verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message overwaitea foods type subsidiary industry supermarket founded british columbia 1915 headquarters langley british columbia canada key people jim pattison products western family western classics good and kind value priced owner jim pattison group parent overwaitea food group website www.overwaitea.com overwaitea foods is a regional chain of supermarkets located in british columbia canada . 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 . 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 . locations edit golden location 10 locations burns lake creston fort nelson fort st. james golden grand forks kimberley nakusp port hardy sparwood see also edit list of canadian supermarkets references edit overwaitea home page . about us overwaitea.com . 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 this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title overwaitea foods & oldid 706195149 categories supermarkets of canadajim pattison groupcanadian company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2011all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 february 2016 at 01 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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