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OPEN DAILY 7:30am - 9:30pm

Closing Early

Both Willy Street Co-op locations will be closing at 7:30pm on Monday May 28 for Memorial Day. We will resume our regular hours on the following day.

About Us

Demos

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Tuesday, May 29th - Bolzano's Meats Demo

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Friday, June 1st - Emmi Roth Cheese Demo

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Saturday, June 2nd - Nordic Creamery Cheese Demo

10:00am - 1:00pm

Sunday, June 3rd - Otter Creek Cheese Demo

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Wednesday, June 6th - Rustic Kitchen Gluten-Free Demo

Full Schedule

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Friday, May 25th - Bolzano's Meats Demo

11:00am - 1:00pm

Saturday, June 2nd - Nordic Creamery Cheese Demo

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Sunday, June 3rd - Otter Creek Cheese Demo

10:00am - 1:00pm

Friday, June 8th - Saxon Creamery Cheese Demo

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Friday, June 8th - Uplands Cheese Demo

Full Schedule

Daily Menu

10am - 8pm

Friday, May 25th

Tilapia w/ Cilantro Cream Sauce $10.99/lb

Tilapia from the Seafood center baked in a rich buttery cream sauce

Spaghetti $4.99/lb

The classic - spaghetti noodles smothered in marinara

Meatballs $6.99/lb

Black Earth Beef and Willow Creek Italian sausage with spices and marinara sauce

Sausage & Peppers $7.99/lb

Willow Creek Italian sausage with organically grown bell peppers and onions

Vegetable and Tofu Stir Fry

Organically grown vegetables stir fried with a tangy sauce and tofu

complete menu

11am - 8pm

Friday, May 25th

Vegan Side

Bengali Biryani - Long grain brown rice with peas, onions, zucchini and many other veggies.

Vegan Mac-n-Cheese - Our version of a classic. Vegans should be able to eat comfort food too!

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complete menu

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Our Sustainable Practices

Willy Street Co-op—East is the first Wisconsin co-op store to receive an Energy Star Label! See our article about it here. Willy East was also named as one of the 2011 Mpower ChaMpion businesses.

Interior

Sustainable Practice	Willy East	Willy West
Recycleable packaging used in for our Deli food	Yes	Yes
Circulatory ceiling fans to help reduce heating and cooling costs	Yes (3)	Yes (5)
Aluminum night covers for produce cases. They reduce warm air flow into cases at night, improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption.	Yes	Not Yet
Promotion of bag credits (5¢ off for each paper bag reused; 10¢ for each cloth bag or backpack)	Yes	Yes
Environmentally sound soaps and cleaning agents are used whenever possible, and cleaning and office supplies are bought in bulk to limit the amount of packaging and pollution from transportation	Yes	Yes
Our maintenance team has a knack for finding ways to fix or renovate broken or discarded furniture and display fixtures into useful creations to meet our needs and keep more trash out of landfills	Yes	Yes
Emphasis on organic and natural foods, the production of which uses minimal non-renewable resources	Yes	Yes
Energy-efficient lighting	Yes	Not Yet
Occupancy sensors	Yes	Not Yet
High-efficiency refrigeration systems	Yes	Not Yet
Day-lighting (where we could make it work)	Yes	Not Yet
Heat reclaim systems	Yes	Not Yet
Energy-star certified equipment	Yes	Not Yet
Low-flow water fixtures	Yes	Not Yet
Recycling of paper, packing peanuts, light bulbs, toner cartridges and plastic	Yes	Yes
We also strive to buy as much local food as we can, greatly reducing the energy used for transportation and intermediary storage	Yes	Yes
All locations were existing buildings that we had remodeled for our needs rather than new structures	Yes	Yes
The Willy West customer service desk and children's area mural were bought from the Madison Children's Museum before their move and repurposed.	NA	Yes
Aisle signs at Willy West are partially made from old wooden doors.	NA	Yes
Stores and Production Kitchen take delivery of eggs, olive and canola oils from a farmer driving a biodiesel truck	Yes	Yes

Exterior

Sustainable Practice	Willy East	Willy West
Solar Pumping station designed by Resource Solar - the new station’s collectors on our roof pre-heats water that is piped to our store's hot water heater, reducing our use of fossil fuels	Yes	Not Yet
Rooftop solar panels	Yes	Not Yet
Rain garden	Yes	NA
Decorative cob (sustainable earthen building material) wall	Yes	NA
To compost trimmings or foliage from direct weeding, a “brown” yard composter was built on the Jenifer St. side of the building	Yes	Not Yet
Participant in the Green Wind Power program through MG&E	Yes	Yes
Two electric car charging stations in our parking lots	Yes	Yes
No synthetic pesticides or herbicides are used in maintaining the lawns on Co-op property; a vinegar and clove-based herbicide is used around the building’s exterior as needed during the growing season	Yes	NA

Updated - March 16, 2012

We are open 7:30am - 9:30pm daily	1221 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703	(608) 251-6776	e-mail the Co-op
	6825 University Ave Middleton, WI 53562	(608) 284-7800

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