Hallo all,

I'm off to the Midwest and South in a couple of weeks and I was wondering if the supermarket chain known as 'Piggly Wiggly' still exists and, if so, where can I find one?

Thanks

Yo, Tony..
All over the place. http://www.pigglywiggly.com

I can't help but wonder why you want to know this, Tony?

I forgot about the ol' Piggly Wiggly. It reminds me of something else. Do they still have tea-berry gum in the States? How about Corn & Rice Chex?

Corn and Rice Chex, most certainly. Teaberry gum, too, but it's hard to come by. There are internet sources, though.

Thanks John.

Jen, it's a great name, isn't it? Where I come from the moost exciting supermarket name is ASDA so something like Piggly Wiggly sounds great.

There appears to be one in Danville, Kentucky which I can visit.

Tony,

Isn't that a great name!!!! We still have some in North Carolina, in fact, there's one in northeast Raleigh. Forty years ago or so, Piggly Wiggly had the cutest television commerical - piggy ballerinas in a line doing high kicks ala the Rockettes. Does anybody else remember that? I moved up North as a teenager, came back a few years ago to NC, was thrilled to find my Piggly Wiggly stores still around, though not so many anymore. Ya'll come, Tony! Love to have you in Raleigh!

I live in in Memphis, the Mecca of any Piggly Wiggly pilgrimage. Clarence Saunders built the first self service "supermarket" downtown in 1912. He made a fortune with the Piggly Wiggly chain but went bust during the '29 crash. At the time he was building a pink granite mansion in midtown which he was unable to finish. He donated the house to the city and it is now a great history/science museum that has a reproduction of the original Piggly Wiggly store. Come check it out.

Tony,

I must correct myself. I told you we have a Piggly Wiggly in Northeast Raleigh. My husband says the address is probably Wake Forest, NC, north of Raleigh. But anyway, it is close by! Have a great trip!

Tony: Piggly Wiggly still exists in many areas, but the company has closed many stores because of competition from Kroger and others. Even though the firm was very common in the Southeast fr many years, it has pulled back in several market.My city (Athens, Ga.) is one of them: victim to competition from Kroger. (The building is now used by the University System of Georgia School of Nursing at Athens -- SONAT)
I just returned from Louisiana and found that the chain is alive and well around Baton Rouge.
Just for laughts my dear mother was always getting names mixed up. She referred to Piggly Wiggly as Hoggly Woggly. Unfortunately the chain does not serve hagis in a tube. I doubt if many of the butchers even know what it is.

PS. Tony, you got me curious.
Piggly Wiggly has a web page that you can find at:
http://www.pigglywiggly.com/

Piggly Wiggly stores are not found nation wide. There is listing of locations and a map showing the states that have stores. Most of them are in the south and southeast, but there some in a narrow band up into Minnesota.
Because no store exists in my area any longer, I have not shopped them in many years. The one I was in when we were in Baton Rouge was an average supermarket.

Hoggly Woggly: a higgly piggly version of Piggly Wiggly?

I forgot to say that the museum is called The Pink Palace. Go to www.memphismuseums.org.

Hi Tony
It's nice to see you over on this Forum too, I thought you were just a "Europe Forum" person. I hope you enjoy visiting Piggly Wiggly - personally I've never been in one, but that is only because we have not traveled in a part of the US where they had them I guess. Since I always visit the supermarkets in the UK (or other countries too) I guess it is only fair you visit Piggly Wiggly I wonderif they give double coupons too ........

And in those southern locations, is it known by locals as "The Pig," as it is up here in Wisconsin? And where, b/t/w, you may not find haggis in a tube, but you would be able to buy a bag of cheese curds, a kringle or (of course) a package of brats.
Thanks to Tim for the history lesson - interesting!

Thanks everyone

I checked out the website - excellent !

This trip is sort of a dry run of my famously mooted 48-states-in-90-days trip that I have scheduled for spring of 2001. I promised myself that if I gained my Masters in Transportation then I would go do this trip. Work seem to be ok bout me taking 3 months off (unpaid), so watch this space for more news. If anyone wants to feature in my writing just let me know, I will drop by.

thanks

Tony

If you shop in a Piggly Wiggly in the South, you are virtually obligated to try a Moonpie. The staple refreshment of working folks for years was an RC Cola and a Moonpie. I don't know if RC Cola is still on the market, but Moon Pies are.

Bob or anyone.....

What is or was.. kringle, brats and moonpie?

Hi Tony,
A brat (sounds like "brought") is similar to a hot dog/weiner but it's bigger, white and tastes different. Great description, huh? They're popular at cookouts and church festivals around here. I'm sure you can try one sometime during your travels.
BTW, I didn't realize that my mother is part of Piggly Wiggly's problem: she works for Kroger's corporate offices in Cincinnati. She should tell them not to mess with the Pig.
Emily

Oh, yeah forgot about the moonpie. It's a dessert treat, marshmallow and chocolate I think.
Years ago, a friend's dad (who is a country boy at heart) couldn't believe that I had never tried an 'RC Cola and a moonpie', in fact I had never even heard of it. He felt it was his duty to right this wrong; the next time I was there, we sat on the front porch in rocking chairs, listening to country music, drinking an RC cola and eating a moonpie.
RC cola is still around if I'm not mistaken.