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    Piggly Wiggly is an American supermarket chain operating in the American Southern and Midwestern regions run by Piggly Wiggly, LLC, an affiliate of C&S...
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  • Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. was a franchise of the Piggly Wiggly chain of supermarkets, based in South Carolina in the United States. The company entered...
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    most of his life trying to develop a truly automated store, developing Piggly Wiggly, Keedoozle, and Foodelectric store concepts. Saunders was born on a...
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    chain-style model throughout the Midwest, South and Northeast. C&S owns the Piggly Wiggly grocery brand, which is independently franchised to store operators...
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  • supermarkets in South Carolina and Georgia from the Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Inc. for $35 million. One Piggly Wiggly store in Lexington, South Carolina, was closed...
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  • "Groceries on the Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)", which was originally written and recorded by Charlie "Specks" McFadden. Piggly Wiggly is the name of a successful...
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  • Family in 1939, and was originally called Piggly Wiggly Limited, with each store having the name "Piggly Wiggly." In 1946 the company was purchased by the...
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    September 2013, BI-LO agreed to buy 22 Piggly Wiggly stores in South Carolina and Georgia from Piggly Wiggly Carolina. The following day, BI-LO agreed...
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  • at his father's store to learn the business. He began as a clerk for Piggly Wiggly stores and after eight weeks, was sent to replace a manager who was...
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  • supermarkets and 10 liquor stores under the banners Southern Family Markets, Piggly Wiggly, Bruno's, and Food World. The liquor stores, all located along the gulf...
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    lease and equipment would be purchased by a Piggly Wiggly franchisee. On May 1, 2018, an independent Piggly Wiggly operator announced that they would reopen...
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    could be sold. [citation needed] The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders, an...
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  • directly, sweeping away numerous homes, destroying three schools, a Piggly Wiggly grocery store, a shopping center, and a Wrangler Jeans plant, and tossing...
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  • Bruno's, Food World, Foodmax, Food Fair, Fresh Value, Vincent's Markets, Piggly Wiggly, Consumer Foods, and American Fare in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi...
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  • acquired by Piggly Wiggly. Dick's continued to operate under the Dick's name until 2006, when they were briefly rebranded as "Dick's Piggly Wiggly", featuring...
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    a rollup strategy. Early acquisitions included significant parts of Piggly Wiggly chain as part of the breakup of that company by Merrill Lynch and Wall...
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    Omni Superstore Owen's Penn Fruit Penn Traffic Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Plus Purity Supreme Quality Markets QFI Red Food Reid's...
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  • Eastman, GA (Cash Saver) Gordon, GA (Piggly Wiggly) Macon, GA (Piggly Wiggly) Milledgeville, GA (Piggly Wiggly) Statesboro, GA (Food World) #792 Statesboro...
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    along with three Harveys locations in Georgia to three independent Piggly Wiggly store owners. The deals are in conjunction with the restructuring support...
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  • company founder Jack Smith opened his first 8,800-square-foot (820 m2) Piggly Wiggly store in Grundy, Virginia, with the help of three special stockholders:...
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    adopted the new self-service supermarket model recently pioneered by Piggly Wiggly. A second store opened later in 1914, several stores opened a year later...
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    Charlotte base. Before this point, the company was a grocer in the vein of Piggly Wiggly, with a mix of stores in urban and rural areas. Since 1984, Harris Teeter...
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    Omni Superstore Owen's Penn Fruit Penn Traffic Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Plus Purity Supreme Quality Markets QFI Red Food Reid's...
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    Stamps had several competitors, including Greenbax Stamps offered by Piggly Wiggly, Gold Bell Gift Stamps (in the Midwest), Triple S Stamps (offered by...
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    Omni Superstore Owen's Penn Fruit Penn Traffic Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Plus Purity Supreme Quality Markets QFI Red Food Reid's...
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  • widespread adoption of the self-servicing method. Clarence Saunders, The Piggly Wiggly Man, http://www2.volstate.edu/teach/thq/Clarence%20Sanders.pdf ¹ Holman...
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  • others. His most notable song was one he wrote, "Groceries on the Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)", which he recorded in Grafton, Wisconsin, about February 1930. There...
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    Omni Superstore Owen's Penn Fruit Penn Traffic Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Plus Purity Supreme Quality Markets QFI Red Food Reid's...
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  • with Arthur W. Cutten and engineering a short squeeze on the stock of Piggly Wiggly. In early 1929, he amassed huge short positions, using more than 100...
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    supermarket; it was developed by entrepreneur Clarence Saunders at his Piggly Wiggly stores, the first of which opened in 1916. Saunders was awarded several...
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