Piggly Wiggly - Jacksonville, Florida - 1961Scan credit: Box Vox blog at Beach Branding and Packaging DesignIt's difficult to imagine today but, well into the 1980's, the grand opening of a new supermarket could be a big event that attracted big crowds and media attention even in decent sized cities. At the time this photograph was taken, it could really be a big deal as many chains were still transitioning away from much smaller stores with far less selection.
Whenever I buy at Piggly Wiggly, the quotation marks on my receipts leave me a little insecure about my purchases.
"Spinach"
"Lime"
"Sweet Potato"
If you live near a #PigglyWiggly it's worth noting they do grocery pickup now via the Rosie app. Price in the store & ads are honored, minimum order is $30, orders over $125 avoid the $4.99 convenience fee.
Proposed #Kroger #Albertsons #megamerger affects future of #FredMeyer, #Safeway, #Vons, #Osco, #Food4Less, #HarrisTeeter #QFC stores too. Together, the two chains operate approx 5 thousand of consolidated #RetailStores under varous #BrandNames across #US and have annual revenue of more than $209 billion.
#AntiTrust issues arise everywhere, with nearly 200 #grocerystores between them in #Oregon alone, many within a mile of each other. State Attorney Generals have sought to block the massive #merger, but everyone knows #BigMoney talks loudest.
To meet #FTC requirements this week the chains announced plan to #divest at least 400 #stores to a single #SoftBank backed holding corp that operates #PigglyWiggly
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