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- 05 Aug 2008 18:41
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Kennedy's Piggy Wiggly stores - KY/TN/VA
- Replies: 3
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Re: Kennedy's Piggy Wiggly stores - KY/TN/VA
Thanks, Krogerclerk. With your posting, I did some more investigating and, lo and behold, that's precisely what happened to the Kennedy's chain. I'll say this: for a rural independent operating in very rural Appalachia, they had their act together. The stores had precision management and standards w...
- 05 Aug 2008 09:52
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Kroger Family Centers
- Replies: 126
- Views: 90152
Re: Kroger Family Centers
This was NEVER a Kroger Family Center, sorry.kris-alyx wrote:oh i know where one was in virginia it was at roanoke va's tanglewood mall along with super x drugstores, they redid it a few years ago to just a regular kroger store.
- 05 Aug 2008 09:45
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Kennedy's Piggy Wiggly stores - KY/TN/VA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3247
Kennedy's Piggy Wiggly stores - KY/TN/VA
Hi all -- I worked for Kraft Foods for ten years right out of college and one of my first assignments was to the core of Appalachia, based out of Kingsport, TN. I called on mostly Krogers, Winn-Dixies, and Food Lions, but I also had quite a few Kennedy Piggy Wigglys which were exceptionally well run...
- 05 Aug 2008 09:42
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Summer Road Trip to Philadelphia and Suburbs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 27529
Re: Summer Road Trip to Philadelphia and Suburbs
The two Giant chains are, in no way, connected with each other. The Carlisle operation was light years ahead of the Scranton outfit.TW-Upstate NY wrote: I'm not even sure if that Giant chain is/was connected to Giant headquartered in Carlisle Pa.