Piggly Wiggly
| Piggly Wiggly
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| legal form | LLC |
| founding | September 6, 1916 |
| Seat | Keene, New Hampshire |
| Branch | retail trade |
| Website | www.pigglywiggly.com |
Piggly Wiggly is a grocery retail company primarily in the Midwest and Southern United States , based in Keene, New Hampshire . Founder Clarence Saunders opened his first store on September 6, 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee . It was America's first full self-service grocery store .
The company operates more than 600 stores in 17 states.
The song "Groceries on the Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)" by Charlie McFadden , recorded in the 1930s , referred to the supermarket chain in the title.
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The founder Clarence Saunders
The original store in Memphis in 1918
Plaque on the first Piggly Wiggly market
Web links
Commons : Piggly Wiggly - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.pigglywiggly.com About us. Accessed January 11, 2014.