Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly to Take Over De Pere, Kaukauna
StoneRidge is selling its De Pere and Kaukauna Piggly Wiggly stores to Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly, effective January 31, 2027.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Openings & Closings
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StoneRidge Meat and Country Markets is selling its De Pere and Kaukauna Piggly Wiggly stores to Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly, with the transfer taking effect January 31, 2027. The sale was announced in a November 2, 2026 press release.
Why it matters
The sale lets StoneRidge concentrate on wholesale production of snack sticks, sausage and other items at its Wautoma facility. For shoppers in De Pere and Kaukauna, the stores will change hands to a different operator.
StoneRidge has owned the De Pere and Kaukauna stores since January 2018, having bought them from Larry's Markets, Inc. Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly, which currently runs eleven Wisconsin locations, does not disclose a purchase price in the announcement.
The players
Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly
A 100% employee-owned Piggly Wiggly operator that currently runs eleven stores in Wisconsin and is taking over the De Pere and Kaukauna locations.
StoneRidge Meat and Country Markets
The company that has owned the De Pere and Kaukauna Piggly Wiggly stores since 2018 and is now selling them to focus on wholesale production.
The details
Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly, a 100% employee-owned company, plans to bring its award-winning brats and sausages, its lowest legal spirits program and year-round exclusive sale events to the two stores. The company also says its ESOP will give employees an ownership stake.
Timeline
January 2018: StoneRidge begins owning the De Pere and Kaukauna stores.
November 2, 2026: Sale of the stores is announced in a press release.
January 31, 2027: Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly takes over the De Pere and Kaukauna stores.
Market Landscape
Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly is expanding its footprint of eleven Wisconsin stores through the purchase of two more locations. The deal extends an employee-owned operating model into the De Pere and Kaukauna markets.
Shoppers at the De Pere and Kaukauna stores will see the operator change on January 31, 2027, with Fox Bros. introducing its brats, sausages and spirits program. The sale does not change store locations or hours announced so far.
The takeaway
Local grocery shoppers in De Pere and Kaukauna should expect the stores to be run by Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly starting January 31, 2027. The transition gives employees at those locations a path to ownership under the company's ESOP.
What happens next
Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly is scheduled to take over the De Pere and Kaukauna stores on January 31, 2027.
Further reading
For other grocery store changes across the state, see Openings & Closings in Wisconsin business news.
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