Wilson’s Grocery Store

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ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter

Above, Rick Weigel, owner of Wilson Foods in downtown Wilson, checks his computer in his office at the grocery store. Inset photo, the outside of Wilson Foods serves as a landmark to area shoppers.

Owner works to keep small-town business going

WILSON — Rick Weigel’s health was deteriorating. For months now, Weigel and his doctors couldn’t find the source of his illness, which was taking a toll on the local grocer, his family and his business, Wilson Foods.

But if his health issues weren’t enough, there were the stressors that go hand in hand with running a small business. Weigel couldn’t help but feel like he was being tugged back and forth between running a business he could be proud of, and conserving what little energy he had left.

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