Market Disrupted: How Piggly Wiggly Revolutionized Grocery Shopping
Walking the aisles of your local supermarket may sense like a pretty workaday task . But 100 years ago , it was downright revolutionary . On September 6 , 1916 , hundreds of curious shoppers came out for the opening of a unexampled grocery store entrepot at 79 Jefferson Avenue in Memphis , Tennessee . A festive atmosphere greeted them , complete with a beauty contest and a organization band ....