Description: Clarence Saunders and the Founding of Piggly Wiggly, Tennessee, Landmarks, Paper Clarence Saunders' vision for a better shopping experience for day-to-day needs has made Piggly Wiggly a staple of southern living for over 100 years.The grocery business began as a complicated service industry. Random pricing, inconsistent quantities and prescriptive salesmen made grocery shopping burdensome. It took one brash Memphian with uncommon vision and unbridled ambition to change everything. 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 grocery store. Stores flourished, franchises spread and Saunders made millions. Yet just as the final bricks of Pink Palace--his garish marble mansion--were being laid, Saunders went bankrupt, and he was forced to sell Piggly Wiggly. A variety of new ventures helped Saunders out of bankruptcy, but he never duplicated his prior success. Memphis historian Mike Freeman tracks the remarkable life of this retail visionary.
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MPN: 9781609492854
Book Title: Clarence Saunders and the Founding of Piggly Wiggly : the Rise and Fall of a Memphis Maverick
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Not Available
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Industries / Retailing, United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 0.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
