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Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), operating as Co-op, is a co-operative federation providing procurement and distribution to member co-operatives in Western Canada. [3] [4] It was established in 1944 after a series of amalgamations of smaller cooperatives, starting in Saskatchewan, including the Saskatchewan Co-operative Wholesale Society and a fuel production and distribution co-op, [1 ...
Co-op Atlantic. Valu Foods; Village Food Stores; Coppa's Fresh Market; Fairway Markets; Calgary Co-op; Federated Co-operatives Ltd. Heritage Co-op (Western Manitoba) Lake Country Co-op; North Central Co-op; Red River Co-op; Saskatoon Co-op; Sherwood Co-op; IGA / MarketPlace IGA in British Columbia only; Grande Cheese; H Mart; Highland Farms; Le ...
In 1948 Red River Co-op opened their first food stores in Winnipeg. [5] In 1983, due to poor financial performance they ceased food store operations; they shifted focus on their gas bar operations. [5] In 2014, when Sobeys acquired Safeway, they were forced to sell 23 locations by the federal Competition Bureau.
The IGA operations in Atlantic Canada were sold to Loblaw Companies Limited (except for Edmundston, Shediac and Dieppe which runs as IGA-Co-op, previously acquired by Sobeys New Brunswick) and were restructured under its existing brands. The company-owned stores west of Quebec now mainly operate under the Sobeys banner.
Federated Co-operatives acquired the Safeway location on 8th Street in Saskatoon and transferred ownership to Saskatoon Co-op. [6] In 2017, the Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League reached a five-year sponsorship deal with Saskatoon Co-op, under which the team's venue is referred to as "Co-op Field at SaskTel Centre" during its ...
As of August 2015, the Overwaitea Food Group owned and operated 145 grocery stores in B.C. and Alberta under six different brand names. OFG later opened four stores in Saskatchewan and three stores in Winnipeg, Manitoba during 2016. Additionally, in 2017 a full-size store was opened in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Safeway (also referred to as Canada Safeway) is a Canadian supermarket chain that operates 135 full-service locations, mostly in the country's Western provinces.It was established in 1929 as a subsidiary of the American Safeway chain before being sold in 2013 to Sobeys, a division of the conglomerate Empire Company and Canada's second-largest supermarket chain. [1]
Calgary Co-operative Association Limited, trading as Calgary Co-op, is a retail cooperative operating in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was formerly associated with the Federated Co-operatives (FCL) system, but began cutting ties with the organization in 2019.