Business Description
Poudre Valley Co-op consists of 5 main divisions, Ace Hardware/Farm Store, Turf and Forage seed, Car Care, Refined Fules and Crop Production.
Founded in 1947 at North College in Fort Collins, Colorado
Moved to Present Location (225 N.W. Frontage Rd.) in 1976
Poudre Valley Cooperative has over 2800 members located primarily in Larimer, Weld, Adams and Boulder Counties, as well as in Laramie County, Wyoming.
-What is a Cooperative?
A cooperative is a business that is owned and operated by the people who use it. The owners are also the customers. A cooperative may be any kind of business - a utility, an insurance company, or a farm supply store such as Poudre Valley Coop. Poudre Valley Coop follows four basic principals of operation:
Open Membership: Membership is voluntary and without regard to race, religion, sex, age or partisan politics.
Democratic Control: Cooperatives are owner and controlled by their members.
Patronage Refunds: This principle is the heart of the cooperative way of doing business. Cooperative exist solely to meet the needs of their members for goods and services. They do not exist to make money for investors.
Limited or no interest on equity capital: This principle ensures that control of the cooperative will remain in the hands of all the members. Control cannot be seized by an individual or a small group of investors.
Poudre Valley Co-op carries a wide variety of products and offers various services. We are a full Ace Hardware store, a distributor for Hutchison Western Livestock Equipment, Husqvarna power equipment, Craftsman Tools, Carhartt Work Wear, Justin, Georgia and Ariat work and western boots. We offer livestock and pet feed from Agland and Purina. Poudre Valley Co-op's Car Care Center services all types of vehicles and engines, from chainsaws to pick-ups and lawn mowers to loaders. We also offer On Farm Tire Service Poudre Valley Co-op's Agronomy and Crop Production department offers custom spraying and fertilizing. Our Refined Fuels department handles the delivery of propane, on and off road diesel, gas and E-85.
Address & Contact
- Street:
- 225 North West Frontage Road
- Postcode:
- 80524
- City:
- Fort Collins
- State:
- Colorado
- Zip:
- 80524
- Phone:
- (970) 221-5300
- Website:
- www.pvcoop.com
- Category:
- Local Business
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