Welcome to the
Main Street Pig
Open 6am to 10pm daily
N63 W23735 Main Street
Sussex, WI 53089
262-246-6452
Bio: Donna and Dennis Lipofski are the local owners and operators of the Sussex Piggly Wiggly since 2005. The Sussex Piggly Wiggly is a family-owned store and as a savings-minded grocer, they offer the freshest selections at low Piggly Wiggly pricing in all of their departments. As a service-minded grocer, they cater to their customers’ needs and requests and they take pride in completing your shopping experience.
Our commitment is to our business and community, supporting the villages organizations, churches, and schools. We are members of the Wisconsin Grocers Association, the Sussex Chamber of Commerce, and Sussex Lions. We offer many forms of fundraising. Just ask how we can get you set up.
Check us out. The Sussex Pig is the place. Come shop with us and we will put a smile on your face.
~ Donna and Dennis Lipofski
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New Pig grocery possible
Reports of cannery sales transaction are ‘premature’
By Kelly Smith
Posted: Jan. 25, 2011, Living Sussex Sun
“CANNERY CROSSING” – Sussex residents and business owners will have an opportunity to comment on Feb 3 on a proposed Main Street redevelopment plan that focuses on redevelopment of neighborhoods near Village Hall and the intersection of Main Street and Waukesha Avenue, dubbed “Cannery Crossing.” The redevelopment of “Cannery Crossing” includes a retail, commercial and residential complex on the former Mammoth Spring Cannery Company site, restoration and rerouting of Sussex Creek, restoring and development of nearby quarry pond as well as other nearby residential and commercial neighborhoods.
Village of Sussex Village officials and local entrepreneurs are trying to fit two key pieces into the Main Street redevelopment puzzle, the Piggly Wiggly grocery store and the former Mammoth Springs Cannery Company site.
Plans for redeveloping the commercial neighborhood around the intersection of Main Street and Waukesha Avenue – the so-called Cannery Crossings – hinge on a Brookfield computer software entrepreneur, Arthur Sawall, purchasing the 10-acre vegetable caning site and developing it into a multi-use residential, commercial and retail complex.
Village officials announced last week that Sawall has signed an agreement to purchase the land from an M & I Bank holding company that took the property over from Bielinski Development Inc., after the well-known home building brothers Frank and Harry Bielinksi encountered internal management and economic problems.
Village Administrator Jeremy Smith said last week he anticipated the village would begin the planning process with Sawall in February or March.
But, Sawall, in an interview with the Sussex Sun on Monday, said it was “premature” to discuss the details of his proposed development because “there are still some lose ends to tie down” in his sales transactions with the M& I Bank holding company.
“I am not sure where all of the lose ends are. I am not sure if they are with Bielinksi or if they are with the bank. It has become more complicated than I had thought,” Sawall said.
“I should know one way or the other next week,” he added, saying he was optimistic the transaction would eventually be completed.
The future plans for the Piggly Wiggly grocery store will be an important component in the proposed redevelopment of the so-called Sussex Center residential and commercial neighborhoods that surround the “Civic Campus” on Main Street that includes Village Hall and Pauline Haass Public Library.
Owner Dennis Lipofski, said in an interview with the Sussex Sun last week, that he is now considering building a new store rather than constructing a 4,000-square-foot addition on the existing store on Main Street across from Village Hall and the library.
Lipofski said he is conferring with officials at the Piggly Wiggly Midwest corporate offices in Sheboygan about the possibility of building a new building rather than remodeling
One of the reasons Lipofski was considering building an addition rather than a new building was because he did not believe that the land west of the grocery store where the historical society museum and railroad depot are located would be available. He also was concerned what would happen to the two village landmarks if they were purchased.
However, village officials have been encouraging historical society officials to allow the buildings to be moved across the street to the Civic Campus and Lipofski said he may now consider purchasing the land.
He is also conferring with Piggly Wiggly corporate and village officials about the possibility of being able to continue operations at the existing store while constructing a new building.
Village officials intend to encourage Lipofski and Piggly Wiggly corporate officials to consider a new building, according to Village President Tony Lapcinski.
The Pig and the cannery are considered important elements to the Main Street redevelopment plan because of the increase in real estate values and property tax base they might generate. The tax revenues generated from the new developments over a period of about 20 years would help repay the city for real estate tax incentives that might be involved in creating one or two new tax increment financing districts along Main Street.
