About Pembina West Co-op
While our nation & province were reeling from the effects of the Second World War, local farmers had the foresight & determination to form a CO-OP.
Mayerthorpe Co-op Ltd opened its first store in 1941 and purchased the RN Sherwin store 4 years later.
April 22, 1944 the Barrhead District CO-OP was incorporated selling farm supplies out of a local farmer’s yard north of town.
Both locations started as a cooperative buying group to facilitate purchases to meet Member need for supplies.
In June 1945, the first Board was formed & in January of 1946, the first Store was opened for business on the west side of Main Street in Barrhead!
In 1960, they amalgamated with Federated CO-OP in Saskatoon, Sask.
In 1963, Mayerthorpe opened their Lumber yard and Service Center and within 6 years completed building their store.
The Barrhead Service Centre opened in the summer of 1968 followed by a petroleum outlet in 1970.
In 1976, the Barrhead Shopping Centre was opened for business followed by a Pharmacy department in 1988.
Throughout the 90s, more renovations improved or expanded operations and in 2001 the Home Centre opened to serve the area. In 2007, Mayerthorpe and Barrhead began exploring amalgamation opportunities.
This coming together was completed in 2008 under the new organizational name of Barrhead & District’s CO-OP Ltd.
Our CO-OP was meeting the increasing demands & growth of the community & surrounding areas.