What was the First Grocery Store chain in the United States and what year was it founded?

Hi Sher,
I have never heard of Piggly Wiggly, and it seems like an unusual name for a store. Is that the right answer? If so, it was founded in 1916.

Link to Wikipedia

You are correct!

I always thought that it was a very interesting name choice by the founder.

Did you know he worked for a major business chain and presented these ideas which they rejected? So he went on and made his own chain and started a major renovation about how all shopping was eventually done in the United States?