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In 1937, a Memphis, Tenn., grocer and innovator named Clarence Saunders introduced a bold new concept in shopping for food: History’s first fully automated grocery store. It was called Keedoozle. (See the explanation of the unusual moniker below.)
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.
Opinion. Commentary. The Man Who Invented the Grocery Store. Clarence Saunders, the founder of Piggly Wiggly, was a shrewd marketer happy to defy conventional wisdom. By. Jerry Cianciolo....
Piggly Wiggly, America's first true self-service grocery store, was founded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1916 by Clarence Saunders. In grocery stores of that time, shoppers presented their orders to clerks who gathered the goods from the store shelves.
Dec 9, 2013 · News. SN Hall of Fame 2013: Clarence Saunders. Innovation and foresight led to the creation and success of Piggly Wiggly. Donna Boss 1 | Dec 09, 2013. Clarence Saunders’ star turn in the...
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Oct 7, 2019 · Clarence Saunders worked his way out of poverty and obscurity to found Piggly Wiggly in 1916. With an unprecedented approach, he virtually invented the concept of the modern self-service...
Grocer, Businessman. He is credited with the popularization of the self-service grocery. He was born on a farm in Amherst County, Virginia, to Abram Warwick and Mary Gregory Saunders. His mother died when he was five. Abram had served in the Confederate army.
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