Piggly Wiggly, the first true grocery store - Life in America
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We had a Piggly Wiggly and a Dairy Queen in my home town in Georgia. We had it all and didn’t even know it! The 60’s and 70’s were great times to grow up.
Today, self checkout at Walmart! And the other big grocery chains. And no assistance to your car, well unless you order online I guess! But then you don't see the groceries until you get em home!
The 80's and 90's weren't bad either.
We still have Dairy Queens in Washington state .
So did we in Anchorage Alaska , the 64 earthquake was the end for Piggy Wiggly and the 90's we lost our Dairy Queen. So time goes on....From Alaska.
Wish I could go back to the 60s. I'd be much younger. We did hear nightly about Vietnam but it didn''t really affect us kids much to the credit of my parents. Everything was so simple and we could play all over a town of maybe 300 citizens. You knew everyone.. kids of all ages would gather to play kick ball or softball. We had the smallest post office in Illinois and one store that sold penny candy and other things that didn't interest me. We had one church, a grade school and high school. Those were the days.
Am 91 now, remember grocery 🛍 shopping with my family at PIGGLY WIGGLY when I was SIX (6)
years old !! In San Antonio, Texas. 😀🥰🌹🌹❤
I'm 58 and I remember the difference in shopping with my parents when I was a young boy, I wanted my children to go shopping with us so they'd see how real life is and get to interact with the community? I guess that doesn't happen much anymore even when you do set foot in a grocery store today. That's why I'm watching videos like this, to remember and feel good like I used to when thing's were simple and better.
God bless you.
My god bless you
Wow, 91? The stories you must have about life when you were growing up. I really regret that I didn’t talk more to my grandmother about how things were in New York City when she grew up in the 1910’s. I’m sure the stories she would have told me would have been fascinating. If only I had asked.
That's awesome. Please post the good things you remember. Doctors were better i think. Less pollution, better meats & produce???
I miss the grocery stores from the 70's when they had plenty of cashiers and baggers. I hate self check out.
I'm a union grocery guy. I refuse to use the self check out,even for 1 item. They take people's jobs away.
Me too, do u remember grn stamps???
@@elmobolan4274 Yes and Top Value stamps. My Mom got a cookie jar from Top Value. It had a big walnut handle and was decorated with different cookies. My cousin broke it...it's a collector item now worth about $100. I remember when you could walk in the grocery store barefoot. LOL!
@@steviedesmond741 aw bummer-my grandmother use to collect the grn stamps then when we would come to visit her she would take my sister, my cousin and me to the grn stamp store. We were allowed to choose 1 item...Don't remember barefoot thing, but that would be a lawsuit waiting to happen today!!!
U and me both hate self check out I want a cashier I don’t want to do there job I want them to have a job .
PW was the second job I had when I was in high school, 1968. We lived across the street and I’d work after school and weekends stocking and bagging. Sometimes if I helped put groceries in a car, I’d get 25 cents. Simpler times.
@Mark rapacki In 1968 minimum wage was about $1.50 , so 25 cents was a big tip. For a kid working as a grocery bagger that was a lot of money on top of the regular wage. A movie ticket was about 75 cents to $1 in Los Angeles.
Recollection Road..thank you..Thank You..THANK YOU for your taking us on the journey through all those memorable 💕 stores! Am 91, remember
having been in EVERY ONE on your list! Wonder-
ful trip down Memory Lane !! Worked at display
department in San Antonio, Texas, SEARS and
ROEBUCK store. Made enough 💵💵 to take me
through college & graduate 🎓 school! Am ama-
zed at how much time and effort you put into
this project! My appreciation! 🥰👏🙏🏼🌹❤❤
Thank you for sharing the memories!
I miss those super markets so much
Bring them back
I look at the picture of all the checkout ladies in their outfits and I think, we used to be so proud of our jobs and our contribution to our community. What happened to us? That was a way better time to be alive. Progress isn't everything.
Fantastic outfits. I remember the serving girls in places like Burger King and McDonalds all wore smart uniforms and hats and smiled.
The grandparents and parents of those you describe kicked God and His Word the Bible out of our schools and now our nation.
