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  2. Clarence Saunders (August 9, 1881 – October 14, 1953) was an American grocer who first developed the modern retail sales model of self service. His ideas have had a massive influence on the development of the modern supermarket.

  3. Oct 8, 2017 · Saunders was born in 1881 to an impoverished Virginia family, who moved to Palmyra, Montgomery County, Tennessee. Young Saunders found his calling in a Clarksville wholesale grocery house. While still in his twenties, Saunders left Clarksville for a sales position in a Memphis grocery company.

  4. But its founder Clarence Saunders was clearly onto something—today, self-service grocery stores are the norm. ... “At the door Saunders shook their hands and gave to their children flowers and ...

  5. When a young man named Clarence Saunders, saw the extra work that went into filling orders for customers, he thought of a new idea, the supermarket. He moved to Memphis from Montgomery County and worked in a grocery warehouse. He worked hard and saved his money.

  6. Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century. Request the Data. Clarence Saunders. Piggly Wiggly Stores. 1916–1924. Industry: Retail. Era: 1910. Having made a name for himself as a grocery wholesaler, Saunders decided to embark on a plan of revolutionizing the common supermarket.

  7. Sep 7, 2016 · The Man Who Invented the Grocery Store. Clarence Saunders, the founder of Piggly Wiggly, was a shrewd marketer happy to defy conventional wisdom. A Piggly Wiggly...

  8. “The Original Self-Service” Piggly Wiggly®, America’s first self-service grocery store, was founded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1916 by the late Clarence Saunders. Since its founding in 1916, Piggly Wiggly® has played a major role in the history and development of grocery merchandising.

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