![]() Piggly Wiggly ® was established on Septemby Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee as the first self-service grocery store in the United States. With the additional stores converting to the Piggly Wiggly banner, C&S Wholesale Grocers will service a total of 55 Piggly Wiggly locations in South Carolina and Southeast Georgia. ![]() Upon completion of the transaction, the acquired stores will be rebranded under the Piggly Wiggly banner name. The transactions are expected to close in mid-January 2021, and are subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. ![]() The BI-LO store located at 760 US-378, Lexington in South Carolina, is being purchased by Charles Starbuck, a new owner for Piggly Wiggly stores in the Southeast. The BI-LO store located at 1042 US-80 West, Pooler in Georgia, is being purchased by Ashley and Missy Thompson, current owners of four Piggly Wiggly locations in Southeast Georgia. "We look forward to serving our new customers with the high quality products and exceptional service that Piggly Wiggly stores are known for." "Our Independent Owners are excited to grow their existing store footprint and expand the Piggly Wiggly brand in the Southeast," said John Owens, Vice President and Southeast General Manager for C&S Wholesale Grocers. ![]() Piggly Wiggly stores in South Carolina and Southeast Georgia, which are independently owned and operated, are supported and supplied by C&S Wholesale Grocers. This agreement is part of a series of transactions for SEG as part of their strategic decision to divest of the BI-LO banner, which was announced on June 4. (SEG) to acquire one BI-LO store in South Carolina and one BI-LO store in Georgia. announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement with Southeastern Grocers, Inc. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Two Independent Piggly Wiggly ® store owners, with the support of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Piggly Wiggly Corporation continued to prosper as franchiser for the hundreds of independently owned grocery stores allowed to operate under the Piggly Wiggly name and during the next several decades, functioned successfully under various owners.NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. The stock was successfully traded on the New York Stock Exchange for some time, but through a series of stock transactions in the early 1920s, Saunders lost control of Piggly Wiggly and had no further association with the company. The original Piggly Wiggly Corporation became owner of all Piggly Wiggly properties: the name, the patents, etc., and Saunders began issuing stock in the Corporation. Piggly Wiggly Corporation, established by Saunders when he opened the first store in Memphis, secured the self-service format and issued franchises to hundreds of grocery retailers for the operation of Piggly Wiggly stores. There were shopping baskets, open shelves and no clerks to shop for the customer – all unheard of! Operating under the unusual name Piggly Wiggly, it was unlike any other grocery store of that time. Saunders, a flamboyant and innovative man, noticed that this method resulted in wasted time and expense, so he came up with an unheard-of solution that would revolutionize the entire grocery industry: he developed a way for shoppers to serve themselves.ĭespite predictions that this novel idea would fail, Saunders’ first store opened Septemat 79 Jefferson Street in Memphis. In grocery stores of that time, shoppers presented their orders to clerks who gathered the goods from the store shelves. Piggly Wiggly®, America's first true self-service grocery store, was founded in Memphis, Tenn.
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