Saskatoon Co-op & Blair's Family of Companies

Saskatoon Co-op purchases two Blair’s Family of Companies ag retail locations

Today, August 14th, 2025, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) purchased the remaining shares in the Blair’s Family of Companies (BCS) Ag Retail assets. In 2021, FCL purchased a majority stake in the six retail locations owned and operated by BCS, creating a joint venture (JV) with the Blair’s family. Today, with FCL acquiring the remaining shares, the six BCS ag retail locations will fully transition ownership to four local Co-ops. Saskatoon Co-op will assume ownership of two BCS ag retail locations – in Rosthern, and in Watrous.

Click here to read the full FCL news release.

As indicated in the news release, the BCS sites will transition ownership to four individual local Co-ops. The Co-ops acquiring the six sites from FCL are as follows:

• Prairie Co-op will acquire the McLean Ag retail location.
• Riverbend Co-op will acquire the Nokomis and Lanigan Ag Retail locations.
• Moose Jaw Co-op will acquire the Liberty Ag Retail location.
• Saskatoon Co-op will acquire the Rosthern and Watrous Ag retail locations.
• In addition to the Ag retail acquisitions, Riverbend Co-op will acquire an ammonia bullet (tank) in Davidson and Lake Country Co-op will acquire an ammonia bullet in Petrofka.

Saskatoon Co-op will officially assume operation of the two Blair’s locations on September 2, 2025. Once the transition is complete, BCS customers can expect the same great service, agronomic advice and expanded farm fuel offerings, as well as the ability to use their Saskatoon Co-op membership number for all their purchases.