That's what happened.
fashion has always been a way of separating classes, tbh i dont think we lost much losing it
Bootlicking weirdo ass comment
@@bryanrendleman2001 growing up: growing past old myths is difficult and painful, but growing-up we are as humans. 💚💙💜
My family always called it the *"Hoggly Woggly"!!*
Wednesdays are Double Green Stamp Day!!!!!!!!! LOL!
I remember the thick paper bags for ice cream... miss those!
Love your series... great times. 🐷💲
Thanks for sharing this absolutely lovely 😊 yesteryear memory ❤️🙏
The Clarence Saunders story and his Piggly Wiggly concept is a source of pride to Memphians. If you have the chance to travel through Memphis, please stop for a visit to Saunders’ beautiful pink marble home, built for his wife, but never lived in because the Stock Market Crash of 1929 bankrupted him. The City of Memphis purchased the home, and it became The Pink Palace (natural history) Museum. One of the permanent exhibits is a full-size replica of the first Piggly Wiggly.
Why store named piggy wiggly?
Why was store named piggy wiggly?
Mmm n95
@@richardpierce8940 I don't recall, but before Piggly Wiggly he started another concept store called Keydoozle. When you entered you were given a key. The products were arranged in aisles but were behind glass. As you walked along the aisles and saw a product you wanted, you would insert the key in the slot next to the item. By the time you got to the register your items were waiting for you. This didn't last too long.
BTW, Clarence Saunders also owned a professional football team called the Memphis Tigers (not to be confused with the University of Memphis Tigers). This was back in the day before the NFL. Several cities had their own team and would play each other. One season the Memphis squad beat both the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.
Later, when the NFL was forming Saunders and his Memphis squad was asked to join. He dismissed the idea because he didn't want to have to play road games. He planned to build a stadium and have teams come play his squad.
The video tells you in the 1st few minutes.
You didn't watch or listen.
I love looking at old photos of how things were. I used to shop Piggly Wiggly in Austin, TX in 1980s.
karin hi me too testerday today anyone ?
Is that store still there amd what street?
@@patricksaxon3983 I am not sure, I moved away from Austin 30 years ago.
MEGA 🤔
They still have one in menasha wi.
The area I live in has LOTS of supermarkets, everything from Food Lion to Publix, Wegmans and Harris Teeter. Most of them are really nice, clean, modern stores with huge selections.
But my favorite grocery store is the Piggly Wiggly "the Pig", in Bailey. It's a somewhat tired small town grocery store, just what you'd expect in a small southern town. The prices are good (especially on pork, I think they get it from the Nantahala pork center not far away), I can find what I want, the people are friendly, and the one little store has more character than all of the Food Lions put together.
Go Pig!
“ Ma, where u going?” “!The Piggly Wiggly child, the Piggly Wiggly.”
Loved every moment..♥️💔🙈
I shopped at our local Piggly Wiggly yesterday. The cashier and bagger were so engaged in their private conversation neither of them acknowledged my presence. The cashier scanned all of my items, I scanned my card and not a single word was shared between us. I miss the old days. It was a different experience back in the 60's.
@@sherril.562 It's a sad reality but we still have some absolutely wonderful people working public jobs. I'm finding that the younger ones are a different breed.
Unfortunately our's has no baggers now, the check out kids do it. But I live in a small town and that ignoring issue is not the case here. And our Pig as we call it is the only grocery store in town. It is pretty big. Too bad that you got ignored.
They don't know how to count change either. I got $100. cash back. She threw a bunch of 5's and 1's at me and told me to move forward and count my money. I raised hell at her and told her very firm that I will move when I'm done counting my small bills she gave me. She started in again wanting me to move forward and that's when I insisted on talking to the manager who didn't even give a dam either. It is epidemic here in California but I am not taking it one bit. And the instant I am done off comes the plandemic mask too. I let them have emediately upon starting there rudenes.
@@stevethomas5209 Here in my small town of 3000 people in the South, it is so laid-back and friendly, for the most part. Sorry that you had that bad experience.
@@jman3254 oh my mistake I should have mentioned my bad experience was not a Piggy wiggly. Huge mistake on my part. I'm sure in your small town folks are kind to each other. I live near Los Angeles. I think that explains everything.
