Pete Luckett
Pete Luckett | |
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Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Nottingham, England |
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, media personality |
Pete Luckett (born 1953) is a British-Canadian entrepreneur and media personality known as a
Enterprises
Pete's Fine Foods (ex-Pete's Frootique)
Luckett became widely known in the
The Pete's Fine Foods stores are all different in scale. The Bedford store is the most expansive and up-scale as it houses the following operating divisions: a power juice bar, a gourmet fruit and gift basket shop, a European delicatessen, a gourmet butcher and fish shop, a British specialty food emporium named Best of Britain, and a wine shop.
Sale to Sobeys
In October 2015, Luckett announced that the national grocery chain Sobeys would be entering into an agreement to purchase the Pete’s Fine Foods grocery retail and wholesale business.[1]
Luckett Vineyards
In 2010, Luckett opened Luckett Vineyards in Gaspereau Valley, Nova Scotia. He also operates a farm that supplies vegetables and fruit to his stores, as well as commercial customers such as restaurants and caterers.
Media personality
Luckett's TV career started while in Saint John as a frequent guest on the
Luckett hosted the
Luckett has also appeared on such programs as CBC's
Impact on retailing in Nova Scotia
In 1999, Luckett made headlines when he won a court battle against the Government of Nova Scotia when he sought to keep his Bedford store open on Sunday. To circumvent Nova Scotia's Sunday shopping laws, Luckett registered sections of his Bedford store as separate businesses. He copied this approach at his Halifax store when it opened in 2004. In October 2006 the province's Sunday shopping restrictions were overturned after both Sobeys and Atlantic Superstore copied Luckett's approach to several of their supermarkets, forcing the government to enact restrictions that were successfully contested in court. In 2014, Pete's Frootique became Pete's Fine Foods.
References
- ^ Staff (29 October 2015). "Sobeys to gobble up Pete's Fine Foods". Halifax Herald. Herald Limited. Retrieved 17 December 2016.