St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains (Florida) Acquired Maltese Signs (Norcross, GA) Acquired auto lease business of Cross-Canada Car Leasing Limited (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 (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. 2020 - acquired remaining magazine and book distribution business not previously held in Canada from Metro360 for $925,000. The News Group is the only major distributor of periodicals in Canada. Divisions Some of the more significant divisions of the Jim Pattison Group include: Illuminated Signs Pattison Sign Group Pattison Food Group The Overwaitea