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>Piggly-Wiggly is a chain of grocery stores.  Mostly midwest, I suppose.
  I've only seen them in Wisconsin...but then I don't get out much.

-jc<

The original Piggly-Wiggly is still in operation in downtown Memphis, TN
where it is a listed historic building bearing a plaque describing it as
"the world's first supermarket" (opened sometime in the 1920s). I saw it on
a visit to Memphis in 1992. I think the chain is headquartered in or near
Vidalia, GA. In the 80s its corporate jet pilot visited Professional Pilot
Magazine (where I then worked) and presented us with a gift of the freshest
Vidalia onions I have ever tasted. 

Movie watchers may recall the mention of Piggly Wiggly in "O Brother, Where
Art Thou," set in Mississippi in 1937. 

DW

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