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First grocery store opens in Memphis.
Date: 1916
Environment & climate
Public health
The Piggly Wiggly is the first store to offer a range of packaged groceries. Prior to this, all food has been either grown, traded, or bought through smaller markets and dry goods stores. Food was seasonal and/or purchased in bulk.
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