The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s largest privately held company and, in a recent survey by the Financial Post, The Jim Pattison Group was ranked as Canada’s 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur is the Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group. The Jim Pattison Group has more than 39,000 employees, and annual sales of $8.4 billion. With investments in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia, The Jim Pattison Group is involved in a wide variety of industries including TV and radio stations, automotive dealerships, grocery store chains, magazine distribution, food service specialty packaging, advertising, real estate development, fishing, forest products, financial services, and entertainment.
The Jim Pattison Group began on May 8, 1961 when Pattison purchased a General Motors 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. Acquisitions in subsequent years included the following:
1965 - Awarded license to operate Vancouver AM radio station CJOR1967 - Acquired Neon Products (Vancouver) & Seaboard Outdoor Advertising1968 - Acquired Overwaitea Foods (Vancouver)1969 - Acquired Provincial News (Edmonton)Employees: 2,500 Sales: $100 million1980 - Started Jim Pattison Real Estate GroupEmployees: 6,000 Sales: $500 millionPurchased Beautiful British Columbia Magazine1984 - Acquired Canadian Fishing Company1985 - Acquired Ripley's Believe It or Not!Employees: 6,000 Sales: $1 billion1990 - Acquired the Foodservice Packaging GroupAcquired the Flexible Packaging GroupAcquired Coroplast and Montebello PackagingEmployees: 10,000 Sales: $2 billion1991 - Started Jim Pattison Trade GroupStarted Financial Services division1994 - Acquired Westshore Terminals, a BC-based coal-export terminal facility1995 - Acquired Buy-Low Foods1997 - Started Select Media ServicesOpened Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, SC1999 - Acquired Cooper's FoodsEmployees: 20,000 Sales: $4.4 billion2000 - Opened Ripley's Aquarium of The Smokies, Gatlinburg, TNEmployees: 22,000 Sales: $4.6 billion2001 - Acquired Monarch BroadcastingAcquired Van-Whole ProduceEmployees: 24,000 Sales: $5 billion2002 - Started ProLogix Distribution Services and AccuLogix Distribution ServicesAcquired Ever Corp.Employees: 25,000 Sales: $5.2 billion2003 - Acquired LIN PAC Inc.Employees: 26,000 Sales: $5.5 billion2004 - Acquired Classic Attractions (Texas)Acquired St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains (Florida)Acquired Maltese Signs (Norcross, GA)Acquired auto lease business of Cross-Canada Car Leasing Limited (Toronto, ON)Acquired periodical distribution companies in San Jose and Chico, CAEmployees: 27,000 Sales: $5.7 billion2005 - Acquired control of Icicle Seafoods (BC.) Inc.Acquired Freeway Dodge ChryslerAcquired Spartech Corporation’s corrugated plastic sheet businessStarted 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 industryEmployees: 28,000 Sales: $6.1 billion2006 - Acquired Carthage Cup, Carthage, TXAcquired Creative Outdoor Ads, Halifax, Nova ScotiaAcquired Island Radio Ltd.'s six FM stations on Vancouver IslandAcquired OK Radio Group Ltd.'s two FM stations in Victoria, BCAcquired A&W Fixtures, Cocoa, FloridaStarted Great Pacific Bank Limited, Warrens, Barbados2007 - Disposed of interest in the Vancouver 24 Hours2008 - Acquired Guinness World Records from HIT Entertainment2010 - Acquired Amc Billboard Co2011 - Acquired Ocean BrandsOctober 29, 2013, Pattison became an insider of the Just Energy Group Inc. (http://www.justenergy.com/about-us/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).
2014* Purchased 5 John Deere Dealerships in Saskatchewan.2015 - Employees: 39,000 Sales: $8.2 billionSome of the more significant divisions of the Jim Pattison Group include:
Pattison Sign GroupThe Overwaitea Food GroupOverwaitea FoodsSave-On-FoodsCoopers FoodsPriceSmart FoodsUrban FareBulkleyvalley FoodsEverything WineMore RewardsBuy-Low FoodsNesters MarketsCanadian Fishing CompanyThe Jim Pattison Broadcast GroupKamloops, British Columbia - CFJC, City affiliateMedicine Hat, Alberta - CHAT, City affiliatePrince George, British Columbia - CKPG, City affiliateCalgary, Alberta - CKWD-FM, CKCE-FMCourtenay/Comox/Campbell River, British Columbia - CKLR-FMCranbrook, British Columbia - CHBZ-FM, CHDR-FMDrayton Valley/Rocky Mountain House, Alberta - CIBW-FM, CHBW-FMEdmonton, Alberta - CIUP-FM, CKNO-FMFernie, British Columbia - CJDR-FMGrande Prairie, Alberta - CJXX-FM, CIKT-FMKamloops, British Columbia - CKBZ-FM, CIFM-FMKelowna, British Columbia - CKQQ-FM, CKLZ-FMLethbridge, Alberta - CHLB-FM, CJBZ-FMMeadow Lake, Saskatchewan - CJNS-FMMedicine Hat, Alberta - CHAT-FM, CFMY-FMNanaimo, British Columbia - CHWF-FM, CKWV-FMNorth Battleford, Saskatchewan - CJNB, CJCQ-FM, CJHD-FMParksville/Qualicum Beach, British Columbia - CHPQ-FM, CIBH-FMPort Alberni, British Columbia - CJAV-FMPrince Albert, Saskatchewan - CFMM-FM, CHQX-FM, CKBIPrince George, British Columbia - CKDV-FM, CKKN-FMRed Deer, Alberta - CHUB-FM, CFDV-FMSelkirk, Manitoba - CFQX-FMVancouver, British Columbia - CJJR-FM, CKPK-FMVernon, British Columbia - CKIZ-FMVictoria, British Columbia - CJZN-FM, CKKQ-FMWinnipeg, Manitoba - CHIQ-FM, CFQX-FMPattison Outdoor Advertising - the largest domestic Out-of-Home advertising company in Canada, with a 41% market share of all traditional out-of-home advertising displaysThe News Group, North America's second largest newspaper and magazine distributor.Select Media ServicesRipley Entertainment - Owners of the Ripley's Believe It or Not! franchiseGuinness World RecordsDealerships
Audi Edmonton NorthJim Pattison Chrysler Jeep Dodge SurreyJim Pattison Hyundai CoquitlamJim Pattison Hyundai NanaimoJim Pattison Hyundai NorthshoreJim Pattison Hyundai SurreyJim Pattison Lexus NorthshoreJim Pattison Lexus VictoriaJim Pattison Subaru CoquitlamJim Pattison Subaru NorthshoreJim Pattison Subaru WinnipegJim Pattison Subaru VictoriaJim Pattison Toyota DowntownJim Pattison Toyota NorthshoreJim Pattison Toyota SurreyJim Pattison Toyota VictoriaJim Pattison Toyota DuncanJim Pattison Volkswagen SurreyJim Pattison Volvo of North VancouverJim Pattison Volvo of SurreyJim Pattison Volvo of VictoriaFrontier Subaru WinnipegFrontier Toyota WinnipegBodyshops
Jim Pattison Auto Body & Glass SurreyJim Pattison Toyota-Surrey Auto Body & GlassFrontier AutobodyCanada's largest privately owned fleet management and leasing company.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 industriesMontebello Packaging - manufacturer of collapsible aluminum and laminate tubes, marker tubes, and rigid aluminum aerosol cansExport and Financial Services
Westshore Terminals - Canadian coal export facility and the largest dry bulk terminal on the West Coast of the Americas