Piggly Wiggly, Portland area locations, 1965

Through the mid 60s, there were several Piggly Wiggly stores in the Portland, Oregon area.  When I saw my first P.W. in the 1970s, I thought the name was one of the funniest things I'd ever heard.

Piggly Wiggly was the nation's first true self-service grocery stores. The chain was the first to provide check-out stands and mark the price on every item in the store. There are still over 600 stores, in 17 states, though none today in Portland.

A map of Portland area locations in 1965 can be found below:



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