHUB-FM, CFDV-FM *

– CJJR-FM, CKPK-FM * Vernon,

– CJIB-FM *

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre ...

– CJZN-FM, CKKQ-FM * Whitecourt, Alberta – CIXM-FM *

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

– CHNW-FM, CFQX-FM

Other media properties

* Pattison Outdoor Advertising – the largest domestic Out-of-Home advertising company in Canada, with a 41% market share of all traditional

out-of-home advertising Outdoor advertising or out-of-home (OOH) advertising includes public billboards, wallscapes, and posters seen while "on the go". OOH advertising formats fall into four main categories: billboards, street furniture, Transit media, transit, and a ...

displays

Periodical Distribution

* The News Group, North America's largest newspaper and magazine distributor; in November 2018, the company agreed to sell this group, and its entire United States magazine distribution business to American News Company, LLC. The Canadian periodicals division of The News Group, as well as the Non-Periodical's portion of The News Group remains a division of the Jim Pattison Group. * Select Media Services

Entertainment

* Ripley Entertainment – Owners of the '' Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' franchise *

Automotive Group

The Jim Pattison Auto Group

=Dealerships

= *Jim Pattison

Audi Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide. The origins of the compa ...

**Audi Edmonton North *Jim Pattison Chrysler, Jeep,

Dodge Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles have historically included performance cars, and for much of its existence, Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above P ...

, Ram, and ProMaster **Jim Pattison Chrysler Jeep Dodge Surrey *Jim Pattison Hyundai **Jim Pattison Hyundai Coquitlam **Jim Pattison Hyundai Northshore **Jim Pattison Hyundai Surrey *Jim Pattison Lexus **Jim Pattison Lexus Northshore **Jim Pattison Lexus Victoria *Jim Pattison Subaru **Jim Pattison Subaru Coquitlam **Jim Pattison Subaru Northshore **Jim Pattison Subaru Victoria **Jim Pattison Subaru on Regent **Jim Pattison Subaru South *Jim Pattison

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**Jim Pattison Toyota Downtown **Jim Pattison Toyota Northshore **Jim Pattison Toyota Surrey **Jim Pattison Toyota Victoria **Jim Pattison Toyota Duncan **Jim Pattison Toyota on Regent **Canyon Creek Toyota Calgary *Jim Pattison

Volkswagen Volkswagen (VW; )English: , . is a German automotive industry, automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by German Labour Front, The German Labour Front, it was revitalized into the global brand it ...

**Jim Pattison Volkswagen Surrey *Jim Pattison

Volvo The Volvo Group (; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of truck ...

**Jim Pattison Volvo of North Vancouver **Jim Pattison Volvo of Surrey *Jim Pattison Acura **Campus Acura Victoria *Jim Pattison

Honda commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...

**Campus Honda Victoria *Jim Pattison Infiniti **Campus Infiniti Victoria *Jim Pattison

Nissan is a Japanese multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The company sells its vehicles under the ''Nissan'' and ''Infiniti'' brands, and formerly the ''Datsun'' brand, with in-house ...

**Campus Nissan Victoria *Campus Auto Group *North Surrey Auto Mall

Body Shops

*Jim Pattison Auto Body & Glass Surrey *Jim Pattison Toyota Surrey Auto Body & Glass *Jim Pattison Collision & Glass

Jim Pattison Lease

*Canada's largest privately owned fleet management and leasing company.

The Jim Pattison Packaging Group

* GenPak – independent supplier of disposable food service packaging in the US and Canada. * Coroplast – manufacturer and marketer of corrugated plastic sheet for the graphics and re-usable packaging industries * Montebello Packaging – manufacturer of collapsible aluminum and laminate tubes, marker tubes, and rigid aluminum aerosol cans

Export and Financial Services

* Westshore Terminals – Canadian coal export facility and the largest dry bulk terminal on the West Coast of the Americas

References

External links

* of Jim Pattison Group * of Jim Pattison Auto Group
CRTC chart of Jim Pattison Group's broadcast assets

Jim Pattison Group at the Canadian Communications Foundation website
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