New tax revenues resulting for the growth in the tax base along Main Street would be used to help finance municipal improvements that would be part of the redevelopment of residential and commercial areas on the street.
In addition, a new Piggly Wiggly located on the west end of the present site could help village officials make plans for relieving traffic along Main Street.
The proposed redevelopment plan will be the subject of a public information meeting at the Public Safety Building at 7 p.m. on Feb. 3.
New building for the Pig being considered
Midwest officials meet with local owners
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Posted: May 10, 2011, Living Sussex Sun
Village of Sussex A meeting this week between Piggly Wiggly Midwest corporate executives in Sheboygan and Dennis and Donna Lipofski, co-owners of the local Piggly Wiggly, may help decide whether the Main Street grocery store is going to be expanded by 4,000 square feet or possibly be replaced by a new store built on a site adjacent to the existing store.
The purpose of the meeting scheduled for Monday, May 9 was to review data developed by Piggly Wiggly Midwest that might indicate which option is likely to be the most financially feasible and profitable for both the Lipofskis and Piggly Wiggly Midwest, according to Dennis Lipofski.
Piggly Wiggly Midwest, which owns 33 corporate stores and supplies 73 franchises in Illinois and Wisconsin similar to Lipofski’s,, is likely to help the Lipofskis finance land acquisition and construction for the new store, if that is the option selected by the Lipofskis and the corporate executives.
“All three options are still on the table,” Dennis Lipofski said before he and his wife departed for Sheboygan.
Those options include: remodeling the existing store located at N63 W23735 Main St., building an addition to that building, or building a new store that would be on two parcels of land west of the existing store. Those parcels are owned by Sandra J. Mack and the Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society and include the historical society’s church and railroad depot museums.
Village officials have privately expressed optimism that the owners of the two parcels would be willing to sell to either the Lipofskis or Piggly Wiggly Midwest.
The land acquisition would not only help provide a new and larger site for the Piggly Wiggly, it would also enable the existing Piggly Wiggly to continue operations while the new grocery store is under construction. After the new store is built, the existing store would be razed to make way for parking for the new story.
The new building is likely to be located within a tax increment financing district that would generate real estate tax revenues to pay for street and traffic control improvements that would provide some incentives for construction of a new store, according to village officials.
Village officials are interested in the Lipofski’s future plans for the grocery store because of the impact a new or remodeled store is likely to have on the village’s long-term plans to redevelop Main Street. Those plans might include building a new or expanded Village Hall across the street from the Pig in the existing civic campus which also includes the Pauline Haass Public Library and Weyer Park.
Village Administrator Jeremy Smith attending a meeting about a month ago in Sheboygan with the Lipofskis and Piggly Wiggly Midwest executives.
He attended the meeting to indicate the village’s support for a new or expanded local Piggly Wiggly and to outline to the corporate executives the village’s plans for redeveloping Main Street.
Lipofski acknowledged the fact that corporate executives were meeting with him and his wife, Donna, for the second time in about a month was an indication that constructing a new building was under serious consideration by the couple as well as the corporate executives.
When the Lipofskis announced in the fall of 2010 their intentions of expanding the existing store, they indicated while building a new store was considered a possibility, adding 4,000 square feet to the existing building was considered the most likely option.
However, as talks with both corporate executives in Sheboygan and elected and appointed officials in Village Hall progressed, the idea of building a new store rather than expanding the existing building became a more viable option.
Pig plan may change
Main Street plan may still be approved
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Posted: June 7, 2011, Living Sussex Sun
Village of Sussex – New questions are being raised about one of the key components in the village’s long-range economic redevelopment plan for Main Street which is expected to be approved by the plan commission later this month.
Dennis Lipofski and his wife Donna are thinking about abandoning the idea of building a new Piggly Wiggly grocery story on land immediately west of their property and instead remodeling the interior of their existing 24,500-square-foot store at N63 W23735 Main St. across the street from the Village Hall/library campus.
“All options are still on the table,” Lipofski said, pointing out that the other options include expanding the exterior of the building as well as remodeling the interior, or accepting an offer from Piggly Wiggly Midwest that will create a new building.
“We have gone almost full circle. Donna and I were thinking about an interior remodeling until Piggly Wiggly Midwest expressed some interest in what we were planning,” Lipofski added.
Piggy Wiggly Midwest is offering to buy the existing store and land adjacent to it and build a new grocery store that the corporation would own and lease back to the Lipofskis.
But the Lipofskis are not ready to sell their land and business because the mortgage on the property will be paid off in 10 years, according to Dennis Lipofski.
