The Jim Pattison Group was created 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. In 1965, The Jim Pattison Group was awarded a licence to operate
Vancouver AM radio station
CJOR. The group then acquired Neon Products (Vancouver) & Seaboard Outdoor Advertising in 1967,
Overwaitea Foods (Vancouver) in 1968, and Provincial News (Edmonton) in 1969. The real estate arm of the group was created in 1980. The Jim Pattison Group acquired
British Columbia Magazine, Canadian Fishing Company in 1984, and
Ripley's Believe It or Not! in 1985. In 1990, the group acquired Foodservice Packaging Group, Flexible Packaging Group, and Coroplast and Montebello Packaging. The following year, the group launched its financial services division. The Jim Pattison Group acquired
Westshore Terminals (B.C.-based coal-export terminal facility) in 1994, Buy-Low Foods in 1995, and launched Select Media Services. In 1999, the group acquired Cooper's Foods. The Ripley's Aquarium opened in Myrtle Beach, SC, and
Ripley's Aquarium of The Smokies, Gatlinburg, TN opened in 2000. In 2001, the group acquired
Monarch Broadcasting and Van-Whole Produce, and started ProLogix Distribution Services and AccuLogix Distribution Services the following year. Ever Corp. was acquired in 2002 and LIN PAC Inc. in 2003. In 2004, the Jim Pattison Group acquired Classic Attractions (Texas), St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains (Florida), Maltese Signs (Norcross, GA), the auto lease business of Cross-Canada Car Leasing Limited (Toronto, ON), and the periodical distribution companies in San Jose and Chico, CA. As of April 2020, the group was headquartered in the Shaw Tower in Vancouver. The Shaw Tower was later renamed to the Rogers Tower in May 2023, after
Shaw Communications merged into
Rogers Communications. • 2005 – Acquired control of
Icicle Seafoods (BC.) Inc. • Acquired Freeway Dodge Chrysler • Acquired Spartech Corporation's corrugated plastic sheet business • Started 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 industry • Employees: 28,000 Sales: $6.1 billion • 2006 – Acquired Carthage Cup,
Carthage, TX • Acquired Creative Outdoor Ads,
Halifax, Nova Scotia • Acquired Island Radio Ltd.'s six FM stations on
Vancouver Island • Acquired OK Radio Group Ltd.'s two FM stations in
Victoria, BC • Acquired A&W Fixtures,
Cocoa, Florida • Started Great Pacific Bank Limited, Warrens,
Barbados • 2007 – Disposed of interest in the Vancouver
24 Hours • 2008 – Acquired
Guinness World Records from
HIT Entertainment • 2009 – Funded the
Peak Performance Project • 2010 – Acquired Amc Billboard Co • 2011 – Acquired Ocean Brands October 29, 2013, Pattison became an insider of the
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). • 2013 – Acquired
Sun-Rype • 2014 – Purchased 5 John Deere Dealerships in Saskatchewan. • 2015 – Employees: 39,000 Sales: $8.2 billion • 2015 – Purchased Peterbilt Pacific Dealerships • 2017 – Amalgamated JayDee AGTECH and Maple Farm Equipment John Deere Dealerships as one company, Pattison Agriculture with 17 locations across Saskatchewan and Manitoba • 2017 – Took controlling interest (March 23, 2017) of Quality Foods with 13 locations across Vancouver Island, British Columbia • 2017 – Acquired
Choices Markets from the Lockhart family to be operated as a division of Buy-Low Foods LP • 2019 – Sold Sun-Rype to
Lassonde Industries for C$80 million in an all-cash deal. As well, in announcing the sale, it was reported that Sun-Rype had C$164 million in gross sales for their fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, and C$9 million in
EBITDA. • 2026 - on January 21st, 2026, the US
Department of Homeland Security announced it would purchase a warehouse in Hanover County, Virginia owned by the Jim Pattison Group for use as a potential "holding and processing" facility. After significant public outcry, on January 30th the Jim Pattison Group stated it would no longer be proceeding with the sale. ==Divisions==