College Avenue, looking north toward Shafter Ave.(Photo courtesy of the Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room) 1 1928 directory listings 3Ĭirca 1927, Piggly Wiggly sponsored an amateur baseball team in Oakland. This is taken from the east side of the street at Lawton. Building on its more than 100-year history in the grocery business, Piggly Wiggly continues to grow its presence with stores throughout the Midwest. The store with the "CIGARS" sign is now the bar Ye Old Hut. Also visible is the Uptown Theater, Campbell’s Shoes, and Tower’s Gift Shop with “Merry Christmas” banner over the street. Piggly Wiggly Store, College Avenue looking north toward Shafter Avenue in the Rockridge District, Oakland, California - 1930. View of the front of the Piggly Wiggly store, located at 106 South Austin in Chicago, in 1926. By 1923, Piggly Wiggly was the third largest grocery business in the country. It was so much money that he started to build a large house in Memphis made of pink marble from Georgia. “was one of the earliest grocery chains, established by Andrew Williams about 1921.” 2 Piggly Wiggly Pacific was purchased by Safeway Stores in 1928, and all existing Piggly Wigglies in Oakland were converted to Safeways by the mid-1930s - which helps explain why over 80 Safeway stores are listed in the 1941 Polk’s City Directory for Oakland. The Surprising Way a Supermarket Changed the World. Within the first year of creating Piggly Wiggly, Saunders was already making a lot of money. 3Īccording to OMCA Collections, Piggly Wiggly Pacific Co., Inc. Choppy) win the race for mayor against Floyce Hammontree, the current mayor. This time they are working to help Hale Dunbar, Jr. The ladies of the Nitwit club continue their activities that began in Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly. One was on College Avenue in Rockridge another was at 3966 Piedmont Avenue. Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly, by Robert Dalby is such a fun book. The 1928 Polk’s City Directory for Oakland lists fully 39 stores citywide (plus another 11 in Berkeley and 4 in Alameda). Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain operating in the Midwestern and Southern regions of the United States, run by Piggly Wiggly, LLC, an affiliate of C&S. The Piggly Wiggly grocery-store chain was heavily represented in 1920s and 1930s Oakland. Photo courtesy of the Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room 1 Note the "All Over the World" slogan on the sign, and the "We Double dog dare anyone to undersell this store" painted on the window. Piggly Wiggly Store, Piedmont Avenue - 1920.
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