Jim Pattison Group
Type	Private
Founded	Vancouver, British Columbia (1961)
Headquarters	Vancouver, British Columbia
Key people	Jim Pattison, Chairman and CEO
Industry	Media, automotive, media, packaging, food sales and distribution, magazine distribution, entertainment, export and financial industries
Products	Media, Broadcasting, Grocery, Billboards
Revenue
Employees	28,000 2006
Owner	Jim Pattison
Website	Jim Pattison Official Homepage

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History

The Jim Pattison Group began on May 8, 1961 when Mr. 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: May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... This article is about the company. ... The Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY, NYSE: RY) is Canadas largest chartered bank. ... Collateral could mean: Collateral in finance means a security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. ...

• 1965 - Awarded license to operate Vancouver AM radio station CJOR
• 1967 - Acquired Neon Products (Vancouver) & Seaboard Outdoor Advertising
• 1968 - Acquired Overwaitea Foods (Vancouver)
• 1969 - Acquired Provincial News (Edmonton)
  • Employees: 2,500 Sales: $100 million
• 1980 - Started Jim Pattison Real Estate Group
  • Employees: 6,000 Sales: $500 million
• Purchased Beautiful British Columbia Magazine
• 1984 - Acquired Canadian Fishing Company from an auction
• 1985 - Acquired Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  • Employees: 6,000 Sales: $1 billion
• 1990 - Acquired the Foodservice Packaging Group
  • Acquired the Flexible Packaging Group
  • Acquired Coroplast and Montebello Packaging
  • Employees: 10,000 Sales: $2 billion
• 1991 - Started Jim Pattison Trade Group
  • Started Financial Services division
• 1994 - Acquired Westshore Terminals, a BC-based coal-export terminal facility
  • Employees: 15,000 Sales: $3 billion
• 1995 - Acquired Buy-Low Foods
• 1997 - Started Select Media Services
  • Opened Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, SC
• 1999 - Acquired Cooper's Foods
  • Employees: 20,000 Sales: $4.4 billion
• 2000 - Opened Ripley's Aquarium of The Smokies, Gatlinburg, TN
  • Employees: 22,000 Sales: $4.6 billion
• 2001 - Acquired Monarch Broadcasting
  • Acquired Van-Whole Produce
  • Employees: 24,000 Sales: $5 billion
• 2002 - Started ProLogix Distribution Services and AccuLogix Distribution Services
  • Acquired Ever Corp.
  • Employees: 25,000 Sales: $5.2 billion
• 2003 - Acquired LIN PAC Inc.
  • Employees: 26,000 Sales: $5.5 billion
• 2004 - 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, CA
  • Employees: 27,000 Sales: $5.7 billion
• 2005 - Acquired control of Icicle Seafoods (B.C.) Inc.
  • Acquired Freeway Dodge Chrysler
  • Acquired Spartech Corporation’s corrugated plastic sheet business
  • Started Vancouver 24 Hours (in partnership with Quebecor Media)
  • Formed or purchased interests in several US and Canadian joint ventures in the periodical industry
  • Employees: 28,000 Sales: $6.1 billion

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Divisions

Some of the more significant divisions of the Jim Pattison Group include:

Illuminated Signs

• Pattison Sign Group

The Jim Pattison Food Group

• The Overwaitea Food Group
  • Overwaitea foods
  • Save-on Foods
  • PriceSmart Foods
  • Urban Fare
• Buy-Low Foods
• Canadian Fishing Company

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The Jim Pattison Media Group

• The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group

Television Stations

• Kamloops, British Columbia - CFJC, CH affiliate
• Medicine Hat, Alberta - CHAT, CBC affiliate
• Prince George, British Columbia - CKPG, CBC affiliate

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Radio Stations

• Courtenay/Comox/Campbell River, British Columbia - CKLR
• Cranbrook, British Columbia - CHBZ, CHDR
• Drayton Valley/Rocky Mountain House, Alberta - CIBW, CHBW
• Fernie, British Columbia - CJDR,
• Grande Prairie, Alberta - CJXX
• Kamloops, British Columbia - CKBZ, CIFM
• Kelowna, British Columbia - CKOV, CKLZ
• Lethbridge, Alberta - CHLB, CJBZ
• Medicine Hat, Alberta - CHAT, CFMY
• Nanaimo, British Columbia - CHWF, CKWV
• Parksville/Qualicum Beach, British Columbia CHPQ, CIBH
• Port Alberni, British Columbia - CJAV
• Prince George, British Columbia - CKDV, CKKN
• Red Deer, Alberta - CHUB, CFDV
• Vancouver, British Columbia - CJJR, CKBD
• Victoria, British Columbia - CJZN, CKKQ

• Pattison Outdoor - the largest domestic Out-of-Home advertising company in Canada, with a 41% market share of all traditional out-of-home advertising displays
• Vancouver 24 Hours, a free daily newspaper. Joint Venture between the Jim Pattison Group and Quebecor Media

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Periodical Distribution

• The News Group, North America's second largest newspaper and magazine distributer.
• Select Media Services

Entertainment

• Ripley Entertainment - Ripley's Believe It or Not! Attractions

// Ripleys Believe It or Not! is a franchise which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. ...

Automotive Group

• The Jim Pattison Auto Group - 15 automobile dealerships throughout British Columbia.
• Jim Pattison Lease

The Jim Pattison Packaging Group

• Genpak- the premier independent supplier of disposable foodservice packaging in the US and Canada.
• Coroplast - North America's leading manufacturer and marketer of corrugated plastic sheet for the graphics and re-usable packaging industries
• Montebello Packaging - manufacturer of collapsible aluminum and laminate tubes and ink markers

Export and Financial Services

• Westshore Terminals - Canada’s leading coal export facility and the largest dry bulk terminal on the West Coast of the Americas

External links

• Jim Pattison Group
• CRTC chart of Jim Pattison Group's broadcast assets