wiggly

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Clarence Saunders introduced the self-serve supermarket, King Piggly Wiggly External link, in 1916.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

In Memphis, Tenn., circa 1916, Piggly Wiggly opened its doors, offering the first self-service grocery vendor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

We have had the best luck at Winn-Dixie or Piggly Wiggly, but hopefully someone at your local grocery can order them for you if they are not stocked.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024

It isn’t that Rogen, as Plotkin, delivers a succinct history of the Piggly Wiggly grocery short squeeze of the 1920s.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023

Not a one of us but Mama will eat them, and the only reason is she can remember how they tasted back home from the Piggly Wiggly with salt and Hellman’s mayonnaise.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver