Co-op Atlantic is a Canadian collectively owned

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. The cooperative is legally owned by its members and controlled by a board of directors. The head offices of Co-op Atlantic are located in

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The ...

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History

The company was founded in 1927 in Moncton as a small Agricultural supply

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whose main idea was to provide a means for local farmers to promote their livestock. Today the group has 128 member co-operative enterprises across

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and

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. In 2015, Co-op Atlantic sold its grocery distribution operations to

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. As part of the sale, Sobeys became the wholesale supplier for its member-owned grocery stores, while five Co-op grocery stores were sold to Sobeys and converted to

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, and five gas stations were sold to Sobeys and rebranded as either

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or FastFuel.

Main enterprises

The following is a list of the main enterprises.

History

Main enterprises

References

See also