The Manger of the North of 53 Consumers Co-op Store Tom Therien says they are in the process of entering into an agreement with the City to purchase the Armories property on 10A highway next to Twin Motors.  He says as everyone knows and they’ve been saying for the last few years is that the existing location where they are in downtown Flin Flon is too small for their needs, they can’t expand anywhere inside the building to fit the vast changing array of products available to the general public in the food industry nor do they have an adequate sized parking lot to handle the amount of customers they currently have as well.

Therien says the process will take some time as they will be conducting feasibility studies to see among other things if they can afford it which he feels is not an issue.  He says they will have to take down buildings and level the lot before proceeding in the spring.  He concludes they feel they have passed their first major hurdle by finding an adequate sized property to meet their needs.