I remember Piggly Wiggly in Mobile, Alabama and Augusta, Georgia.
These are among the best nostalgia videos on UA-cam. Your selection of topics and music is the best in the business. Thanks
I worked at the Thomson Ga store from '79-'83. Good place for a high school kid to work.
No Black shoppers or employees?
There is one in Cross Plans, Tennessee and Franklin, Kentucly that are still in operation.
@@dwightpowell6673 Sad how it was back then.
@@dwightpowell6673 What was your point?
The first time I even heard the name Piggly Wiggly was in the movie Driving Miss Daisy, when the Jessica Tandy character kept talking about going there for groceries. I've since seen a few vintage ads for it. We don't have it in Canada, of course!
I live in the USA and have never seen one in 40 years.
I remember as a child shopping for groceries with my Mom and sister and brother in East Texas as a child. Getting Sand H Green Stamps and taking them home and filling out the little booklets and then going with my Mom and getting things she could use at home with them. I miss those times thing's just seemed simpler.
Where in east Texas? I’m from Quitman and Tyler. Remember shopping with green stamps!
And now we’re going back to clerks assembling your order for you, and we call that progress.
You mean online grocery shopping? Not sure I trust that!
I think the pandemic has caused businesses to think smarter ... my grandson takes online orders, collects the order and has it ready when the customer comes by for pickup. They pay him a good wage. He’s an honest kid. I trust it. Remember, stores have a reputation to live up to. They want your business and will go to great lengths to get it.
And they're always in the way when I shop.
Has it now come full circle?
Well I grew up in the 60,70,s... I can tell you.. It was progress that got people out of poverty...
I would add. Online shopping has saved people money. In times when money was tight. So their dollar goes father..Not to mention the prices today for gas and food..
Finally a story about a store that has NOT gone out of business.
I remember mama and daddy use go get our grocery at Piggy Wiggly every Friday night.The manager there would always get on me and my older sister for squeeze the Charmin's .loll
Was the manager Mr Whipple ?
Thank you for sharing this. Brings back great memories
I used to go to them as a child, when I would visit my grandparents in Florida, but I never knew the history. Thanks!
The very same for me. 70s,visiting my grandparents in Florida on school vacas. My cousin and I would fly down,from Massachusetts when we were in middle and high schools.
S&H stamp books... probably still have a few in the bottom of a kitchen drawer . . .
@@SeaJay_Oceans Oh my gosh! To bad there are no more redemption centers to redeem those stamps. My mother used to use them all the time to get stuff. They had everything in those stores. But what I thought was extremely boring, was waiting for the clerk to thumb through each and every book, to make sure all the stamps were in them properly, before we could shop. After the, "counting of the stamps" though, it was just fun.
When we visited my Grandparents in NC during the summer, I always went to the Piggly Wiggly with my Grandmom.
Nice to see Piggly Wiggly is still doing well in the Amazon/Walmart era. 🐷
As a very young kid in California, I remember PW Super. Many years later, when I was in the Army and found a Piggly Wiggly store in Alabama, I called my Mom and told her the hilarious name of the supermarket and that's when she told me that PW Super was actually Piggly Wiggly, but they changed the name for the California market!
They didn't have PW Super here in the Central Valley. Growing up back in the 60s/70s Safeway was in this region of California. I experienced my first Piggly Wiggly during my Air Force days stationed in New Mexico back in the early 80s. I also thought the name was hilarious. I also thought Piggly Wiggly could only be found in NM and had no idea it was a supermarket chain.
@Mark rapacki It was not called Piggly Wiggly Super, it was simply "PW Super."
I miss the good old days.
Clarence Saunders built a beautiful mansion with pink marble which later became a museum (my cousin's wedding reception was held there a few years ago) called the Pink Palace. Wonderful! A story unto itself. Thanks for posting!!
I grew up in the Northeast. I remember Acme and A&P.
