Directorate of distance education

Other Criterion
a) Details of the bank guaranty
b) Photographs of the offices
c) Details of the WD salesmen and the product lines he deals in
d) The computerisation facility available
e) The storage space
f) Refrigeration facility with photograph
g) Details of the delivery vehicle with photograph
h) Summary of the monthly potential sales of markets
i) Summary of the product wise monthly sales potential of institutions
Retail Cooperatives
Retailers who cut costs by purchasing collectively
an organization 
for the collective purchase and sale of goods by a group who share profits 
or benefits. Retail cooperatives were the first offshoot of the cooperative 

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movement and profits were originally shared among members through 
dividend payments proportionate to a member’s purchases. 
The Co-operative Retailing System (CRS) began in 1928 when 
locally owned retail co-operatives worked together to form provincial 
wholesales in order to expand their buying power. These co-operative 
wholesales in the four western provinces, along with Consumers’ Co-
operative Refineries Limited (CCRL), in Regina, joined together to form 
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL). 
Today, approximately 240 retail co-operatives own FCL, which 
provides central wholesaling, manufacturing and administrative services 
to its member-owners. Combined sales of more than $6.9 billion in 
2010 make retail co-ops among the largest providers of retail goods and 
agricultural inputs in Western Canada.
Retail Co-Operatives Serve Canadian Communities
Retail co-operatives serve more than 500 communities and more 
than 1.5 million active co-op members across Western Canada. They 
employ more than 16,000 people and provide their members with a variety 
of goods and services, including:
➢ Petroleum
➢ Food
➢ General merchandise
➢ Soft goods
➢ Building materials
➢ Crop supplies
➢ Feed