About Us
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Welcome to the Boissevain Consumers Cooperative Limited website. Boissevain Co-op has been serving the residents of the Town of Boissevain and The R.M of Morton since 1945.
At Boissevain Co-Op we strive to make your Co-op experience the very best. Whether you're becoming a Member or shopping our many services (Grocery, Home Centre, and Gas Bar), we are here to help you.
We are continually improving and growing. We would like to hear from you on how we are doing and ways we can make your Co-op better.
Thank You for your continued patronage. We look forward to many years of helping you and your family with all your product and service needs.
History
The roots of Boissevain Co-op can be traced back to 1942, it was in that year that a Co-op was opened in the community of Whitewater located west of Boissevain. It was in 1947 that Boissevain Consumers Co-operative amalgamated with Whitewater Co-op to form the Co-operative you see today.
Stepping back a few years it was June 1945 when a group of enthusiastic people got together and started the wheels in motion to form a consumer owned Co-operative in Boissevain. Several meetings were held to consider ideas then a door to door campaign was launched to sign up members. By March 1946 there were about 150 members signed up.
The first store was opened in April 1946, (the Co-op was incorporated on August 18th, 1945) in the Brooks building located on Main Street. In the first year of operation Boissevain Co-op offered it's members petroleum products, feeds, small hardware and flour. When the first year of operations had finished the Co-op had sales of $39,646 with savings of $1,803.
Creditied with piloting the new Association was the first Board of Directors, Alex Cochrane, President, W.A Latimer, Ed Pettypiece, Robert Ekin, Stan Hart, Jack McCallum and S.E Ransom. It was also agreed that Whitewater Co-op had provided much inspiration.
Through the years Boissevain Co-op expanded and moved several times finally settling in the locations you see today.
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Board of Directors
Board memebrs are elected annually at the Annual General Meeting of the Co-operative, normally held during the third week of April. The Board of Directors represents the Members as follows:
| Matthew Heide | President |
| Elmer McCallum | Vice Pesident |
| Maureen Chandler | Secretary |
| Wendy Clyne | Director |
| Ashleigh Birch | Director |
| George Heide | Director |
| Harley Foote | Director |
| Debbie Graham | Director |
| Jana Scott | Youth Representative |
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Management
| Administration | |
| Greg Gill | General Manager |
| Judy Adams | Office Manager |
| Food Store | |
| Don Gordon | Food Manager |
| Kris Prior | Meat Manager |
| Paul Sicinski | Bakery/Deli Manager |
| Judy Ramsden | Produce Manager |
| Home and Agro Centre | |
| Peter Neufeld | Bulk Petroleum/Agro Manager |
| Trevor Knight | Feed/Livestock Equipment Supervisor |
| Bill Dougall | Home Centre Manager |
| Don Vanhove | Lumber Supervisor |
| Corky Scott | Hardware Supervisor |
| Gas Bar | |
| Allan Schierlinck | Gas Bar Manager |
| Neil Bugg | Assistant Gas Bar Manager |
| Vicki Vansickle | Hot Food Manager |
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