Granot central cooperative
Encyclopedia
Granot Central Cooperative Ltd. is a purchasing organization of the kibbutz
movement in Israel
. The chairman is Itzhak Bader, who has held the position since 1995.
Granot oversees 20 factories and companies owned by 41 kibbutzim in Israel's coastal and central region. It operates in a wide range of economic sectors: finances, holdings, purchasing, agriculture (avocado
, citrus fruits, cowsheds, poultry, grains) ,industry (feed mills, food
, slaughter houses, seed technologies development, refrigerated storage), infrastructures, energy
, health care
, information technologies, real estate
, labor recruitment, vehicles fleet operation and leasing, on-job professional training and more.
With an annual revenue of about 3 billion NIS (New Israeli Shekel) Granot was recognized in 2007 as one of the largest cooperatives in the world (based on a research by the International Co-operative Alliance
).
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
movement in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. The chairman is Itzhak Bader, who has held the position since 1995.
Granot oversees 20 factories and companies owned by 41 kibbutzim in Israel's coastal and central region. It operates in a wide range of economic sectors: finances, holdings, purchasing, agriculture (avocado
Avocado
The avocado is a tree native to Central Mexico, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel...
, citrus fruits, cowsheds, poultry, grains) ,industry (feed mills, food
Food
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
, slaughter houses, seed technologies development, refrigerated storage), infrastructures, energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
, health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
, information technologies, real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
, labor recruitment, vehicles fleet operation and leasing, on-job professional training and more.
With an annual revenue of about 3 billion NIS (New Israeli Shekel) Granot was recognized in 2007 as one of the largest cooperatives in the world (based on a research by the International Co-operative Alliance
International Co-operative Alliance
The International Co-operative Alliance is a non-governmental co-operative federation or, more precisely, a co-operative union representing co-operatives and the co-operative movement worldwide. It was founded in 1895. The ICA maintains the internationally recognised definition of a co-operative...
).
History
Granot was established in 1940 in order to utilize economics of scale both in marketing agricultural products and reducing purchasing prices of goods for the member farms. Uniting the farms into one big cooperative, made it possible to use expansive technologies for processing agricultural products. Until today this advantage helps to reduce costs and finance operating capital necessary to sustain the agricultural farms.Granot corporations
- Ambar Feed Mill - Operates the largest and most advanced feedCompound feedCompound feeds are feedstuffs that are blended from various raw materials and additives. These blends are formulated according to the specific requirements of the target animal...
mills in Israel, one in Gan Shmuel (Ambar North) and another in DviraDvirDvir , also known as Dvira , is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Rahat and Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 406....
(Ambar South). Total annual production is nearly one million tons of compound feed.
- AMAL Siudit – One of the largest private nursing companies in Israel, taking care of more than 10,000 patients.
- Hod Hefer - A meat processing plant produces a variety of quality chicken and turkey products.
- Granot Avocado Cooperative - Cooperate 39 kibbutzim which produce one third of the total Israeli avocado yield. Granot Avocado Cooperative owns the largest Avocado packing house in Israel.
Holdings
- 50% of Mey-Ram Water Ltd., the leading private company in Israel, dealing with management of water and electricity resources in the Israeli rural sector.
- 33% of Rimon Ltd. deals with entrepreneurship and execution of projects in the field of recycled water.
- 7% of TnuvaTnuvaTnuva, or Tenuvah, is a cooperative in Israel specializing in milk and dairy products. The 620 members of the cooperative are made up a large number of kibbutzim and moshavim in Israel...
Ltd., the leading food company in Israel. (Together with other Kibbutzim organizations holds 23.5% of the company)
- 8.13% of Alon the petrol company of Israel Ltd., one of the leading petrol companies in Israel with more than 20% market share of fuel sales in Israel (Together with other Kibbutzim organizations holds 47% of the company).