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reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources piggly wiggly carolina co. news newspapers books scholar jstor free images january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message piggly wiggly carolina co. type private industry grocery store founded 1947 headquarters charleston south carolina number of locations 2 corporate stores 46 independent stores 1 area served south carolina coastal georgia website thepig.net contents 1 history 2 greenbax enterprises 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit piggly wiggly wholesale was founded by joseph t. newton jr. in 1947 when he purchased a piggly wiggly franchise from the piggly wiggly corporation . 2 in 1958 joe newton s son in law burt schools joined the business followed by joe s son joseph t. buzzy newton iii in 1962 . originally based in downtown charleston south carolina the company moved the main warehouse to north charleston south carolina in 1959 . in the decade that followed newton evolved the company from a being strictly a wholesaler operation to become a wholesaler to independent store owners and a supplier of the company s own retail stores . with the addition of thirty stores from columbia based piggly wiggly carolina the company changed its name to piggly wiggly carolina co. under joe newton s guidance and leadership piggly wiggly carolina and the name piggly wiggly soon became household names known for its national brands fair prices and friendly service . in 1979 joe newton retired and became chairman of the board and his son buzzy newton was named the president of piggly wiggly carolina company . in 1997 joe newton died and burt schools retired from the company to become chairman of the board . in 1999 construction was completed on two large projects a new corporate office building at albemarle point center and a 612 000 sq. ft. distribution center in berkeley county . in 2005 the company becomes 100 % employee owned and was the largest employee owned privately operated retail company in south carolina servicing over 100 retail stores with annual sales over 800 million and a workforce of over 6 000 employee owners throughout south carolina and southeastern georgia . in april 2007 after 45 years with piggly wiggly buzzy newton retired as president and became chairman of the board . upon newton s retirement david r. schools burt schools son and buzzy newton s nephew was named president of piggly wiggly carolina company . 3 in september 2013 it was announced that piggly wiggly carolina would sell 29 of its stores to bi lo and harris teeter ; all but abandoning the charleston south carolina market . the company initiated the acquisition discussions as a means of addressing the debt incurred as a result of its recent esop conversion along with increasing competition particularly around charleston . 4 in november of the same year the company announced that they were shutting down their distribution centers in north charleston and jedburg south carolina . going forward the company s 32 remaining corporate stores and its 28 franchised locations would be supplied by c & s wholesale grocers warehouse in greenville south carolina . 5 in october 2014 piggly wiggly carolina announced it was seeking approval from shareholders to approve the sale of its retail and wholesale grocery businesses by the end of 2014 and to dissolve the company entirely within the following three years . c & s wholesale grocers would acquire the operations which included branding marketing store support accounting and it services and piggly wiggly s greenbax customer loyalty program for 9.3 million . the 20 remaining corporately owned stores would to be sold to independent operators while another 30 piggly wiggly stores that were independently operated were expected to remain under their current ownership . proceeds from the sales would be used for participants in the company s employee stock ownership plan who would receive an estimated 55 per share . also an undisclosed number of senior executives would be paid a total of 700 000 to be split among them if they agree not to work for a competing business for at least four years . 6 7 greenbax enterprises edit greenbax enterprises began as a sister corporation to piggly wiggly carolina company in the 1950s . greenbax are given with purchases and these can be cashed in for discounts on groceries and merchandise that advertises the store . greenbax discontinued the traditional paper stamps and began recording each customer s balance electronically on the pig s favorite customer pfc card . shoppers can electronically redeem greenbax at piggly wiggly stores the greenbax online catalog or at other partner business locations . see also edit supermarkets in the united states piggly wiggly references edit store locator . piggly wiggly carolina co. retrieved 2015 08 08 . the history of piggly wiggly carolina company inc. . thepig.net . retrieved 2015 08 08 . the history of piggly wiggly south carolina & coastal georgia . thepig.net . retrieved 2015 08 08 . sale of stores boosts piggly wiggly finances . supermarketnews.com . 