Lucknow District Co-op recognized for management excellence
Lucknow District Co-operative Inc. has won the GROWMARK System Management Excellence Award.
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The award is presented to the top five performing companies in the GROWMARK System based on operating efficiency in the 2023 fiscal year. The winners were recently announced in January during the organization’s Cooperative Leadership Conference held in Tucson, Arizona. For the duration of the award’s existence, the Lucknow Co-operative has been consistently listed as one of the top five performing companies in the award category.
Executive Director of Ontario Operations for GROWMARK, Claude Gauthier, praised Lucknow District Co-operative’s General Manager Allan Scott in a release. “Lucknow has won this award three times previously in 2017, 2019, and 2021,” he said. “This award is a testimony to Allan’s character and effectiveness as a leader and his commitment to our co-operative,” he said.
The Lucknow District Co-operative Inc. was established in 1944, and 2024 will mark its 80th year in business. The co-operative provides its more than 1,800 members and customers of Huron and Bruce Counties with livestock feed, agronomy products and services, consumer goods, including hardware and clothing, and petroleum products and services.
Lucknow Co-op is a shareholder-owner of GROWMARK, Inc. and markets products and services under the FS banner.
Source: Farmtario.com