Overwaitea Foods is a regional chain of supermarkets located in British Columbia, Canada. All are owned by the Jim Pattison Group.On March 8, 1915, Robert C. Kidd purchased a store at 746 Columbia Street in New Westminster, British Columbia. He developed several innovative merchandising techniques to attract customers to his store including odd-penny pricing and selling 18 ounces of tea for the price of a pound. The store was soon known as the "over-weight tea" store. When Kidd opened his second store, he decided to call it "Overwaitea".As of March 2006, the chain operated 17 outlets throughout the province, primarily in the smaller towns of British Columbia. Store BannersSave-On-FoodsOverwaitea FoodsUrban FareCooper's FoodsPriceSmart FoodsBulkley Valley Wholesale

British retailer Tesco launched it's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets chain in the USA last month, and already has almost 30 stores open, with hundreds more to follow. German grocer ALDI plans to build 100 new small format stores. Whole Foods Market is even getting into the game. It's a retail revolution.

Natural~Specialty Foods Memo reports that the first Tesco Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has opened in Hemet, California a week before it's supposed to. It's the British grocer's first store in the U.S.

The largest British retailer and third world giant supermarket is luring at the U.S market. Tesco entry may be the beginning of easy access to fresh and quality food in convenient stores as well as the introduction of preservative free "ready meal" common to British. Good news for consumers, but let see how Wal-mart and other retailers will react

ASDA is a unit of Wal-Mart Stores - The chain said that by the end of this year its own-label food and drinks would not contain any artificial colours or flavours, aspartame, hydrogenated fat or flavour enhancers.