Metcalfe’s Market employee Duane Stegall disinfects shopping carts at the store’s Hilldale location. Grocery sales soared during the pandemic, but costs also rose due to new equipment, cleaning protocols and increased staffing.
Signs at Woodman's Market on South Gammon Road alerted customers in March 2020 to purchasing limits on certain items, such as hand sanitizer and toilet paper.
The Willy Street Co-op on Madison's North Side is the operational base for the co-op's e-commerce program that launched in 2019, just months before the onset of the pandemic.
Lake Mills Market owner Mitch Eveland sends a cart through the store's automatic cleaning apparatus. Eveland invested heavily in equipment to help keep his stores clean. He also owns Capitol Centre Market in Madison, where he installed a new air cleaning system.
Lake Mills Market owner Mitch Eveland retrieves a salad made by “Sally,” a robotic salad-making machine at the grocery store after the store's salad bar was removed due to the pandemic.
Throwback photos: Shopping on Capitol Square over the years
Kessenich's, 1927
Kessenich's Gift Shop, 201 State St., in July 1927.
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Kresge's, 1950s
Kresge's anchored the corner of Main and Pinckney streets on Capitol Square. Next door is Miller's. The photo is believed to have been taken in the 1950s.
State Journal archives
Wolff Kubly Hirsig, 1977
This photo from January 1977 in Downtown Madison shows Wolff Kubly Hirsig, GLW Designs, Music City and the Karstens-Dean building. Grace Episcopal Church is also visible in the distance.
State Journal archives
Madison Hotel, 1959
Cars maneuver around Capitol Square in 1959 at the corner of Pinckney and Mifflin streets in Madison. A large Blatz beer sign topped what then was the Madison Hotel.
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The Hub Clothiers, 1978
In April 1978, West Mifflin Street featured stores such as The Hub Clothiers, Barkers, E.W. Woolworth and Baron's department store.
Metcalfe’s Market employee Duane Stegall disinfects shopping carts at the store’s Hilldale location. Grocery sales soared during the pandemic, but costs also rose due to new equipment, cleaning protocols and increased staffing.
Lake Mills Market owner Mitch Eveland retrieves a salad made by “Sally,” a robotic salad-making machine at the grocery store after the store's salad bar was removed due to the pandemic.
Signs at Woodman's Market on South Gammon Road alerted customers in March 2020 to purchasing limits on certain items, such as hand sanitizer and toilet paper.
The Willy Street Co-op on Madison's North Side is the operational base for the co-op's e-commerce program that launched in 2019, just months before the onset of the pandemic.
Lake Mills Market owner Mitch Eveland sends a cart through the store's automatic cleaning apparatus. Eveland invested heavily in equipment to help keep his stores clean. He also owns Capitol Centre Market in Madison, where he installed a new air cleaning system.
