Our History

Co-operatives have a long history of serving members in Western Canada. In the early 20th century, people worked together to create retail co-operatives in many towns in the four western Canadian provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia).

We pride ourselves on our customer service and invite you to visit a location closest to you. When you visit, we strive to make you to feel like “You’re at home here.”

April 22, 1919 - Arborg Farmers' Co-operative Association Limited

The original objectives of the Arborg Farmers' Co-operative Association Limited were to:

• Carry on the business of a General Store.
• Buy, sell, manufacture and otherwise deal in lumber.
• Carry on the general business of grain merchants and to enter into all contracts conducive therto to handle farm machinery of all kinds, either as merchants or agents.
• All of said business or transactions to be on the Co-operative plan.

January 31, 2007 - Amalgamation between Eriksdale and Arborg Co-ops

An amalgamation took place on January 31, 2007 between the Eriksdale and Arborg Co-ops to form the Interlake Consumers Co-operative Ltd. as it is now known.

Our growth has allowed us to expand from a single location in 1919 to a Co-op that currently operates out of five different locations. We offer a Food Store, Gas Bar / Convenience Store and Home / Agro Centre with cardlock in Arborg; a Food Store and Hardware Store in Eriksdale, and provide bulk petroleum delivery to the Interlake area.