Driftless Area, Wisconsin Mobile Refrigeration Trailer Rental

Record flooding deals new blow to Gays Mills; longtime merchants worry for the future

The local source article “Record flooding deals new blow to Gays Mills; longtime merchants worry for the future,” dated September 23, 2018, reports Barry Adams’s September 23, 2018 Wisconsin State Journal report described the Kickapoo Exchange Natural Foods Cooperative after August flooding. Water entered its Gays Mills shop and destroyed $6,000 in food. The cooperative reopened on higher ground in the village’s Mercantile Center, but two small stand-up units replaced the former walk-in cooler and three-door freezer. Manager Denise Benoit said the temporary shop lacked the coolers, sinks and receiving space needed to reorder; leaders were weighing longer-term relocation options. We serve Gays Mills in the Driftless Area with coverage following the Kickapoo valley through Soldiers Grove, Readstown, Viola, La Farge, Ontario and Hillsboro, with Viroqua and Westby on the uplands. Mississippi River coverage includes Prairie du Chien, Ferryville, Genoa, Stoddard and La Crosse, extending to Onalaska, Holmen and Coon Valley. Along the lower Wisconsin River and southwestern routes, we serve Boscobel, Muscoda, Richland Center and Spring Green, plus Fennimore, Lancaster, Platteville, Cassville, Potosi, Dodgeville and Mineral Point. A rental plan can address the individual shop’s accepted stock, loading route and available site space

The September 2018 report described a cooperative trading again, but with a smaller cold-storage setup that limited restocking. If a displaced grocer needs to place its next approved order, a temporary mobile refrigeration trailer could supply holding space for that defined load at the replacement site. Receiving access and remaining sink or preparation requirements need their own arrangements; usable stock should be kept separate from flood-damaged products. Call +1 (866) 216-4667, our phone team is available 24/7, to discuss replenishment quantities and site access.