Madison-based Metcalfe's Market sold to Michigan-based grocery retailer
BARRY ADAMS
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Shoppers at Metcalfe’s Market West in Madison wait in line to check out prior to a major snow storm in December 2022. It was announced Monday that the store, and two others owned by Metcalfe, are being sold to a Michigan-based grocery company.
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Tim Metcalfe, president of Metcalfe's Market, is seen here in 2020.
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Tom Metcalfe, center, works with his sons Tim, left, and Kevin during Brat Fest. This photo was likely taken between 1997 and 2000.
Metcalfe’s Market, a family-owned grocery retailer for 107 years, is being sold to a Michigan-based grocery wholesale and retail company. But Brat Fest will continue and the store still plans to be locally focused.
Metcalfe’s Market at Hilldale is one of three stores owned by Tim and Kevin Metcalfe. They also have stores at West Towne and in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa.
Memorabilia collected through the history of Metcalfe’s Market is displayed in the company’s offices at Hilldale in Madison. It includes the late Tom Metcalfe's signature red beret.
Blocks of Gruyere from Wood River Creamery, part of the Burnett Dairy Cooperative in Grantsburg, are displayed at Metcalfe's Market at Hilldale. Metcalfe's has made an effort over the years to promote Wisconsin food by placing road signs on products in its three stores.
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Tim Metcalfe unloads sauerkraut from one of his Sentry store's trucks during Brat Fest at the Alliant Energy Center's Willow Island in 2011.
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Tim Metcalfe, co-owner of Metcalfe's Market, is seen here in 2012 at the Hilldale store.
Shoppers at Metcalfe’s Market West in Madison wait in line to check out prior to a major snow storm in December 2022. It was announced Monday that the store, and two others owned by Metcalfe, are being sold to a Michigan-based grocery company.
Blocks of Gruyere from Wood River Creamery, part of the Burnett Dairy Cooperative in Grantsburg, are displayed at Metcalfe's Market at Hilldale. Metcalfe's has made an effort over the years to promote Wisconsin food by placing road signs on products in its three stores.
Metcalfe’s Market at Hilldale is one of three stores owned by Tim and Kevin Metcalfe. They also have stores at West Towne and in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa.
Memorabilia collected through the history of Metcalfe’s Market is displayed in the company’s offices at Hilldale in Madison. It includes the late Tom Metcalfe's signature red beret.
