prairie sky Co-op
You’re At Home Here
COMMUNITY-MINDED
LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
We are part of your hometown and care about and support the causes that matter to you.
Cash. That’s your reward. Your Co-op membership offers you high-quality products and services and cash back. Our profits are your profits.
Prairie Sky Co-op has just completed another successful year in 2015. Although local economic conditions have deteriorated somewhat over the last year, our Coop remains strong! Once again the benefits of membership “Equity and Cash Back” will be important as we move into a new fiscal year. The Suds City upgrade project completed in 2015 has proven to be a bright spot in our organization’s past year. We would like to sincerely thank our members for your continued support of that location and of all of our other locations as well. We are currently working together with Federated Del Croissant Co-operatives Ltd. on the completion of a new bulk fuel tank farm and are hoping for final completion this summer. This increases our fuel storage capacity in Weyburn from 750,000 to 4.3 million litres and we will therefore also be supplying several surrounding Co-ops. Diesel and gas can be accessed at our Cardlock facility and at hundreds of other Cardlock locations in Western Canada 24 hours a day, every day of the year, so if you need or could use this service, please contact our Petroleum Department. Prairie Sky Co-op is proud of the commitment we have made to many non-profit organizations and we strongly adhere to our motto of “Community Builder”. We will continue to support many worthwhile community projects as well as sports and cultural activities. On behalf of the Board of Directors of Prairie Sky Co-op we thank you for your loyal support and want you to know we enjoy providing you with great customer service and product selection. Remember “You’re at Home Here” at Prairie Sky Co-op and we want to make your shopping experience at any our locations enjoyable. The future of Prairie Sky Co-op continues to look strong and we look forward to serving you for many years to come. We encourage everyone to check out our web site at www.prairieskycoop.com or download the Co-op App on your smartphone for weekly flyers, specials, coupons and offers. Please feel free to contact myself, or any of our board members, if you have any questions or concerns. Phone me at 306-842-3433 or del.croissant@ weyburncoop.com.
Benefits to the community…
We are your neighbours. Doing business with your Co-op creates good jobs and economic activity close to home.
General Manager’s Report
President’s Report
New Bulk Plant
LOCALLY INVESTED
Thanks to all of the support from you, our valued owner-customers. Through your support, Prairie Sky Co-op has become a pillar of the community. Our success helps us give back to the community. We often focus on the financial support that we provide to charitable and nonprofit organizations, but it is important to also recognize the economic support that the Co-op Don Kraft provides to the community. We provide a stable and supportive working environment for our 186 employees. Our local ownership structure ensures that we are able to provide stable employment. Employees receive a competitive salary and can expect regular salary increases. The Co-op provides our employees with a benefits and pension package that is one of the best in the industry. We also know the importance of looking out for our employees and their families by providing supportive services such as Employee and Family Assistance Programs. We encourage community involvement through support for local charities as well as sporting and cultural events. I am very proud of the very high level of service our employees provide. If you feel there are any areas for improvement, or if you would like to recognize an employee who you feel gives exceptional service, please fill out a feedback card available at any of our locations. We appreciate your input and look forward to serving you in the future.
In its efforts to be environmentally responsible and reduce operating costs for the local retails, Federated Co-operatives has begun a Corporate Bulk Plant Program. The bulk plant that is presently built in Weyburn is one of these corporate bulk plants. This bulk plant will serve Weyburn and surrounding areas including communities such as Pangman, Radville, and Beaubier. The bulk plant has provided for a state-of-the-art, environmentally responsible plant. This will reduce costs for many of the smaller surrounding retail co-ops. It is more costly to construct plants in surrounding communities than it is to allow the trucks to travel additional distances. In a continuing effort to reduce operating costs, the trucks that are utilized for delivery in these communities will have larger capacities so as to reduce the number of trips required. This corporate bulk plant will make Weyburn a centre for many of the smaller, surrounding communities and will encourage smaller communities to utilize Weyburn services as their destination community for other needs in addition to requirement for bulk petroleum.
Community Spaces Program
As Western Canadians, we have to make the most of every chance we get to go outside and enjoy the parks, playgrounds, community gardens and other spaces that bring us together. Coop Community Spaces has been developed to help protect, beautify and improve spaces across Western Canada. In keeping with our ongoing commitment to invest in the communities we serve, Co-op will contribute up to $1.5 million to help support projects that improve the places Canadians meet, play, learn and share. ◆ Recreation If you have a project that ◆ Providing enhanced recreation spaces in the community you feel would qualify ◆ Environmental Conservation contact us for details ◆ Preservation of natural spaces in the community ◆ Urban Agriculture ◆ Small-scale community agricultural initiatives in both rural and urban spaces