Brooks: Calgary Co-op silver anniversary charity golf tournament
The annual Calgary Co-op Charity Golf Classic returned to Heritage Pointe Golf and Country Club on June 6 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Since its inauguration in 1993, the event has raised more...
View ArticleFrom groceries to ganja: Calgary Co-op is now in the cannabis business
You’ll be scoring membership points along with your bud or joints. Calgary Co-op, a six-decade mainstay of family-oriented customer service, has actively added cannabis to a shopping cart that’s more...
View ArticleGrocery stores can serve as the anchors for reimagined urban village hubs
Greater Vancouver developers are investing billions of dollars in the redevelopment of old shopping centres. The focus is on repurposing them into a multi-use villages where people can live, play and...
View Article'A major transformation': Calgary Co-op to source groceries from Save-On-Foods
Calgary Co-op's decision to begin sourcing its food purchases from a private company instead of Federated Co-operatives Ltd. is a major transformation that suggests "a lack of confidence in the...
View ArticleCalgary Co-op eliminating single-use plastic bags
A Calgary grocer is ready to pull the plug on single-use plastic bags in the new year. By replacing plastic shopping bags with 100 per cent biodegradable ones and a bring-your-own-bag incentive...
View ArticleCalgary Co-op buying Community Natural Foods
Calgary Co-op is buying the retail business of Community Natural Foods in a bid to expand its brand and source more locally grown goods, it said Monday. Read More
View ArticleFederated Co-op to close warehouse, lay off 200 workers after Calgary Co-op...
More than 200 jobs in Calgary will be lost this spring as a result of Calgary Co-op's decision to source groceries from a private wholesaler, Federated Co-operatives Ltd. announced Thursday. Read More
View ArticleVarcoe: In one bleak week, almost 1,000 lost jobs
The loss of more than 200 jobs at Federated Co-operatives' food distribution warehouse in Calgary caps a gloomy week for local workers, one that's seen almost 1,000 positions evaporate within a few...
View ArticleUgly SK labour dispute spills into Alberta as picketers target Co-op fuel...
An increasingly ugly labour dispute at the Co-op oil refinery in Regina has spilled over into Alberta. Read More
View ArticleCo-op's public image in the spotlight as ugly labour dispute escalates
The increasingly tense labour standoff involving workers at a Regina refinery complex has turned into one of the ugliest contract disputes in recent Canadian memory, but the employer at the centre of...
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