In 1961, he purchased the company from the brothers for $2.7 million.

Five years later, he purchased the company with a partner.

In 1999, the company was purchased by a private investment firm.

In 2002, the company's employees purchased the company from its 96 investors.

In 1970, with 12 others, he purchased the company and helped expand.

The company lasted more than 150 years and was eventually purchased in 1963.

The company was purchased in the mid-1950s and had branches right across Canada.

The company was purchased by Starbucks in 1999 for $8.1 million.

He headed the group of investors that purchased the company in 1959.

In June 1998, a group of transit industry executives purchased the company.