I covered the opening of the new Urban Fare for Canadian Grocer Magazine last Friday. I’m always surprised that this store with its $40 bottles of olive oil, bread flown in from Paris, and wine bars comes out of the Overwaitea Food Group, the same company that operates Save-on-Foods, Buy-Low and PriceMart.
It is of course part of the Jim Pattison empire, and Jimmy, who is ranked by Forbes as the third wealthiest person in Canada and the 173rdin the world, was at the back of the store chatting to staff.
