Loved the post. Your post publication timing perfectly hits my "let me catch up on whats happening on the internet" time.
Aldi owning TJ was TIL for me. Grocery chains seem to have a more interesting story than one would have thought. I recently heard the audiobook of John Green's Anthropocene Reviewed. In one chapter he covers the history of the Piggly Wiggly stores and the advent of self-service grocery stores. A fun listen if you haven't hear it. The podcast version is here https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed/episodes/episode-9-pennies-and-piggly-wiggly
it is worth mentioning the sibling rivalries that long predate film: Cain and Abel (and Jacob and Esau). A story as old as society.
Loved the post. Your post publication timing perfectly hits my "let me catch up on whats happening on the internet" time.
Aldi owning TJ was TIL for me. Grocery chains seem to have a more interesting story than one would have thought. I recently heard the audiobook of John Green's Anthropocene Reviewed. In one chapter he covers the history of the Piggly Wiggly stores and the advent of self-service grocery stores. A fun listen if you haven't hear it. The podcast version is here https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed/episodes/episode-9-pennies-and-piggly-wiggly