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		l72 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kroger acknowledges that its bet on robotics went ... And surprisingly, it was actually Piggly Wiggly that was the first grocery store to open up their warehouse and allow customers to self-service! [1] > Piggly Wiggly was the first self-service grocery store. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly#History

dredmorbius 1 day ago [–]

And both PW and Keedoozle were launched by Clarence Saunders (touched on in the history link you give, more under his bio page):

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Saunders>

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