The question of which option the Lipofskis choose is not likely to deter the plan commission from adopting the long-range Main Street economic redevelopment plan recommended last month by the community development authority (CDA), according to Village Administrator Jeremy Smith.
The authority last month recommended the Main Street redevelopment plan to the Plan Commission without addressing some of the most controversial proposals in the plan.
There are two major components to the plan: the redevelopment of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store on the west end of downtown Main Street and the development of Cannery Crossing at the intersection of Main Street and Waukesha Avenue as a multi-use residential, commercial and perhaps retail development.
How the Piggly Wiggly property is redeveloped will impact plans for redeveloping sections of Main Street near the village government complex. The final shape of the Cannery Crossing development is likely to have an impact on how the east end of downtown Main Street is redeveloped, according to village officials.
The municipal infrastructure improvements to support the redevelopment plan would be partially financed by creating a new tax increment financing district (TIF) along Main Street, but, the plans have some controversial proposals.
They include: eliminating the Silver Spring Road-Main Street intersection triangle, rerouting Spring Creek around the M&M building and NAPA Auto Parts store, developing multi-family housing in some single-family neighborhoods south of Cannery Crossings, and relocating the historical society museum and railroad depot into the village government campus near Weyer Park.
Smith told the CDA at its May 19 meeting that it could adopt the plan, including all of its various options, without trying to resolve any of the controversies. Smith explained that some of those issues will be resolved when private developers begin their projects and the city begins to redesign and rebuild Main Street.
Village President Greg Goetz emphasized that public hearings would be held before decisions were made on the various options outlined in the plans.
Lipofski said new advances in the design and technology of grocery produce refrigeration and shelving have created the possibility of significantly increasing the amount of product that can be marketed in the store without adding to its size. Maintaining the store at its existing size is attractive to the customer base who shops there because of its small size and convenience, according to Lipofski.
Lipofski said he is confident he could acquire financing necessary to add about 4,000 square feet to the store but he is not sure if it as financially efficient as interior remodeling.
He said he does believe conventional private financing would be available for building a new store. The only financing available for new construction would be through Piggly Wiggly Midwest and they would finance only the construction if they owned the store.
Pig chooses to renovate its current building
Owner said corporate support diminished
By Paige Brunclik
Posted: Oct. 4, 2011, Living Sussex Sun
Village of Sussex – Plans to improve the Main Street Piggly Wiggly grocery store owned by Dennis and Donna Lipofski have been modified to just include renovating the existing store.
Dennis Lipofski said they had originally planned to knock out a wall in the store and add 7,000 square feet; however, after discovering the project would mean the entire store would need a new sprinkler system, along with construction expenses “it became a little cost prohibitive,” Lipofski said.
Another component of the project was support from Piggly Wiggly Midwest corporate, which once even included building an entirely new building. However, Lipofski said that support has diminished because they have other projects on their docket.
On Tuesday, Lipofski was slated to meet with the Architectural Review Board to discuss a new color scheme for the exterior of the building. Exterior renovations include repainting the outside of the building, modest landscaping and a redo of the parking lot, including new lighting. Inside the owners are planning a wall-to-wall renovation that includes new shelving and display cases.
Display cases are long overdue. Lipofski said some of his units are vintage 1960s, and beyond being inefficient, it is nearly impossible to find replacement parts for the equipment.
“They’ll (cases) be more efficient with better presentation, and we will see a cost savings. We’re excited and it will give us a new look,” Lipofski said.
By the end of the year, Lipofski said, he plans to finish the parking lot. They will take on the interior renovations during February and March, when things are a bit slower, Lipofski said. “We don’t plan on making it inconvenient to the customers; we have to be conscientious of that. We will not lose even a minute of downtime,” the store owner said adding that much of the interior work can be done at night.
Construction of a new Piggly Wiggly has been discussed as an important component of the village’s future downtown and civic center redesign.
Lipofski once began considering building a new store when he was made aware that he could purchase land west of the grocery store where the historical society museum and railroad depot are now. When village officials said they could move the historic landmarks across the street to be included in a new civic campus, Lipofski became more interested in that venture, but those plans changed.
Village Administrator Jeremy Smith said the village is happy to work with the Lipofskis on this project and hope it is only the first step in a bigger process.
“We still hope for the long term – as the economy improves – we could work with them on a newer, bigger project or something of that ilk. It’s just not the right time,” Smith said of the current renovation. “It’s just the first step in a bigger process.”
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