![]() College Avenue, looking north toward Shafter Ave.1 1928 directory listi30th and Grove (MLK) 6Ĭirca 1927, Piggly Wiggly sponsored an amateur baseball team in Oakland. This is taken from the east side of the street at Lawton. The store with the "CIGARS" sign is now the bar Ye Old Hut. Also visible is the Uptown Theater, Campbell’s Shoes, and Tower’s Gift Shop with “Merry Christmas” banner over the street. Piggly Wiggly is an American supermarket chain operating in the American Southern and Midwestern regions run by Piggly Wiggly, LLC, an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers. Piggly Wiggly Store, College Avenue looking north toward Shafter Avenue in the Rockridge District, Oakland, California - 1930. Piggly Wiggly employees rate the overall compensation and benefits package 2.6/5 stars. The average Piggly Wiggly hourly pay ranges from approximately 13 per hour for a Part Time Cashier to 36 per hour for a Manager. “was one of the earliest grocery chains, established by Andrew Williams about 1921.” 2 Piggly Wiggly Pacific was purchased by Safeway Stores in 1928, and all existing Piggly Wigglies in Oakland were converted to Safeways by the mid-1930s - which helps explain why over 80 Safeway stores are listed in the 1941 Polk’s City Directory for Oakland. The average Piggly Wiggly salary ranges from approximately 27,737 per year for a Cashier to 79,666 per year for a Store Manager. 3Īccording to OMCA Collections, Piggly Wiggly Pacific Co., Inc. One was on College Avenue in Rockridge another was at 3966 Piedmont Avenue. The 1928 Polk’s City Directory for Oakland lists fully 39 stores citywide (plus another 11 in Berkeley and 4 in Alameda). ![]() The Piggly Wiggly grocery-store chain was heavily represented in 1920s and 1930s Oakland. Note the "All Over the World" slogan on the sign, and the "We Double dog dare anyone to undersell this store" painted on the window.
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