Aug. 5, 2025
Supermarkets & Shopping Carts
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Learn all about how we used to buy things, and how we ended up with supermarkets and shopping carts!
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A&P was the first grocery store chain. The one in this photo was located in West Seattle.
Piggly Wiggly - The First Self-Service Grocery Store
The First Safeway
King Kullen - The First Supermarket
Humpty Dumpty - Home of the First Shopping Cart
The First Shopping Cart