2013 09 12 . retrieved 2015 08 08 . piggly wiggly to outsource to c & s . supermarketnews.com . 2013 11 22 . retrieved 2015 08 08 . piggly wiggly owner seeks approval to liquidate dissolve company . postandcourier.com . 2014 10 07 . retrieved 2015 08 08 . c & s to acquire piggly wiggly carolina . supermarketnews.com . 2014 10 08 . retrieved 2015 08 08 . external links edit official corporate piggly wiggly website piggly wiggly carolina website v t e supermarket chains in the united states kroger baker s supermarkets city market dillons food stores food 4 less foods co. fred meyer fry s food & drug gerbes super markets harris teeter jay c king soopers kroger owen s pay less super markets qfc ralphs roundy s pick n save mariano s metro market copp s ruler foods scott s smith s albertsons acme markets albertsons amigos carrs haggen jewel osco lucky market street pavilions randalls safeway shaw s and star market super saver tom thumb united supermarkets vons supervalu county market cub farm fresh hornbacher s save a lot shop n save shoppers ahold delhaize food lion giant carlisle giant landover hannaford brothers company martin s food markets stop & shop southeastern grocers bi lo fresco y m s harveys supermarkets winn dixie wakefern pricerite shoprite the fresh grocer other national chains aldi iga lidl target walmart regional chains asian 99 ranch market great wall supermarket h mart hong kong supermarket island pacific supermarket marina food marukai corporation u.s.a. mitsuwa marketplace nijiya market seafood city shun fat supermarket uwajimaya hispanic bravo el ahorro supermarket fiesta foods fiesta mart la perla tapat a supermarkets m s club mi pueblo food center supermercados teloloapan vallarta supermarkets organic earth fare natural grocers trader joe s whole foods market wholesale bj s wholesale club costco sam s club conventional acme fresh market amigo andronico s balducci s bashas best yet market big y boyer s food markets inc. bristol farms brookshire brothers brookshire grocery company buehler food markets inc. c town supermarkets cash & carry central market d & w fresh market dave s markets dean & deluca demoulas market basket dierbergs markets dorothy lane market easy way store econofoods family fare fairway market fareway festival foods festival foods minnesota food giant food city foodarama foodland foodland hawaii foodtown pathmark gelson s gerland corporation giant eagle grand mart gristedes grocery outlet harmons harps food stores h e b heinen s fine foods highland park market homeland houchens hugo s hy vee ingles inserra supermarkets jerry s foods jungle jim s international market karns quality foods key food super fresh the food emporium king kullen kings super markets kuhn s quality foods lewis food town lion supermarket lowe s market lowes foods lund food holdings magruder s marc s market basket market of choice marsh supermarkets martin s super markets meijer met foods minyard food stores miracle mart mollie stone s markets morton williams new deal supermarket new seasons market niemann foods no frills supermarkets nugget markets pcc natural markets petrini s piggly wiggly piggly wiggly carolina co. pink dot price chopper price mart price chopper supermarkets publix pueblo raley s supermarkets red owl redner s markets remke markets rice epicurean markets ridley s family markets roche bros. rosauers supermarkets rouses russ s market save mart supermarkets saverite schnucks scolari s food and drug seafood city sedano s sellers bros. sendik s food market sentry foods seven mile market shop n save smart & final spartannash sprouts farmers 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world food a rama fresh & easy furr s genuardi s giant open air glen s markets grand union hamady brothers henry s farmers market hills supermarkets hinky dinky jitney jungle johnnie s foodmaster kessel food markets laneco marketside mars national supermarkets national tea omni superstore penn fruit penn traffic pick n pay supermarkets plus purity supreme quality markets qfi red food reid s schaffer stores company seaway food town seessel s simon david skaggs companies southern family markets sunflower farmers market sunflower market super duper sweetbay supermarket tidyman s twin valu ukrop s super markets warehouse economy outlet weingarten s wild oats markets xpect discounts list of supermarket chains in the united states retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title piggly wiggly carolina co. & oldid 724777171 categories supermarkets of the united stateshidden categories articles to be merged from april 2016all articles to be mergedwikipedia introduction cleanup from 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