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County has had lots of grocery stores

By GENE KEMMETER
of The Gazette
The pending sale of Stevens Point's Copps Corp. to Roundy's Inc. of Pewaukee will bring an end to another of Portage County's locally owned grocery stores.

The Copps name will reportedly continue to identify the stores after the transaction, so the name won't disappear from stores immediately.

Portage County's history is full of names of grocery stores that disappeared from the landscape, mostly small neighborhood stores that carried meats, produce and dry goods.

Presently, the county has a handful of grocery stores that continue to operate. Besides the three stores owned by Copps, there's County Market, Gene's IGA in Rosholt, Amherst Family Foods in Amherst, Almond Village Market in Almond, Blaine Store in Blaine, Bancroft Foods in Bancroft, Feltz's Grocery in the town of Stockton, Ernie & Irene's in Polonia and Sylvia's in Polonia.

In addition, convenience stores, which primarily provide gasoline, also offer some groceries.

Evidence of long-closed neighborhood grocery stores remain throughout the area. Many of the former stores have been converted into other uses.

Can you add to the list of these now-gone stores and their location? If you can, drop us a note via regular mail at P.O. Box 146, Stevens Point, WI 54481 or e-mail at pcgazette@g2a.net.

Here's an incomplete listing:

EconoFoods (south of the corner of Post Road and Tommy's Turnpike in Plover).

Piggly Wiggly in Plover

Piggly Wiggly in Park Ridge

Gene's IGA in Plover

West Gate Food Mart, 200 block of W. Clark Street

North Side IGA (100 block of Division Street N.)

South Side IGA (3200 block of Church Street)

North Side IGA (Second Street and College Avenue)

Monear's, later College Avenue Grocery (1600 block of College Avenue)

Gross' Store (Patch Street - Point Trophy)

Triangle Store (triangle area at Division and Pine streets)

Knutson's (Strongs Avenue)

Cigels (Water Street)

Rudnicks (Public Square)

Weltmann's (Public Square and Shaurette Street)

Jurgella's (Public Square)

Bob's Food King (1200 block of Main Street)

A&P Store (1300 block of Main Street)

National Tea (Bob's)

South Side Meat Market

Grubba's (Jefferson and Fremont streets)

Hebal's (Reserve and McCulloch streets)

Dixon Street Grocery (corner of Dixon and Fremont streets)

Harry Newal's (Ellis Street)

Porter's (Main and Michigan Avenue)

Stop-N-Go (Main and Michigan)

Campus Corner (Main and Fremont)

Ray and Gen's (Ellis Street near Emerson School)

Feltz's (Fine Arts Building)

Thrifty Market (Highway 66)

West Side Grocery (W. Clark Street)

Hal's North Side Red Owl (200 block of Division Street)Hal's South Side Red Owl (corner of Church and Rice Streets.)

Warehouse Foods (present Copps South location)

Bergie's Meat Market (Jefferson Street)

Kalp's (Second Street and Maria Drive)

Mozuch's (Fourth Avenue and Union Street)

Freda Sausage (Michigan Avenue)

Peikart's Meat Market (downtown)

Morton's (Patch Street)

Pierce's (Post Road in Plover)

Lila's Market (Post Road in Plover)

Little Big Store (Highway 54 in town of Plover)



	County has had lots of grocery stores By GENE KEMMETER of The Gazette The pending sale of Stevens Point's Copps Corp. to Roundy's Inc. of Pewaukee will bring an end to another of Portage County's locally owned grocery stores. The Copps name will reportedly continue to identify the stores after the transaction, so the name won't disappear from stores immediately. Portage County's history is full of names of grocery stores that disappeared from the landscape, mostly small neighborhood stores that carried meats, produce and dry goods. Presently, the county has a handful of grocery stores that continue to operate. Besides the three stores owned by Copps, there's County Market, Gene's IGA in Rosholt, Amherst Family Foods in Amherst, Almond Village Market in Almond, Blaine Store in Blaine, Bancroft Foods in Bancroft, Feltz's Grocery in the town of Stockton, Ernie & Irene's in Polonia and Sylvia's in Polonia. In addition, convenience stores, which primarily provide gasoline, also offer some groceries. Evidence of long-closed neighborhood grocery stores remain throughout the area. Many of the former stores have been converted into other uses. Can you add to the list of these now-gone stores and their location? If you can, drop us a note via regular mail at P.O. Box 146, Stevens Point, WI 54481 or e-mail at pcgazette@g2a.net. Here's an incomplete listing: EconoFoods (south of the corner of Post Road and Tommy's Turnpike in Plover). Piggly Wiggly in Plover Piggly Wiggly in Park Ridge Gene's IGA in Plover West Gate Food Mart, 200 block of W. Clark Street North Side IGA (100 block of Division Street N.) South Side IGA (3200 block of Church Street) North Side IGA (Second Street and College Avenue) Monear's, later College Avenue Grocery (1600 block of College Avenue) Gross' Store (Patch Street - Point Trophy) Triangle Store (triangle area at Division and Pine streets) Knutson's (Strongs Avenue) Cigels (Water Street) Rudnicks (Public Square) Weltmann's (Public Square and Shaurette Street) Jurgella's (Public Square) Bob's Food King (1200 block of Main Street) A&P Store (1300 block of Main Street) National Tea (Bob's) South Side Meat Market Grubba's (Jefferson and Fremont streets) Hebal's (Reserve and McCulloch streets) Dixon Street Grocery (corner of Dixon and Fremont streets) Harry Newal's (Ellis Street) Porter's (Main and Michigan Avenue) Stop-N-Go (Main and Michigan) Campus Corner (Main and Fremont) Ray and Gen's (Ellis Street near Emerson School) Feltz's (Fine Arts Building) Thrifty Market (Highway 66) West Side Grocery (W. Clark Street) Hal's North Side Red Owl (200 block of Division Street)Hal's South Side Red Owl (corner of Church and Rice Streets.) Warehouse Foods (present Copps South location) Bergie's Meat Market (Jefferson Street) Kalp's (Second Street and Maria Drive) Mozuch's (Fourth Avenue and Union Street) Freda Sausage (Michigan Avenue) Peikart's Meat Market (downtown) Morton's (Patch Street) Pierce's (Post Road in Plover) Lila's Market (Post Road in Plover) Little Big Store (Highway 54 in town of Plover)