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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Supermarket |
| Founded | 1982; 43 years ago (1982) British Columbia[1] |
| Headquarters | Langley,British Columbia, Canada |
Number of locations | 177 Stores |
Key people | Jim Pattison |
| Products | Grocery, General Merchandise, Pharmacy, Personal Care, Wine (Select Stores) |
| Brands | Western Family Only Goodness[2] |
| Revenue | $1 billion |
| Owner | Jim Pattison Group |
Number of employees | 21,842 (2021) |
| Parent | Pattison Food Group |
| Website | www |
Save-On-Foods is a chain ofsupermarkets located acrossWestern Canada, owned by thePattison Food Group.
Stores carry both standardbrands andprivate label brands, such as Western Family and Only Goodness. Many stores have apharmacy, and some locations provide other services, including nutrition tours and health clinics, as well as other features such asStarbucks Coffee (all formerSafeway locations) orTim Hortons (some formerSobeys locations) kiosks, juice bars, and departments featuring BC wines. Today, Save-On-Foods operates 177 stores across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon Territory.
The Save-On-Foods brand was launched in British Columbia in 1982 byOverwaitea Foods, which had been founded in 1915 and was later purchased byJimmy Pattison in 1968. Most Overwaitea branded stores were gradually converted to Save-On-Foods stores beginning in the 1980s, with the last two remaining Overwaitea stores switching in 2018.[3]
The first Save-On-Foods store in Alberta opened in 1990 in Edmonton. The store's loyalty card was launched in May 1992 as the Save-On-More card, but later rebranded as More Rewards.
Save-On-Foods is also the namesake company of theSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre Arena inVictoria, 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,[4] amidst unpopular public opinion.[5]
In February 2014, the company announced it was taking over 14 stores on Vancouver Island owned bySobeys, mostly under theSafeway andThrifty Foods banners.[6] It was also announced that Overwaitea would convert 11 of itsPriceSmart Foods locations to the Save-On-Foods brand.[7]
Until 2015, Save-On-Foods operated exclusively in the provinces ofBritish Columbia andAlberta. In July 2015, the company revealed it was planning to open as many as 40 stores inManitoba andSaskatchewan over the following three to five years, the first of which was scheduled to open in 2016, including three locations in Winnipeg[8] and four in Saskatchewan.[9]
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.[10]
In 2017, Save-On-Foods began carrying private label products from UK grocery chainTesco.[11] This arrangement ended in early 2019.[12]
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