What Is America's Oldest Grocery Store Chain? - Chowhound

Cincinnati Museum Center/Getty Images All around the country, you can find modern grocery store chains that were once old-school pioneers in the industry. Publix is a Southern grocery staple that traces its heritage back to 1930, while Piggly Wiggly became the first modern grocery store all the way back in 1916. Its self-serve operation forever blurred the lines between what separates a grocery store from a…