Pete Fine Foods and Wholesale Operation

Nova Scotia Annapolis Valley: Known for his larger-than-life personality, Luckett is uncharacteristically bashful when asked how much the deal, which includes two Halifax-area Pete Fine Foods stores and one wholesale operation, is worth, according to The Chronicle Herald. But one can assume it leaves him in better shape than when he sold his small but successful fruit and vegetable stall in Nottingham, England, in the late 1970s to feed his appetite for adventure. In his 62 years, the self-made retail magnate has been a painter, a yogurt maker, a TV star and now the man who just sold his beloved grocery empire to Sobeys Capital Inc. to focus on his latest passion: wine-making in Nova Scotia Annapolis Valley. Well-travelled but penniless, Luckett wound up at the Canadian consulate office in Dallas, Texas, looking for a fresh start. I looked like James Bond … I think I dazzled ‘em. I had no money, I had no job offer, I had no relatives, none of the ingredients required to be an immigrant to Canada, but I had this old Scottish wool tweed suit, he says, sitting in his modest office at Luckett Vineyards in Wolfville. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.