Piggly Wiggly

[jim 44-40]

Dang it, they bought out Piggly Wiggly in Edisto,South Carolina
It was a store my Granddaughters loved to go when they were kids.
And after reading a old ad in Alaskan Sportsman magazine, there was a Piggly Wiggly in Ketchikan, Alaska back in 1951.

[Winger Ed.]

They used to be all over in the late 50s and into the 60s.
We have one here in East Texas and it's the first one I've seen since I was a kid.
I think they were the original 'super market' and the model for our modern generation grocery stores.
Before them it was pretty much what we'd recognize as our 'convenience' stores with a butcher/meat counter inside.

[Good Cheer]

Is nothing sacred any more?

[Hondolane]

Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. said Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Piggly Wiggly Midwest in a deal expected to close at the end of the month, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
Yankees....

[square butte]

My Grandad in Palmer, TX used to call it "Hoggly Woggly" - That was more than 60 years ago - We had one in Nacogdoches when i was there in college

[ACC]

Dang it, they bought out Piggly Wiggly in Edisto,South Carolina
It was a store my Granddaughters loved to go when they were kids.
And after reading a old ad in Alaskan Sportsman magazine, there was a Piggly Wiggly in Ketchikan, Alaska back in 1951.

We had one just down the street when I was a kid. They still have a warehouse in Houston.

ACC

[alfadan]

I guess no one is gonna knock over that Piggly Wiggly anymore.

[Pereira]

Thee's still one in the small town just south of us.

RP

[Daekar]

Dang it, they bought out Piggly Wiggly in Edisto,South Carolina
It was a store my Granddaughters loved to go when they were kids.
And after reading a old ad in Alaskan Sportsman magazine, there was a Piggly Wiggly in Ketchikan, Alaska back in 1951.

We used to go to that store every time we visited Edisto and I have very fond memories of it. Too bad.

[abunaitoo]

We used to have a few here in hawaii.
Before my time, so never saw them.

[pworley1]

We have one in town that has been owned by the same family for generations. It is not my main store, but it does get a lot of my business.

[buckwheatpaul]

My Grandad in Palmer, TX used to call it "Hoggly Woggly" - That was more than 60 years ago - We had one in Nacogdoches when i was there in college

I remember it quite fondly!

[Bent Ramrod]

Piggly Wiggly was the first “Self-Service” grocery store. Sometime in the 1930s, IIRC.

Before them, you went into a store with a guy behind a counter and shelves behind the guy. You gave him your grocery list, he grabbed a cardboard box, set it on the counter, went back and forth from the shelves to the box until it was full of the stuff you ordered. He would then total up the price, and ask if you needed help getting the box to your car.

Some stores had a delivery truck and made house calls.

Now you grab a cart and fill it from the shelves yourself. And now the Next Big Thing is ordering on Line, paying by Credit Card, and driving up to the store and having them put bags in your car.

I guess Drone Deliveries are next. But it all started with Piggly Wiggly. Sad to see the brand merge and disappear.

[Walks]

Is nothing sacred any more?

Sacred died in the johnson Administration.

[gc45]

One in red bay alabama.

[Finster101]

My Grandad in Palmer, TX used to call it "Hoggly Woggly" - That was more than 60 years ago - We had one in Nacogdoches when i was there in college

"But, I ain't never been to Nacogdoches"

I seem to have heard that somewhere.

[Thin Man]

A long-time friend had one where he lived in Ga., always referred to it as Pig-Wig. Like others have said, both my friend and the store are now gone.

[762 shooter]

"The Pig" is alive and well in South Carolina.

Just about every small town has one.

762

[Kraschenbirn]

I was born in southern Illinois and lived there until the mid-1950s. Back then, in that area, all the 'supermarkets were the A&P Stores. When we moved to the northwest corner of the state, no A&Ps to be found but there were Piggly Wiggly stores in all the larger (10,000+ pop.) communities. It's been years and years since I've seen either in Illinois but noticed advertising for Piggly Wiggly store while in Kansas City a couple weeks ago.

Bill

[MostlyLeverGuns]

Finster101, think it was in Big Jake, John Wayne - Big Jake Started a Fight with a Huge Guy for distraction. Shopped in Piggly Wiggly around Columbus, GA - Fort Benning. 1970's