type cooperative federation industry distribution petroleum lumber founded 1955 1 headquarters saskatoon saskatchewan key people scott banda ceo 2 revenue 10.8 billion 2014 net income 655.4 million 2014 number of employees 23 000 3 website co op connection home page federated co operatives limited fcl is a co operative federation established in 1955 providing procurement and distribution to member co operatives in western canada . 4 federated co operatives is owned by about 365 member co operatives across the region . some are large co operatives such as saskatoon co op and calgary co op while others are small co ops based in small towns such as abernethy co op . in 2009 fcl was ranked as the largest co operative in canada by total sales . 4 in 2010 fcl was the second largest company by annual sales in saskatchewan . 5 during that year it earned revenues of 498 million and returned 355.7 million to its member retailers . in 2008 federated co operatives saw sales increase and posted its 37th record year in a row for both sales and profits . 6 contents 1 history 2 services 3 store brands 4 references 5 external links 6 further reading history edit fcl purchased downie street sawmills of revelstoke british columbia in 1969 . the forest products operation replaced a smith alberta business fcl sold in 1977 . 7 in march 2010 federated co operatives announced an agreement with seachoice a program of sustainable seafood canada devoted to sustainable seafood . through collaboration the organizations seek to develop a long term sustainability strategy for seafood sales and procurement in the co operatives member businesses . 8 federated co operatives was awarded the sabex environmental & sustainabiltiy award from the greater saskatoon chamber of commerce in may 2010 . 9 in november 2012 fcl sold its forest products division operations in canoe british columbia to gorman bros. lumber . 10 in august 2013 fcl acquired 17 agri business locations across saskatchewan alberta and one in manitoba from viterra which was in the process of selling its canadian agriculture business to agrium . all the stores were in turn sold to local fcl affiliated co operatives except two which fcl retained and later closed . 11 12 13 in february 2014 federated co operatives acquired 14 grocery store locations from sobeys ; the divestment was to comply with requirements imposed by the competition bureau in the wake of its 2013 acquisition of safeway . these stores which were mainly former safeway locations were given to local fcl affiliated co operatives and re branded as co op stores in may 2014 . the acquisition notably marked the first time since 1983 that red river co op had operated grocery stores in its footprint . 14 15 16 services edit key services fall into the following categories product distribution from warehouse facilities in calgary edmonton saskatoon regina and winnipeg . six animal feed plants in western canada ag business twenty propane distribution centers lumber operations based out of canoe british columbia sold co op refinery complex oil refinery based in regina saskatchewan the grocery people ltd. a fresh produce and grocery distributor based in edmonton alberta store brands edit federated co operatives markets several store brands at its affiliated retailers including co op gold market town centsibles discount oriented and care pharmacy . 17 references edit federated co operatives limited . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved june 19 2015 . kyle cassandra march 4 2008 . co ops eye next generation . the starphoenix . saskatoon . retrieved june 19 2015 . 1 a b stewart iain . federated co operatives limited . encyclopedia of saskatchewan . university of regina . retrieved june 19 2015 . 2011 top 100 . saskatchewan business magazine . retrieved june 19 2015 . federated co operatives sees sales increase . the starphoenix . december 18 2008 . retrieved june 19 2015 . canada packers profit stable . montreal gazette . january 23 1979 . retrieved june 19 2015 . seachoice fcl forge sustainable seafood partnership . progressive grocer . march 23 2010 . retrieved june 19 2015 . fcl wins sabex award for environmental sustainability pdf press release . fcl . may 18 2010 . retrieved june 19 2015 . gorman bros. lumber ltd. acquires forest product assets from fcl pdf press release . gorman bros. lumber ltd. november 7 2012 . retrieved 24 june 2014 . pratt sean september 5 2013 . fcl confident purchase of viterra input stores will see returns . the western producer . retrieved june 19 2015 . glencore bids 16.25 for viterra shares . cbc news . march 20 2012 . retrieved june 19 2015 . co ops seal deal for viterra stores will shut two . agcanada . november 7 2013 . retrieved june 19 2015 . canada safeway s changeover a co operative effort . leader post . regina . retrieved 24 may 2014 . dead link kirbyson geoff february 13 2013 . four winnipeg safeway stores sold to red river co op . winnipeg free press . retrieved june 19 2015 . duffy andrew february 13 2014 . all victoria safeway stores sold to overwaitea food group . times colonist . victoria bc . retrieved june 16 2015 . 2 external links edit official site further reading edit fairbairn brett . 1989 building a dream the co operative retailing system in western canada 1928 1988 . saskatoon saskatchewan . western producer prairie books . v t e corporations based in saskatoon crown corporations saskatoon light & power publicly traded corporations cameco international road dynamics potash corporation of saskatchewan star uranium united uranium private corporations areva resources canada canpotex crestline coach dynaventure farmers of north america first nations bank of canada guardian biotechnologies great western brewing company hitachi canadian industries il therapeutics prairie plant systems pronto airways qa technologies robin hood flour siemens transportation group sed systems west wind aviation yanke group yourlink co operatives affinity credit union concentra financial federated co operatives saskatoon co op tcu financial group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title federated co operatives & oldid 740288390 categories cooperatives in canadacooperative federationscompanies established in 1955distribution companies of canadacompanies based in saskatoonoil companies of canadaforest products companies of canadahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 04 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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