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And surprisingly, it was actually Piggly Wiggly that was the first grocery store to open up their warehouse and allow customers to self-service! [1] > Piggly W
by l72 10mo ago
And surprisingly, it was actually Piggly Wiggly that was the first grocery store to open up their warehouse and allow customers to self-service! [1]
> Piggly Wiggly was the first self-service grocery store.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly#History
- dredmorbius 10mo agoAnd both PW and Keedoozle were launched by Clarence Saunders (touched on in the history link you give, more under his bio page): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Saunders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Saunders>