Piggly Wiggly

Typical store in Alabama

 In a bizarre twist of fate, trailblazing southern chain Piggly Wiggly, which I heard of years ago through someone I used to know who may have once lived in Georgia, I believe, is opening in Watertown, NY (the first outside the South and Midwest; not to be confused with an existing store in Watertown, WI) according to CBS 7 WWNY, buying one of the two Tops stores in Jefferson County in the North Country, with the other going to Grand Union because of Tops' merger with Price Chopper and the overlap in a dozen small towns.  Both Grand Union and Piggly Wiggly are part of C&S now, but have competed in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast generations ago.  Piggly Wiggly have a midwestern division now, but have now worked their way east across the Great Lakes to the Thousand Islands region of all places.  Since they can now be seen in these parts like they say down there in the south, they could work their way further up the eastern seaboard.  A segue after the last article was about another past competitor.  I've gotta come up with a different kind of post next time as I'm the Flickinger of blogs now (of Super Duper legacy)!

Greene - former Great American

Syracuse (south side) - former Tops/P&C/A&P, Valley Plaza, US 11

Syracuse (Westvale) - former P&C/Tops, NY 5

Mattydale - former kmart, US 11

Oswego - former Peebles/Gordmans, NY 104

Bridgeport - former Victory/Great American, NY 31 & 298

Lyons - former Tops, NY 31

Fulton - former kmart, River Glen Plaza, NY 481

Phoenix - former Sharon Chevrolet, CR 57

Wayne - former ShopRite, NJ 504

Sidney - former Great American

Geneva - NY 14A, Pyramid Plaza; former Tops, Cherribundi and RealEats

Paramus - former Grand Union/Stop & Shop/Acme, NJ 17

Various - former BI-LO (see previous post)

Troy - former Price Chopper, US 4 (Lansingburgh)

Binghamton - former Weis/Giant (as of 3/3/24), NY 7