subsidiary industry supermarket founded british columbia 1982 1 headquarters langley british columbia canada key people jim pattison products western family western classics good and kind value priced revenue not reported private company owner jim pattison group parent overwaitea food group website www.saveonfoods.com save on foods is a chain of supermarkets located across western canada . founded in 1982 1 it is a subsidiary of the overwaitea food group which in turn is owned by the vancouver based jim pattison group . stores carry both standard brand names and private label brands such as western family western classics value priced and body zone . many stores have pharmacies and some locations provide other services including nutrition tours health clinics and changes recycling centres . today save on foods operates 91 stores in british columbia 33 in alberta and one in saskatchewan . a number of stores concurrently running as save on foods formerly operated under the overwaitea brand founded in 1915 and purchased by pattison in 1968 . most overwaitea stores were gradually converted to save on foods stores during the expansion and renovation of the overall chain in the 1990s and 2000s . some other store names still operating as separate brands under the overwaitea food group include urban fare cooper s foods pricesmart foods and bulkley valley wholesale . the first save on foods store in alberta opened in 1990 at mayfield common in edmonton . the store s loyalty card originally called the save on more card but recently re branded as more rewards was launched in may 1992 . it is currently accepted at all of the chain s stores and at all chevron gas stations avis locations jim pattison auto group locations accent inns and canadian direct insurance . save on foods is also the namesake company of the save on foods memorial centre arena in victoria british columbia . 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 2 amidst unpopular public opinion . 3 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 . 4 it was also announced that overwaitea would convert 11 pricesmart foods locations to the save on foods brand . 5 until 2015 save on foods operated exclusively in the provinces of british columbia and alberta . in july 2015 the company revealed it was planning to open as many as 40 stores in manitoba and saskatchewan over the next three to five years . the first of these stores are scheduled to open in 2016 and include three locations in winnipeg 6 and four across saskatchewan . 7 in march 2016 it was announced that save on foods would also expand to northern canada opening up a store in whitehorse yukon in 2017 . 8 contents 1 locations 1.1 alberta 1.2 british columbia 1.3 saskatchewan 2 announced future locations 2.1 manitoba 2.2 saskatchewan 2.3 yukon 3 see also 4 references 5 external links locations edit alberta edit 33 locations calgary 4 canmore cochrane edmonton 13 fort mcmurray 3 grande prairie lethbridge 2 red deer 2 sherwood park 3 st. albert 2 spruce grove british columbia edit 92 locations 100 mile house abbotsford 4 aldergrove burnaby 4 campbell river chilliwack 3 cloverdale 2 coquitlam 2 cranbrook delta 2 duncan fernie fort st. john kamloops 5 kelowna 4 kitimat ladysmith langley 3 maple ridge 3 mission nanaimo 3 nelson new westminster 3 north vancouver city district municipality 4 parksville penticton port alberni port coquitlam 2 powell river prince george 4 prince rupert princeton quesnel richmond 2 salmon arm sidney squamish surrey 4 terrace tsawwassen vancouver 4 vernon 2 victoria 5 west kelowna white rock williams lake winfield saskatchewan edit 1 location regina announced future locations edit manitoba edit 3 locations opening 2016 winnipeg 3 saskatchewan edit 3 locations opening 2017 9 moose jaw saskatoon yorkton yukon edit 1 location opening 2017 whitehorse see also edit list of supermarket chains in canada station square collapse references edit a b save on foods . grocery.com . retrieved august 6 2014 . 1 march 2012 . 2 october 24 2005 . http www.vicnews.com news 245456311.html http www.langleytimes.com business 245265591.html http www.cbc.ca news canada manitoba 3 save on foods stores coming to winnipeg 1.3144527 http regina.ctvnews.ca save on foods to open four stores in saskatchewan 1.2461951 http www.cbc.ca news canada north save on foods whitehorse store 1.3511557 http leaderpost.com business local business save on foods officially opens today in regina external links edit save on foods v t e jim pattison group people jim pattison president and ceo jim pattison media group broadcast television stations cfjc chat ckpg great west television joint venture with bell media radio stations by call sign cfdv cfmy cfqx chat chbw chbz chdr chiq chlb chpq chub chwf cibh cibw cifm cjav cjbz cjdr cjjr cjxx cjzn ckbz ckce ckdv ckiz ckkn ckkq cklr cklz ckpk ckqq ckwv outdoor signs pattison outdoor advertising overwaitea food group overwaitea foods pricesmart foods save on foods urban fare entertainment ripley entertainment ripley s believe it or not attractions ripley publishing ltd guinness world records v t e supermarket chains in canada loblaw companies atlantic superstore dominion extra foods fortinos freshmart loblaws maxi no frills provigo real canadian superstore saveeasy supervalu t & t valu mart wholesale club your independent grocer zehrs metro inc. food basics metro super c march adonis overwaitea food group overwaitea foods pricesmart foods save on foods urban fare sobeys foodland freshco iga except in british columbia price chopper safeway sobeys thrifty foods other national chains costco walmart regional chains calgary co op ab calgary area choices market bc vancouver kelowna co op atlantic maritimes qc farm boy on ottawa area kingston fairway markets bc victoria area foodex nl galati market fresh on toronto h mart bc & on highland farms on greater toronto area iga bc longo s on greater toronto area march frais qc ottawa northern northmart northern canada saskatoon co op sk saskatoon area spud bc alberta whole foods market bc & ontario defunct banners a & p ayre s supermarkets commisso s food markets dominion food city galati brothers h ritage knob hill farms loeb miracle food mart sav a centre steinberg s super centre target ultra food & drug village food stores zellers 2 stores still remain in ontario list of supermarket chains in canada retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title save on foods & oldid 740251615 categories supermarkets of canadacanadian brandsjim pattison grouponline grocershidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation 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