BusinessTuesday, November 3
Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly will buy the De Pere and Kaukauna stores from Stoneridge
The 5AM De Pere team
If you shop the Piggly Wiggly on Swan Road, it's getting a new owner. Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly announced Nov. 2 that it agreed to buy the De Pere and Kaukauna stores from Stoneridge Meat and Country Market, effective Jan. 31, 2027. The Hartland-based grocer is 100% employee-owned, and its employee stock ownership plan will be open to both stores' employees.
Stoneridge says the sale gives it more time for its wholesale division, which makes snack sticks, sausages and other items. President Duane Detjens called the ownership stake "an outstanding benefit for them."
Fox Bros. is adding two stores to its 11
- 11
- Piggly Wiggly stores Fox Bros. now operates in southeastern Wisconsin
- 100%
- employee-owned through an employee stock ownership plan
- 2
- stores joining: De Pere and Kaukauna
Sources: Green Bay Press-Gazette, WFRV Local 5, WLUK
- De Pere store: 575 Swan Road
- Kaukauna store: 300 E. Ann St.
- Fox Bros. founded: 1988, in Hartland
- Stoneridge's Little Chute store: closing Nov. 7
Fox Bros. says it will bring new features in 2027, including its brats and sausages, its lowest legal spirits program and special sales throughout the year.
Fox Bros.' purchase is set to take effect Jan. 31, 2027
- Nov. 2Fox Bros. announces it agreed to buy the De Pere and Kaukauna stores.
- Nov. 7Stoneridge's Little Chute Piggly Wiggly will close.
- Jan. 2027Fox Bros.' purchase of the two stores takes effect.
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette
Sources: Green Bay Press-Gazette, WFRV Local 5, WLUK