One of my happiest memories is shopping at our old A&P with my grandmother (in Connecticut). How I would love to live one of those afternoons again! Remember the coffee grinders at the checkout counter and that wonderful aroma? ☕️
@@QueenBee-gx4rp Did the same thing with my parents, but the coffee grinder was somewhere else in the store because I remember following my parents around while I sniffed the bag. I practically got high from it. We also lived in Connecticut at the time.
I stole bubble gum out of the A &P as a teenager ..brother told.. daddy made me take it back and I got banned from there..
@@blasianluvschocolate397 One of my daughters took a 25 cent pack of peanuts in a store once. I made her pay for them, then took them and shared them with her sister. She was little, but she knew that it was a rule that you don't touch things that don't belong to you without permission. I'm surprised she didn't write a book about what a terrible, mean mother I was.
@@miriambucholtz9315 no u did right..I stole because my adopted mother was getting a check from the government for me and wasn't spending it on me..I was always hungry.. couldn't wait to get to school for breakfast and lunch..I used to save my Apple and orange or peanut and raisin cup to take home for later..
How fascinating it would be to walk through a museum of an original store from the first concept. Thanks, Recollection Road, for your superior-quality videos and narration!
I absolutely loved PW when I was stationed in NC in the mid-80s to early '90s. Every now and then, they'd have a shipment of thick cut, country cured bacon and just sell the stuff out of the truck in the parking lot. Would always walk away with several pounds of it so it would last me for a while. When I wasn't shopping at the base commissary, I was over at the local PW. Those were great times and memories in NC.
I like looking at how neat we dressed back in the day. Men were clean shaven, women had their hair done neatly. Now I see people wearing their pajamas and slippers. UGH!
And, they were not overweight like we are today. :)
They had self respect and respected others. No self entitled BS!
Fast forward to destroying stores and demanding more.
And you see all kinds of crap in walmart
It's been a sad decline into decadence since those days, unfortunately.
@@Puppies-Plants-Politics nice dog whistle there.
I live in Wisconsin & a former classmate& her husband own the Piggly Wiggly here. It's pretty much the only store I shop at.
What town in Wisconsin
@@michaelpericles8704 Oshkosh
thank you .
@@michaelpericles8704 Welcome what town are you in?
I'm originally from Marinette. We had one there back in about 1970.
These videos are the coolest thing on UA-cam
I love nostalgia.
My grandma had a Piggly Wiggly in her town of Great Falls, S.C. we shopped there every visit. She passed away in 1980, and I still miss her. Thanks for the memories! 🤗🤗
We have them here in central Wisconsin. Some very nice ones, too.
Only place I lived that I remember having a Piggly Wiggly was in Kenosha.
I see the stores more in the deep south.
We always shopped at the one in Delavan when we had a place there.
I'm Big on the Pig!
About 10 years or so (maybe 2008 - 2010), the Piggly Wiggly shirts made a huge comeback with kids and adults here in North Carolina. I remember one summer, we were on our way to the beach and I had to stop at a Piggly Wiggly on NC 211 to get Piggly Wiggly shirts for our kids! Thankfully, that little store (still open in 2021) had them!! Great memories!
Sadly lot of tourists consider PW a "tourist" store instead of a grocery store.
Great memories of the PW in small town America in the sixties. Southern Illinois. Great Beef Eater Tomatoes you just can't get anymore.
REAL History. Thank you.
This is the grocery store I grew up with. We would call it Piggly Wiggly and Wiggly Piggly interchangeably.
I loved shopping at Piggly Wiggly when I lived in Columbus, GA, and while visiting family in Mississippi.
I can walk down the road to our Pig. Love it.
I remember my grandmother pushing me in a shopping cart down the aisles of the Pig in Corinth, MS.
Brings back memories... Back in the 80s, I worked at a former Piggly Wiggly in San Diego. Though the name had changed to "Fiesta Market", the interior and exterior barely changed with the times. It was like walking back in time once you entered. Our older customers still remembered the store as it was in their day. We had a devoted clientele, and even carried groceries home for the local seniors.
Thanks for posting. Reminds me of my childhood visits down south.
The first "grocery store" chain was A&P (The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) founded in 1859. At any rate, they were the largest such chain from 1915 to 1975. They ceased operations in 2015. At their peak (1930) they operated over 15,000 outlets. The tiny A & P location in the Vieux Carre (New Orleans, LA) is legendary, operating from 1930 until their exit from the local market in 2007. Piggly Wiggly is a classic, though. I have always loved the name and logo.
