Piggly Wiggly
First supermarket chain
Piggly Wiggly is an American supermarket chain, notable as the first self-service grocery store when it opened in Memphis in 1916.
Before Piggly Wiggly, customers handed lists to clerks who retrieved items; the chain introduced shopping baskets, aisles, and checkout stands—innovations now standard everywhere.
The name, deliberately quirky and memorable, has no particular meaning.
- groceryFood retail shop
- grocery storeFood and supplies retailer
- supermarketSelf-service food retailer
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- shopping cartWheeled retail basket
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All-purpose rural shop
counter service · butcher shop · greengrocer · delicatessen · farmers market
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