Saunders introduced Piggly Wiggly, a grocery store where there were no clerks. Customers entered, were given a wooden basket, and instructed to gather their groceries themselves.

The locally owned Piggly Wiggly grocery store has served Devine Street area for 50 years. Now Columbia, SC ‘Social Pig’ is set to close.

Piggly Wiggly, 2201 E. Rawson Ave., will close in November ― likely in the first week of the month, according to Owner/Manager Ben Malicki. The store has served the local community for decades.

Owner Darrell Miller announced that the Piggly Wiggly on Devine Street in Columbia, known as the 'Social Pig,' is closing after its lease expired. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

The property that formerly was home to the Social Pig Piggly Wiggly at 3818 Devine St. in Columbia, SC has been sold to Cason Development for $7 million.