Overwaitea Food Group

OVERWAITEA FOOD GROUP  () is a grocery store chain founded by Robert Kidd in NEW WESTMINSTER in 1915. Kidd was an aggressive merchandiser who specialized in discount pricing: the stores' peculiar name derives from Kidd's practice of adding 2 extra ounces (57 grams) to every pound (450 g) of tea he sold ("overweight tea"). In 1968 Jim PATTISON purchased the chain and steadily expanded it until 1982, when Lower Mainland stores were reborn as...

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