True…A&P consolidated the concept of an individual green grocer, butcher, baker, into one location. But A&P retained the idea of an individual would take your grocery list and fill it up for you rather than you filling it up on your own in a consolidated store. I think a better title would be the first supermarket in our lingo rather than grocery store, as many have never encountered anything but the supermarket picking and choosing on their own in aisles.
My dad told me "Piggly Wiggly" meant "Hep' yo self" . We shopped in one in Rantoul, Illinois, but my dad was raised in Arkansas. Our store received slight damage from a tornado, but the sign fell and killed a woman. Can't remember when it closed.
yes! when i was a kid i used to go out on the town with my grandma, go to PW and distinctly remember her saying that. 😆
he was a shoplifter?
@@annother3350 No, silly. "Help yourself" meant grocery stores were changing from those where a clerk got your things for you. Silly goose.
@@josephdockemeyer6782 😂 It's been a long time since I heard or read anyone calling someone else a silly goose. Fond memories of raising my children.
The one I went to was in Huntsville Texas in 1963. The air was clean and pure and I loved being alive !!!
My Grandfather was born in the 1890's. He had to ride a tired old "Plow Horse" to School and all the kids took turns tending the half acre sized, school Garden. I'm sure he was a grown Man before he had any experience with the "Electric Light"! Let alone ever saw a genuine "Super Market!
My own Mom, born in 1930, grew to adulthood (age 22) before even getting to live in a house with indoor plumbing! Let alone electricity!
Younger folks (anyone under age 40?) today, have no idea how different our lives were just a generation or two back! And I'm constantly amazed at their lack of understanding of just how new "Computers" and the "Internet" are.
Gone are the days of small to midsized grocery stores, where you would go after church on Sunday and see family, friends and neighbors, where customer service was not a luxury, but a given, where bag boys sacked your groceries and helped you to the car if needed. This has all been replaced by mega stores, shelf checkout lines, lack of or no customer service, all in the name of progress for what they claim is lower prices. Bull, it’s greed, making a larger profit to pad the pockets of the owners and investors. Oh how I miss the days of simplicity, I’ll be the first in line the day they develop the time machine to go Bach to better days! Thank you for the memories. 👍
I always remember going to PW in WACO TX back in the early 1970's, with my grandmother...I was a little girl and had a huge crush on a sacker who looked like a hippie. My grandmother would go on and on about how inappropriate his long hair was....
Is that store located there and what street?
@@patricksaxon3983 no, PW doesn't exist in waco....it was near 21st st.
I was a little kid in the early 70s. I remember Dad referred to any guy with long hair as a "hippie". Also when I was 10 and Mom, Dad, and me were on vacation heading out West in our camper, "Rocket Man" by Elton John was playing on the radio. About halfway through it, Dad searched for another station. He told me "That's hippie music!" 😆😆 Now Dad actually liked a couple of Beatles songs - "Michelle" and "Yesterday". And pony tail and long hair notwithstanding, Dad liked Willie Nelson.
Exactly, my grandfather was a police man so my grandparents were extremely square but I think most people were back then, I miss those days!!!
@@elmobolan4274 I miss those days, and my parents too! I still dream they're still here. The world is not the same without their views and their phrases. Phrases such as "You only need one O sh*t! to topple a mountain of attaboys!" And "They didn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of!" And Mom interacting with her grandchildren, teaching them how to save money (She was good at that! Some may have thought her a little too thrifty!)
What a time in time! Thank you ❤
When visiting my grandmother in Racine, Wisconsin, we would always shop at the Piggly Wiggly next to the old North shore interurban railway.
We have one in Antioch, Illinois and even tho I work at Walmart, I shop at the Pig's. Love that store.
Back when I was a kid every neighborhood had a converted house or garage become a grocery store. Each little area had a school, a church, and a bar. What a novel idea. No one needed a car and everything was handy.
After the factory where I first worked closed, I sold cookies and crackers at all of those large and tiny stores in lots of tiny towns in the middle of Illinois. Almost everyone was friendly and helpful.
