Two Ontario Growmark co-operatives have won North American-wide awards for financial performance in new awards from the organization.
They finished at the top compared to 58 retail member companies involved in Growmark.
Lucknow District Co-operative Inc. won the Management Excellence Award, a combined measure of operating expense efficiency and system support.
The Lucknow, Ont.-based co-operative is managed by Allan Scott and the president is David Gibson.
North Wellington Co-operative Service Inc., based in Harriston, Ont. was won the Performance Improvement Award for achieving the highest rate of improvement in return on invested capital over the past five years. Tim Summers is the co-op’s president and it is managed by Kelly Boyle. The North Wellington Co-operative also has locations in Hanover, Durham and Mount Forest.