![]() ![]() The vintage Winn-Dixie publicity photos seen above are as follows: (1) the above-mentioned 1970 billboard, (2) from 1975, a store that appears to be an older unit retrofitted with a mansard roof, (3) a shopping center store from 1976, (4) another from 1977 – Note the white and green Chevy Vega hatchbacks in the foreground. What’s so sinful about that?” In any event, through the rest of the decade Winn-Dixie managed to maintain this balance, as described by the New York Times in 1979: “Winn-Dixie, (is) the nation’s fourth largest supermarket chain (behind Safeway, Kroger and A&P) and one of its most successful, with profits above industry average”. Winn-Dixie makes more money than most, yet manages to keep employees, customer and even stockholders happy. In an October 1973 full page article, Forbes magazine came to the company’s defense: “.profits, properly speaking, are created by efficient management, not by greed Greed has never been known to create anything. Because of Winn-Dixie’s industry leading profits, they felt more heat than most. Suddenly, supermarket chain profits became the stuff of headlines, and often as not, companies were portrayed in an unflattering light. Most major grocery chains were unaccustomed to the new scrutiny that came along with the “consumers’ movement” of the 1970’s. The 23 Foodway stores were sold to Smith Management Co., operator of the “Smith’s Food King” supermarkets, which years later would become a division of Kroger. Two years later, Winn-Dixie would sell off its New Mexico stores due to problems with the local unions. A twenty-unit drugstore chain owned by Kimbell, called “Thrifty”, was not part of the deal. The stores operated under the Buddies, Foodway and Hagee names. In August of that year, the company bought out Fort Worth, Texas-based Kimbell, Inc., gaining 135 stores in three states new to Winn-Dixie – Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. The biggest news of the era for Winn-Dixie came in 1976, when the government imposed 10-year ban on acquisitions finally came to an end. ![]() Competition in the Atlanta area was fierce, prompting a brief return to issuing trading stamps (Top Value this time around) in 1978. Although the Atlanta division would grow impressively, not quite doubling in size over the next ten years, it would remain one of the company’s smaller operations. ![]() Initially, the new region was comprised of thirty-one stores peeled off from the Montgomery division and eight from the Greenville division. The company started the decade with the formation of a new division – in Atlanta (to include the North Georgia and Chattanooga areas), where Winn-Dixie had maintained a presence for just over ten years by that time. (I actually prefer James Lileks’ one word slogan – “Mmmmmmeat!”)įor the most part, the 1970’s saw a continuation of Winn-Dixie’s success. “The Beef People” is a phrase that continues to be associated with Winn-Dixie, even though it long ago ceased to be company’s tagline. In Winn-Dixie’s case, beef wasn’t just on the front page of their ads, but on the front of their stores, in slogan form at least. Modern weekly grocery ads, for example, typically show attractively cooked and garnished steaks, prominently placed on the front page. Uncooked, no less – a practice that thankfully is rarely (no pun intended) the case in supermarket advertising today. Instead of the exit number for the nearest Holiday Inn, or a pitch for a tourist attraction such as Weeki Wachee Springs, we see a great big steak, the stock-in-trade of Winn-Dixie and Kwik Chek supermarkets. Refer to this link for a complete directory of Piggly Wiggly stores near Farmville.A billboard flies past as cars streak down the highway at night, sometime in 1970. Piggly Wiggly Locations Nearby Farmville, NCĪt the present, Piggly Wiggly operates 1 location in Farmville, North Carolina. In walking distance, you may find Town Commons, Farmville Municipal Athletic Complex, May Museum and Park, Hollywood Cemetery and Forest Hills Cemetery. If you're planning your journey, type 3686 E Wilson St, Farmville, NC 27822 into your GPS units. The store is merely a 1 minute drive from West Church Street, North Contentnea Street, East Wilson Street or South Main Street a 3 minute drive from North Main Street (Nc-121), May Boulevard (US-258-Business) or West Wilson Street (Nc-121) or a 11 minute trip from John P East Memorial Highway (US-258) and West Marlboro Road (US-264). Piggly Wiggly is found in a good space near the intersection of East Church Street and South Contentnea Street, in Farmville, North Carolina. ![]()
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