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, 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 called it "Overwaitea".[1]
In 1968, Jim Pattison purchased Overwaitea. As of January 2007, the chain operated 15 outlets throughout the province, primarily in the smaller towns of British Columbia, while a number of stores formerly operated under the Overwaitea brand have since been converted to that of its sister chain, Save-On-Foods. 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.[2]
overwaitea, foods, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, septembe. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Overwaitea Foods news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Overwaitea Foods was a regional chain of supermarkets located in British Columbia Canada Overwaitea FoodsTypeSubsidiaryIndustrySupermarketFoundedBritish Columbia 1915DefunctMarch 22 2018 2018 03 22 FateRemaining stores converted to Save On FoodsHeadquartersLangley British Columbia CanadaKey peopleJim PattisonProductsWestern Family Western Classics Good and Kind Value PricedOwnerJim Pattison GroupParentOverwaitea Food GroupWebsitewww overwaitea comOn 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 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 called it Overwaitea 1 In 1968 Jim Pattison purchased Overwaitea As of January 2007 the chain operated 15 outlets throughout the province primarily in the smaller towns of British Columbia while a number of stores formerly operated under the Overwaitea brand have since been converted to that of its sister chain Save On Foods 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 2 See also EditList of Canadian supermarketsReferences Edit Overwaitea Home Page About Us Overwaitea com Final two Overwaitea stores in B C convert to Save On Foods Grocery Business Magazine March 21 2018 Retrieved January 2 2020 Portals Supermarkets Companies This article about a Canadian corporation or company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Overwaitea Foods amp oldid 1080657980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
