1895   
North Coast Fresh Food & Cold Storage Co-operative Company Ltd. (NORCO) began operations at Byron Bay. 

1896
Bacon curing operations began at Byron Bay.

1897
The Company opened first depot at Murwillumbah.

1898
Depot opened at Lismore.

1902
Company's first branch factory opened at Lismore.

1904
Original company voluntarily liquidated, sold to new company called the North Coast Co-operative Limited.

1905
North Coast Co-operative producing one fifth of State's butter.

1906
Second branch factory opened at Murwillumbah.

Lismore factory now largest butter producer in the State.

1921
S.S. Wollongbar wrecked at Byron Bay.

1923
Opening of Sydney selling Floor at 379 Sussex Street.

1926
North Coast Co-operative Company officially alters name to Norco Co-operative Limited.

1929
Opening of Clifford House, Corner of Sussex and Bathurst Streets, Sydney, named in honour of first full time Secretary, later General Manager William Clifford.

1932
New factory opened in Lismore.

Record output of butter 18,353 tons of butter manufactured.

1943
Opening of Lismore store.

1949
Production of milk powder begins.

1950
Bottled milk production begins at Murwillumbah.

Commencement of ice cream manufacture at Lismore.

1956
New premises opened in North Sydney.

Opening of Lismore Cheese factory.

1958
Takeover of Foley Bros.

1962
A new era begins, transfer of Head Office from Byron Bay to Lismore.

Distribution of frozen foods to Norco outlets.

Norco ice cream marketed in Queensland.

1966
Installation of continuous butter-making machine at Lismore.

1969
First bulk milk collection.

1974
Casino Dairy Co-op. merges with Norco.

1976
Dairy Farmers Action Group fight B.M.Q. monopoly of milk marketing.

Norco wins Milk War - a new deal for North Coast dairy men and women.

1984
Acquired agricultural business of PDS in Southern Queensland, Northern New South Wales and Tablelands.

1986
Norco sales exceed $100 million.

1987
Joint venture in ice cream manufacture between Norco and the large American Company, Baskin Robbins.

1995
Norco celebrates 100th Birthday - Centenary History, Centenary Play, Parade at Lismore Showground attracts largest ever crowd. Golden Oldies dinners held in several places.

1998
Norco sales exceed $200 million.

2000
Norco opens Windmill Grove site in Lismore. The site houses the Lismore Rural store, Norco Mitre10 Handy store and several other speciality shops.

July 2000
Norco closes down Cheese Factory in Lismore.

2001
Norco sells Foodservice Distribution Business to PFD Foodservices.

Australian farm gate milk price deregulated.

Norco launches new Cape Byron icecream range.

2001 - 2002
 $7.03 millon dollar profit recorded.

2003
Lismore Ice Cream Factory Site is updated to meet Industry QA Standards.

Norco launches Light Prestige Ice Cream. The first Australian Ice Cream to be included in the Glycemic Index Symbol Program.

Norco Rural Stores Group purchase BGF stores at Coffs Harbour, Macksville & BGF Carton Services at Woolgoolga.

Norco Rural Stores Group purchase Goldmix Stockfeed Pty. located in the Burnett Ranges of  Queensland.

2006
Norco purchases Parmalat's 50% share of the Norco Pauls Joint Venture

2007
Norco forms a business relationship with Fonterra to sell and distribute milk products

Norco purchases $23m turnover Retail site at Toowoomba and the Meat-E-Vite business in Lennox Head.