Corporate
1961
• Jim Pattison acquired a Pontiac Buick dealership in Vancouver
• Started Jim Pattison Lease
Employees: 51 Sales: $2.2 million
1965
• Awarded license to operate Vancouver AM radio station CJOR
1967
• Acquired Neon Products of Vancouver
• Acquired 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
1984
• Acquired Canadian Fishing Company
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 in Texas
• Acquired St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains in Florida
• Acquired Maltese Signs, Norcross, GA
• Acquired auto lease business of Cross-Canada Car Leasing Ltd, 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
2006
• Acquired Carthage Cup, Carthage, TX
• Creative Outdoor Ads, Halifax, NS
• Island Radio Ltd.'s six FM stations on Vancouver Island, BC
• OK Radio Group Ltd.'s two FM stations in Victoria, BC
• A&W Fixtures, Cocoa, FL
• Started Great Pacific Bank Limited, Warrens, Barbados
Employees: 29,000 Sales: $6.3 billion
2007
• Formed strategic alliance between Canadian Fishing Company and Ocean Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver, BC
• Acquired Downtown Toyota, West Least and Hino Truck Sales, Vancouver, BC
• The equipment and customer lists of CCL Container, the marker division of CCL Industries Ltd.
• The assets of Art Batty Enterprise Inc. (Lethbridge), Signtech, and The Billboard People, outdoor advertising companies in Alberta and BC.
2008
• Acquired Guinness World Records, London, England
