When Overwaitea Food Group’s (OFG) founder began selling customers eighteen ounces of tea for the price of sixteen (over-weight-tea) nearly 95 years ago, he set a standard for personal service, innovation and value that would help OFG become Western Canada’s leading food and consumer goods retailer.
Today, OFG operates more than 120 stores under the Save-On-Foods, Overwaitea Foods, Urban Fare, Cooper's Foods, PriceSmart Foods and Bulkley Valley Wholesale banners – proudly local stores designed to match the communities they serve. And Kidd’s enthusiasm flourishes amongst more than 16,000 OFG team members, each of whom are committed to delivering a world-class shopping experience.
OFG is a division of The Jim Pattison Group, one of Canada's largest private companies.
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