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Publix Super Markets, Inc., doing business as Publix, is an employee-owned American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida. Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, Publix is a private corp
Publix in Farragut, Tennessee
The first stand-alone Publix Super Market in Winter Haven, Florida, c. 1940. It is now a thrift store.
A 1960s-style Publix Super Market store marquee on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida
A converted Albertsons location in South Tampa, Florida
Piggly Wiggly
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Piggly Wiggly, LLC is an American supermarket chain operating in the American Southern and Midwestern regions. Its first outlet opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is notable as the first true s
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…the largest Employee stock ownership plan of almost 6,500 organizations in the U.S. George Jenkins previously worked as a stock clerk and a manager at Piggly Wiggly from 1926 to 1930. Jenkins's store had been bought out by a corporation. Jenkins went to share some ideas he had for the business but was turned down…
Piggly Wiggly store in Springhill, Louisiana, August 2011
Historical marker near the site of the first Piggly Wiggly store in Memphis, Tennessee
Historical marker near the site of the first Piggly Wiggly store in Memphis, Tennessee, reverse side
The original Piggly Wiggly Store, Memphis, Tennessee, 1918