Created in the second half of the 1970s to open on original locations, the Héritage banner eventually began to replace some Provigo/Dominion locations in the 1980s after Dominion Stores entirely withdrew from Quebec.
Together with Edward Plunkett Taylor and Colonel W. Eric Phillips, he was founder of Argus Corporation, an investment company that controlled a variety of businesses including farm machinery and Dominion grocery stores.
As an Argus director he was also a member of the boards of some of the largest Canadian companies, including Domtar, Massey-Ferguson, Dominion Stores and Hollinger Mines.
In the late 1990s, these stores were rebranded as Dominion Save-A-Centre (Dominion was another Canadian supermarket chain owned by A&P) and some remained in operation, eventually converted to Metro stores by 2009, following Metro's acquisition of A&P's Canadian properties, including Dominion.
Dominion | Old Dominion University | Toronto-Dominion Bank | Dominion (Star Trek) | Dominion Land Survey | Allied Stores | Kings Dominion | Dominion Stores | dominion | Circuit City Stores | Bob's Stores | Seibu Department Stores | Lucky Stores | Dominion Lands Act | The May Department Stores Company | Schottenstein Stores Corp. | Dominion Theatre | Dominion Resources | Yankee Stores | Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park | Jo-Ann Stores | Dominion Textile | Dominion Stores (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Dominion Line | Dominion (card game) | Dominion Bureau of Statistics | Dominion Bridge Company | Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores | Virgin's stores | United Cigar Stores Limited |
He was largely responsible for making it one of Canada's dominant business conglomerates that had controlling interest in Dominion Stores, Hollinger Mines, Massey Ferguson, Standard Broadcasting, Crown Trust Company and Domtar.