Piggly Wiggly stores in De Pere, Kaukauna sold

(WTAQ-WLUK) — Two Piggly Wiggly stores in Northeast Wisconsin are being sold.

Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly says it has agreed to buy the De Pere and Kaukauna stores from StoneRidge Meat and Country Markets. The new ownership is scheduled to take effect Jan. 31.

StoneRidge is closing its Little Chute store.

“StoneRidge Meat and Country Markets decision to sell the stores, gives us more time to focus on the wholesale division production of snack sticks, sausage and other items produced out of the Wautoma facility,” StoneRidge president Duane Detjens said in a news release. “The (employee stock ownership plan) established by Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly will provide our employees with an ownership stake in the company which is an outstanding benefit for them.”

“We cannot be more excited to welcome the Kaukauna and De Pere stores into our family and we truly look forward to serving those communities for years to come,” Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly president Mike Olwig said in a news release.”We appreciate all that StoneRidge has done for these communities over the years as well as the Verhagen family before them, and we are excited to carry on that tradition of support and be an integral part of the community. Also, with us being a 100% Employee Owned Company, we welcome our new Kaukauna and De Pere Team Members, who will join us as owners of the company.”