I never heard of Piggly-Wiggly til just recently but we sure had green
stamps.  I got lots of household stuff with them and so did my Mom.  I miss
green stamps, wonder if they're still in business?  Ruth




At 12:15 PM -0500 12/19/02, S. Sasser wrote:
>Piggly-Wiggly was one of about three supermarket chains when I was growing
>up in Lubbock.  Their chubby little cartoon pig logo was everywhere on their
>advertising.  Most people went to Piggly Wiggly to collect S&H green stamps
>with their purchases.  Wednesday was double stamp day.  When you collected
>enough stamps, it was usually an all day affair to paste them into stamp
>books and go to the redemption center to pick out toasters, crock pots, or
>fondue sets.  I think I got my first stereo (an eight track tape player)
>that way.
>
>Lisa
>
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