• Founded as Toronto Federation of Food Co-operatives & Clubs, Inc.

    1975

  • Founded by 11 food co-operatives and clubs and incorporated as Ontario Federation of Food Co-operatives & Clubs, Inc. (OFFCC)

    1976

  • The Co-op made a decision to sell to for-profit natural food stores

    1986

  • “Ontario Natural Food Co-op" becomes the trade name for OFFCC

    1989

  • Randy Whitteker, ONFC’s current GM, becomes General Manager

    1992

  • ONFC staff grew to 55+ full time employees

    2002

  • ONFC’s Private Label Line-up and Fresh Truck program are launched

    2010

  • ONFC celebrates its 35th year anniversary

    2011

  • ONFC is proud supporter of the International Year of Co-ops

    2012

  • ONFC acquires Black River Juice

    2013

  • ONFC proudly celebrates its monumental 40th year anniversary and expands warehouse to better serve the needs of our Members and Customers

    2016

  • ONFC becomes part of the Horizon Group of Companies

    2017


Read about our history. From our roots as a worker owned co-op in the seventies to our position today leading a national network of distributors, ONFC continues to set the pace for our growing industry.

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