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Gateway Co-op held its annual information meeting for the year ending January 31, 2017, on April 18 at the Rainbow Hall in Canora.

Financials

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sales were $30,687,184, down about $54,000 from last year, according to the financial report. Fuel pricing is mainly responsible for this decline. In 2016, actual litres sold increased by 1,065,000 litres to just under 20,000,000 litres. After FCL patronage, net savings of $1,255,000 were achieved, it was said at the meeting.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Gross margin for the year was 15.6 per cent for a total of $4,778,005, with operating expenses of $4,896,423, resulting in a local loss of $118,418. Patronage refunds were $1,374,079 and there was a net savings of $1,147,810, the report said.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Membership sales were strong, with 255 new memberships being sold during the 2016 fiscal year.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Co-op continues to give back to the community. In 2016 approximately $20,000 was given in support of local community organizations, said information from the meeting.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In 2016 local sales, Canora Food Store sales increased 1.2 per cent to $8,360,792. Local contribution was $162,612. Service station sales decreased 4.6 per cent to $3,963,690. Local contribution was $128,115, the information said.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Buchanan sales in 2016 were down by 0.4 per cent to $1,131,253. Local loss was $42,832, but this was $8,850 less than the previous year鈥檚 loss of $51,682. Sturgis sales were down by 3.6 per cent to $1,477,424. Local loss was $66,591, but this was $898 less than the previous year鈥檚 loss of $67,489.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Home Centre sales in 2016 were down 5.4 per cent to $3,794,181. The local contribution was $85,326.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Bulk petroleum sales in 2016 were up 8.2 per cent to $6,050,506. The local contribution was $107,315. Canora cardlock sales were down 8.4 per cent to $1,058,176. The local contribution was $79,817聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Facilities

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The first year of sales at the Preeceville Cardlock was 2016. Sales continued to exceed the original projections. Sales at the Canora cardlock and the Preeceville home centre pumps are somewhat lower because of the new cardlock, it was said.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 At Canora a very wet fall hindered ground work and construction of the new convenient store. With the delay, and being awarded the Canora liquor franchise, it allowed the incorporation of the liquor store as part of the new construction. The hope is to have it completed and operational by late June.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 At Buchanan, work to change the keylock to a cardlock and the addition of clear diesel to the configuration will happen this spring or summer.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 There will be additional work at the cardlock at Preeceville. The intention is to proceed with the cold storage building for lumber. FCL is optimistic for the approval of a new home centre/convenient store building in the near future, it was said.

Upcoming improvements

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The board continues to seek new opportunities and efficiencies, it was said at the meeting.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In February 2016, Gateway Co-op met with neighbouring cooperatives at Yorkton, Melville, Churchbridge and Norquay to discuss opportunities and services that could be shared. Gateway now has a contract with Yorkton for a part-time human resource person. Human resources and operational health and safety have become a great need, it was said.

Retirement

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 At the meeting Herb Carlson was recognized for his retirement after 41 years of service.

In 1975 he was elected to the delegate body for Buchanan. In 1976 he was elected as Gateway Co-op director and served in both the vice chair and chair positions while director. In the 1980s he served two terms as director for the Canora district seed cleaning co-op.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In 1990 Carlson was elected as director for Federated Co-operative Limited. As director he filled a number of different roles, including serving on every community on Federated Co-op鈥檚 board, he was elected vice-chair for five years, was a director of the Canadian Co-operative Association in Ottawa for five years, served several years as director of the Co-operative Superannuation Society, served many years as director and vice-chair of the advisory board for the Centre for the study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan, and served several years as a delegate to the Co-operative Insurance Company, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Co-operative Association.