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1916 - Claiming to be
America's first true self-service grocery store, Clarence Saunders
launched Piggly Wiggly in Memphis, TN.
2005 - Piggly Wiggly is the first supermarket to roll out biomentic
payment pads for the entire corporation (fingerprint signatures for
credit cards, etc.)
2006 - There are over 600 independently-owned Piggly Wiggly stores
operating in AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, NC,
OK, SC, TN, TX,
VA and WI.
Piggly Wiggly was the first store to:
- provide checkout stands.
- price mark every item in the
store.
- feature a full line of
nationally advertised brands.
- use refrigerated cases to keep
produce fresher longer.
- require employees to wear
uniforms.
- design and use patented fixtures
and equipment throughout the store.
- franchise independent grocers to
operate under the self-service method of food merchandising.
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