Founded in Memphis, Tenn., by Clarence Saunders in 1916, Piggly Wiggly revolutionized the grocery industry at the time by pioneering a way for shoppers to serve themselves with shopping baskets, open shelves and clerks who no longer shopped for the customers.
Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. marked the anniversary by theming its May Food Show as a throwback to the past, complete with a miniature prototype 1916-era store based on its first self-service location and awards for vendors who best supported the anniversary theme.