When raising a family we shopped at the local Piggly Wiggly down the street. It, A&P, the large modern super market, and the rest closed after Wally came to town.
On a plus side, now I can wear my PJ's shopping and be entertained by chubby young people riding handicap scooters.
What a time to remember. My late Uncle Willie would take me there in the 80s to the Piggly Wiggly in Clay City,Ky. What memories.
I still shop at Piggly Wiggly. They have the best meat (beef and pork) in my area.
We still have a Piggly Wiggly in my hometown and my family shop there ever week.
I always thought Piggly Wiggly was a made up store mentioned in movies and TV shows, then I discovered there was one 10 minutes from where my Grandma lived. Great store, still there today.
Piggly Wiggly is referenced several times in 'Driving Miss Daisy'
I first shopped at PW while stationed in Ft. Stewart Ga.
There was a store in Hinesville. I used to like going and telling others i was going to PW but did so with a southern accent,,great memories!
I'm only in my 40's but I get choked up looking at this. I wish my little girl could experience even traces of this time long gone.
I like watching these retrospectives to see those old cars many of which I had forgotten were so common.
We had a Piggly Wiggly in my hometown of Madison, Indiana for several years.... Loved the store...
Thanks for the trip back. I'm a Virginian but I remember a Piggly Wiggly store near my maternal Grandmother's house in Port Orange, FL. That was in the 60's, the name stuck with me. It was a small 7-11 size store, if I remember correctly.
I remember my maternal grandmother shopping at Piggly Wiggly in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I will be 61 this year: 2022.
A friend and I were traveling through to the NC coast. Saw the Piggly Wiggly in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Sunday morning pork roast. For $6.25, in 1995, all you can eat. All cuts of cooked pig on long platters, cooked eggs, mashed taters, grits, oatmeal, SOS, coffee, juices, etc. Excellent meal. Ate at 9:00am, not hungry until 4:00 pm.
thank you for reminding me of how good life was the cars and employees from those days things were wonderful then...
We have the Pig here in VA. People are nice and they take the groceries to your car for you.
Who remembers Lucky and Gemco¿
User to work for mcfrugals. And we had some of gemcos close out products
And I prefer the old fam from lucky not current owned
I do I lived in glendora California we had gemco and in azusa California we had Lucky's on Gladstone st!
I bought my hunting shot gun at Gemco in Santa Ana. And lucky's in Irvine was where I went to get a rootbeer Shasta soda for 9 cents after my paper rout in 1975. Now a shot gun is considered a weapon of war and a soda is 10 times that cost.
Juan Serrano I live in Costa Mesa CA. We had a Lucky, and a Fedco. I know I went to a Gemco somewhere, maybe Santa Ana. Thanks for asking! Take care.
I am from the UK and live there, we have been to the States many times and I remember our first trip back in 1985 to Orlando, I recall a Piggy Wiggly off Orange Blossom Trail, I loved the name and visited a few times and it stuck with me all those years. Doubt if it is still there.
Brings back so many memories.... I'm 72 and live in north Alabama and have used Piggly Wiggly most of my life. Here in Alabama, we still use Piggly Wiggly, but most of us refer to it as "Pig or Pig's". _"Hon, I'm going to stop by the Pig, do you want anything from there..?"_ We always shopped there or Kwik Chek, which changed to Winn-Dixie" several years ago, or the A&P.
I remember going to the Piggly Wiggly off highway 21 in Beaufort S C with mama when I was little haven't seen one since 1973 been living in Surry County since Fall of 1973 thanks for the memories
1965 Columbus Ga., right outside of Fort Benning; also notice the sign for (6:26) S&H Green Stamps:)
Did you chase and throw bottles at the black kids?
@@dwightpowell6673 Go back to worshipping your gold statue of trump; also try not have a bad day when Fort Benning name is replace:)
There was a Chubby & Tubby (similar to Piggly Wiggly) right next to the HS I graduated from in Seattle in 1972. We went there one time to buy a Christmas tree.
We have many Pigs here in south-central Wisconsin. It’s a wonderful store with pleasant staff.
