On this episode of Our American Stories Clarence Saunders revolutionized the way people shopped He developed self-service grocery shopping in his Piggly Wiggly stores at a time when store assistants usually collected products for their customers By introducing checkouts clearly priced goods and itemized receipts he set the foundations for the supermarkets of today Mike Freeman is the author of Clarence Saunders amp the Founding of Piggly Wiggly The Rise and Fall of a Memphis Maverick Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories grabbing a basket while grocery shopping may seem second nature today but the idea was once groundbreaking And that was far from the only thing that changed when Piggly Wiggly the first modern American supermarket opened over years ago Mike Freeman is the author of Clarence Saunders amp the Founding of Piggly Wiggly The Rise and Fall of a Memphis Maverick Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories meet Ron Brown a man who grew up in a rough area of Chicago was practically abandoned by his father and would mend their relationship later on in life Clarence Saunders developed self-service grocery shopping in his Piggly Wiggly stores at a time when store assistants usually collected products for their customers By introducing checkouts clearly priced goods and itemized receipts he set the foundations for the supermarkets of today Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - Reconnecting With My Absent Father Who Was Presumed Dead - A Store [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories regular contributor Anne Clare tells the story of a unique aircraft carrier the USS Lexington Tom Zoellner purchased a diamond engagement ring and proposed His girlfriend said yes and then suddenly walked out of his life making Tom the owner of a used engagement ring Instead of hitting the self-help shelves of his local bookstore he hit the road to discover the true worth of this shining gem and then wrote The Heartless Stone Mike Freeman author of Clarence Saunders amp the Founding of Piggly Wiggly The Rise and Fall of a Memphis [... more]