Farewell Piggly Wiggly, Hello Bi-Lo: Edisto Getting New Grocery Store
Just the other day I covered up a sticker on my car that had been there for more than three years. It was from the Piggly Wiggly and said “Local Since Forever.” The sun had long ago turned the letters into a faded version of their former selves and I figured my new bumper sticker would look better. I had a brief moment of hesitation before covering up the sticker due to the fact that I am extremely nostalgic and have commitment issues. However, I’d already removed the backing to the new sticker and had to use it.
Now I kind of wish I hadn’t.
It’s just been confirmed that Piggly Wiggly Carolina, which operates stores in South Carolina and Georgia, has sold several of its stores to the grocery store chains Harris Teeter and Bi-Lo.
Rest assured that the sale does not mean that Edisto will be without a grocery store. Instead, our Piggly Wiggly will become a Bi-Lo once all is said and done, sometime after the first of the year.
This isn’t the first time that the building located at 104 Jungle Road has been some kind of grocery store. In my day (1983 and onwards) it was an IGA before becoming “The Pig,” as the locals say. Back then we bought our groceries in Charleston because the IGA had slim pickings. In fact, I still buy most of my groceries in town seeing as the shelves at the Pig are picked clean during the high season (plus, and you might not have noticed, but the local Pig has some of the highest prices around).
When the switch happens, I imagine things will remain quite the same. Perhaps they’ll widen the aisles and lower prices . but I doubt it.
All I know is that I will have to nab some Piggly Wiggly shirts before they’re a thing of the past.
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LindaAnsell November 06, 2013
this year was 1st time at E bEACH . loved it except piggy wiggley. bought packaged garden salad , had a good date on it. had to forgo salad with our dinner. took it back , they replaced it and I was so discusted it ended in garbage. did not want to make another trip to a store that serves nasty salad.SO I AM HAPPY BI-LO IS COMING
Carl K November 05, 2013
Ten years of family vacation memories at Edisto tarnished. The routine: check in at Wyndham; unload the car at Bay Point; check out the view for dolphins; go plunder the Pig. What an amazing place. Friday night the beer coolers were stuffed full with overflow on the floor nearly blocking the isle. Monday morning it was all gone and the coolers were empty. My kind of town. Priorities are straight. The selection was great for such a small place and the prices fair considering the cost of gas to go farther afield.
catmantoo November 03, 2013
Been vacationing there for 37 years and the food has always been great. Let's just hope we don't see "A product of Mexico" in the meat section. later catman
kate November 03, 2013
My heart is offically broken. Ever since a was a little kid getting a piggly wiggly tee has been a tradition. This is absolutely heart breaking. Edisto beach will never be the same without the pig. Couldn't they just leave it alone? Im very upset about this and refuse to shop at the new bi-lo!
VictoriaAngelaSpeakman October 29, 2013
First Bell's Buoy Seafood , now this...I wish places like these could just stay the same like Edisto has been for decades... Ce la vie...