The Long Island chain King Kullen touts itself as "America's First Supermarket" even though it wasn't founded until 1930, fourteen years after Piggy Wiggly. As I understand it, they base their claim on the fact they were the first chain to have separate departments for items such as meat, produce and dairy.
Back when quality was paramount and America was great!
We had one in Pampa, Texas
Of course I was just in my teens it's been long gone. But I sure remember going there with my parents.
We had 2 in El Paso.
There were no Piggly Wiggly stores where I grew up. Nor were there any where I moved after I grew up. I was aware of the chain because it was the butt of many jokes on TV and maybe even in movies. Then I got a job that allowed me to travel. Actually, the job was ALL travel and I got home only 10 days a year. Not good for a married man with children, but the pay was excellent and I liked the work so I stuck with it for five years. FINALLY, I found myself in a town with a Piggle Wiggle store and I just HAD to check it out. Turns out it was probably the coolest grocery store I had ever been in. They may have pioneered the open floor plan concept for grocery stores, but this store had done a lot to stay ahead of the competition. The good they sold were far better and more varied that that of any other store I had been to. I liked it so much I actually contemplated moving my family to this small town! It is still the only Piggly Wiggly I have ever been to, but the experience was a memorable one. Shout out to the store in Wautoma, WI.
I remember Piggly-Wiggly when my family moved to NW New Mexico in the late 70s. Long gone now.
When I was a little boy in Texas my parents used to shop there! I remember the butcher mostly because he was fun to watch!
Ah, the simpler days 😀
The Tallahassee Piggly Wiggly is what I imagine life on earth looks like to aliens... Then there's the Hogly Wogly, you'll have to look that fine quality place up for yourself.
Hogly Wogly brisket and hot links ... Mmmmmmmmm.
We used to go shopping there
Moving and emotional. Thank you.
Back when America & people had style, class & enjoyed what they had. I grew up in this generation, & we have lost so much. So very sad..
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The 60s was great with this grocery chain ....A family.member was married to one of the higher up in the produce dept.. RIGHT HERE IN JACKSONVILLE THOSE WERE THE DAYS.. HANSON ..
We still have a Piggly Wiggly in Delavan, Wisconsin and I shop there all time time. :)
The Pig lives! As mentioned, most stores are in the Southeast, but there are also a number in Wisconsin. Today's Piggly Wiggly is a franchise operation, headquartered in Keene, NH. There used to be a couple of Pigs left in Missouri, but they've since closed. There are still some in Memphis and surrounding areas. Independent grocers work with wholesalers and fly the Piggly Wiggly banner.
I remember Piggly Wiggly even showed one in the movie "Driving Miss Daisy".
Still shop here love our Piggly Wiggly!💜
oh, yes... my mother went to Piggly Wiggly here in Joplin, Mo. i sure remember. the building is still there, but you sure wouldn't know it had been a grocery store in the 60s
Piggly Wiggly, Food Town, H.G. Hills... all neighborhood stores I grew up with.
All killed by Walmart corporation.
( Food Lion is still hanging in there, just barely, as is Kroger. )
For better or worse, we've made our own beds.
Absolutely love these videos
Amazing
The background music on these videos are so calming
I live in Indiana, where sadly we have no Piggly Wiggly stores. Whenever I travel south I always seek out a Piggly Wiggly or Food Lion. I still prefer the smaller supermarket experience vs stores like Walmart.
Southern Natives affectionately called the store, "The Pigg" as in, "I'm going down to the Pigg, do you want anything?"
i enjoy your videos,thank you for doing this
Back when America was a Great place to live
They're now owned by the huge wholesalers C&S Wholesale and most of the stores are franchises rather than company-owned.
@James SS I haven't seen one in nearly 40 years.
@@MisterMikeTexas I've never seen one.
Great video. I've lived in the USA since 1980 and have never seen a Piggly Wiggly store. I love the way that women dressed back when those videos were shot.
We had a tornado in our town in 1979 and took refuge in the meat vault of a Piggly Wiggly, it saved our lives.
I went to a Piggly Wiggly at The Pink Palace Museum in Memphis, Tennessee and I loved it!