Local business: Giving up the grind(er)
Knoche's Food Center is up for sale. The small grocery store and butcher shop, located on Old Middleton Road in Madison and owned by Middleton residents Steve and Stephanie Knoche, is world-famous for its quality cuts of meat and brats, as well as its ground beef made into hamburgers in over sixty fine bars and restaurants in the Middleton metropolitan area (many displaying signs 'Knoche's Ground Beef' as a hallmark of quality).
As the owners explain in a Facebook post, the store has been in the Knoche family since 1938. Steve Knoche is the third generation Knoche to be in the business, following his grandparents, uncles, and dad. He has worked there for 55 years, starting as a young boy stocking shelves for his grandparents Nancy and George Knoche before taking over as owner and operator in January 1998.