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Pancake Mix - Regular, Gluten free

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Our Progress

The Finlandia Co-Operative of Thunder Bay Inc.was officially incorporated as a non share capital (non-profit) consumer cooperative on 22 July 2020 by a group of like-minded community members in response to the closure and sale of the Finnish Labour Temple and Hoito Restaurant, located in the heart of the Bay and Algoma community in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Throughout the 2020-21 pandemic, the Co-Operative Board of volunteers worked through incorporation status, joint-investment ventures, fundraising campaigns, business and marketing planning, co-operative model research & implementation, lease negotiations and the creation of additional revenue streams (pancake mix, specialty coffee, merchandising).

After the crushing fire that destroyed the Finnish Labour Temple, the Co-op pivoted and started selling pancake mix to continue its fundraising efforts, in the hope to open up the restaurant at some point.

We are currently operating out of the Thunder Bay Country Market twice weekly (Wednesdays and Saturdays), and are planning other activites that will help move the needle forward on opening a fully operational, sit-down restaurant in the future.

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member-owner!

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Your $50.00 membership provides you with status as a life-long stakeholder in the Finlandia Co-Operative of Thunder Bay, including ownership of the Hoito Restaurant.

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Once your memership has been approved, we’ll send you payment details to seal the deal.

The Finlandia Co-Operative of Thunder Bay is driven and empowered by the needs of the Thunder Bay community through a democratic co-operative business model. We honour the history of the Finnish-Canadian culture in Thunder Bay by growing a sustainable and inclusive community gathering place that adapts to the ever-changing needs of our member-owners and by continuing a fiscally-responsible service in the Hoito Restaurant.