Found: Piggly Wiggly Receipt

Found: Piggly Wiggly Receipt

Since both Ugly Mug Coffee and a Piggly Wiggly receipt are on my scavenger hunt list, I had this brilliant idea that I would go to the Piggly Wiggly (aka the Pig), buy a pound of Saving Grace or Southern Pecan and then keep the receipt, taking care of two scavenger hunt items with one trip.

Piggly Wiggly, Memphis, Tenn.

Only, the Pig on Madison and Avalon in Midtown doesn't carry Ugly Mug coffee (however, they do carry bags of High Point coffee, for those that miss High Point). I started wandering around looking for something else to buy.

Piggly Wiggly was founded by Clarence Saunders in Memphis in 1916. It was the first self-service grocery store (meaning that rather than handing a shopkeeper a list, shoppers were able to choose their own groceries from the shelves). The concept took off -  at the company's peak, there were 2260 stores and an annual revenue of $180 million.

Chex Mix, Piggly Wiggly, Memphis, Tenn.

Despite the fact that the Piggly Wiggly is a Memphis institution, I had only been in the midtown store once (I usually drive out to East Memphis or take my chances on the Midtown Schnucks).

I came in through the freezer section (I'm not sure if that's proper Pig protocol - it just seemed that that was the way I was being herded). The store is huge, but it was a little hard to find things. They've got a fairly impressive produce section (though, when I was there, the lights were out).

I wound up buying some Chex Mix, some Whoppers (not nearly as satisfying as the malted milk balls from the Peanut Shoppe downtown) and some gum.

Found it! My backwards photo of the Piggly Wiggly receipt.

Go There:

Piggly Wiggly
1620 Madison Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104

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Sarah
wow there are a lot of pringles choices....
October 19, 2009 10:58pm
Caitlin
Did you take that picture with Photo Booth? In the Edit menu, there is a "Flip Photo" option that makes it super easy to make the picture non-backwards.
October 20, 2009 6:28pm
Tracy
Midtown Piggly Wiggly isn't great for regular groceries, but you can find the weirdest canned foods there. I often use it as a source for weird foods for my blog.
October 21, 2009 10:28am
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December 8, 2009 1:15pm
Urban Outfitte…
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March 23, 2011 10:48am