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Eat Local Month 2020

All September long, we are making it even easier for you to eat local. We are putting many local products on sale, giving away local products and appliances to help you preserve them, and celebrating local farmers and vendors. We'll be doing giveaways every week this month here on our website and...

We, as a Board of Directors, stand with the Black community and the call for change. Black Lives Matter. At the root of our cooperative business structure are principles that hinge on equity and justice. The Co-op’s Board of Directors acknowledges the statistics of whiteness in grocery co-ops, and...
Our Statement

We apologize for not speaking here sooner. Cooperative and just societies require equitable relationships to thrive, and that’s why Willy Street Co-op supports and participates in efforts for progressive social change. We stand with our community to affirm that Black Lives Matter, and are...

Buy locally grown and made products when you shop. If the store where you shop carries local options, consider buying them if you can. Willy Street Co-op uses purple signs to highlight local products throughout their stores. Become a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) member. Joining a CSA is a...
Order Plant Starts for Pickup

**NOTE: These are no longer available to order due to low stock! In addition to offering Grocery Boxes for pre-order and pickup at our stores, we are also working with Madison vendor Voss Organics to offer flats of plant seedlings! All flats come with 18 3.5-inch organic plant seedlings...
Easter Boxes

Monday, April 6 through 8pm on Wednesday, April 8, we are offering Easter Boxes for order and pick-up at the store of your choice on Friday, April 10 or Saturday, April 11. Why Easter Boxes? We had to place orders months ago for products that are popular during Easter, so we already have these...
Online Shopping and Delivery

Our online shopping and delivery platform ( not available on mobile devices, sorry! ) is a great way to get your groceries without having to come inside the store! This service is in high demand right now, so our delivery slots fill up fast. All our slots are currently full, but we are always...
The Cheese Challenge has begun!

Out of an abundance of caution, Cheese Challenge sampling and voting has been postponed until a yet-to-be-determined date. We will still collect brackets through March 18. The Cheese Challenge is back! 16 local Wisconsin cheeses go head-to-head and you can help decide the Champion! From now...
Disaster Relief Drive

Through Feb. 15th, we will be collecting at the registers for disaster relief fund to benefit Australia and Puerto Rico. Funding will be split evenly between two projects supported by GlobalGiving, a GuideStar Platinum charity with a Four-star rating on Charity Navigator. The projects are: The...
New Year, New Deli!

As we reported in the January newsletter , on January 20th we will close our Production Kitchen for approximately three weeks to finish some repair work that the site requires. Some things to know about our Production Kitchen: it produces between 60% and 70% of the food you enjoy in our Deli and...
Holiday Hours

The holidays are coming up! All stores will be open 7:30am - 6pm on December 24th and closed December 25th and January 1st. Have a safe and happy holidays!
Union Update

Willy Street Co-op management has been working with United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America to discuss possible unionization of staff. It was our goal to enable staff to make an informed decision on whether or not they want union representation, which is a decision that is their...
Eat Local Month 2019

All September long, we are making it even easier for you to eat local. We are highlighting local products throughout our stores, adding more sales on local products, and inviting more local farmers and vendorsinto our stores to sample their products and answer your questions about them. We’ll also...

Willy Street Co-op strives to be a welcoming and supportive workplace, interested in the growth and potential of each employee and the community we serve. We are aware that a number of co-op employees may be interested in seeking union representation and labor organization support. Our management...
Board of Directors Announcement

July 1st usually marks the first day to vote for your Board of Directors. This year we have three open seats and three candidates running for the Board. We will not have an election for the Board of Directors this year because it would be an uncontested election and there is no legal obligation to...
Memorial Day Hours

All stores will be open until 7:30pm on Memorial Day, May 27th. Departments at each store close at the following times: East Deli and Salad Bar: 7:00pm Hot Bar: 6:00pm Sandwich station: 6:30pm Juice Bar: 6:00pm Seafood center: 6:00pm West Deli and Salad Bar: 6:30pm Hot Bar: 5:30pm Sandwich...

Willy West shoppers: if you visit our store from the west via University, street reconstruction work will be done between Park St. and Cayuga St. between early April and early July. You may have to find alternate routes in the next few months. See this link for details.
Product Listings

You might notice that Product Listings and Bulk PLU Lookup are missing from the new website. We will have both these features on our e-commerce site when it launches in the spring. We had hoped to roll out the new website and the e-commerce site at the same time, or at least much closer together...
Double Dollars Distribution

Due to the last Tuesday in December and the first Tuesday in January falling on holidays, we will distribute Double Dollars on Wednesday, December 26th and Wednesday, January 2nd. All Willy Street Co-op stores are closed on Tuesday, December 25th (Christmas Day) and Tuesday, January 1st (New...
$5 Dinners at Willy North

Next $5 Dinner at Willy North is on Thursday, Jan. 17th! Each third Thursday of the month, we hold a $5 Dinner at Willy North from 4pm-8pm. We offer a full meal for $5 and it's open to everyone whether or not they're a Co-op Owner. In January, we'll have a mac & cheese bar with bacon, hot dogs,...

Willy Street Co-op has heard word that on Wednesday, September 27 at 11:00 a.m., the Wisconsin State Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions will hold a public hearing that includes review of Assembly Bill 353 relating to the organization and operation of cooperatives and extensions of credit...
Willy North Turns 1 Year Old!

Can you believe it's been almost one year since we opened Willy North? To celebrate, we're going to have flash sales exclusively at North for the whole weekend of August 19th! These sales are for Owners only. Not an Owner? Anyone can join in just five minutes for as little as $4, if they qualify...

We're having a Flash Sale on Saturday, March 25th at Willy North: Owners get 20% off everything in the "Aisle of Value" all day long! The Aisle of Value is the row of pallets in the back of the store. That means products from favorite brands including Annie's Homegrown, Brad's Organics, Maruchan...

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” ~Margaret Atwood Who knew in mid-February we could be outside in shirtsleeves and flip-flops doing yard work and grilling? Whether spring arrived early this year or not, officially the 2017 spring equinox in the northern...

February 2017 is here, believe it or not! This month there is plenty to celebrate. Between the Super Bowl, Wellness Wednesday, and Valentine’s Day, we are working hard to provide all the nosh, wellness remedies, chocolates and flowers that you could possibly need!
Bringing WIC to Willy North

Kirsten Moore, Director of Co-op Services for the Willy Street Co-op, talks about bringing the WIC Program to Willy Street - North. "The purpose of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is to promote and maintain the health and well-being of nutritionally...
Willy North | Kirsten Moore

Kirsten Moore is the Director of Co-op Services for Willy Street Co-op. With over 33,000 Owners and more to come with the opening of the new location, Moore talks about her department's responsibility to find out how we can make the North store part of the Northside community.

You may have heard that Willy Street Co-op is opening a new store on Madison's northside in the late summer of 2016. It's a major undertaking and it going to cost a pretty penny. One way to get there is by selling Willy Street Co-op Owner Bonds, and we have a goal of raising $1.5 million in Bonds...
Access Discount Program

Owners who have a financial need can apply for the Access Discount Program. With the Access Discount Program you can shop with a 10% discount to buy food and other products at the Co-op. Persons in Family/ Household 2024 Federal Poverty Guideline (Annual) 150% Annual (Your income must be at or...
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