![]() “They are excited about us coming and we are excited about coming. “I’ve been getting nothing but great comments,” he said. He plans to open the Tallahassee location in early January. While his recent announcement to open a store on the south side has drawn concern from some who question whether it would be a good fit, Moore said he’s seen enough encouraging signs. Moore said he also plans to open a new 25,000 square foot Piggly Wiggly in a proposed retail center on Tharpe St. The South side store won’t be the only location for Tallahassee. He later spent a few years with IGA before branching out on his own under the Piggly Wiggly banner. ![]() Moore first delved into the franchise grocery store business as an employee of Grand Union, an Atlanta-based company. It has become so popular that Tallahassee shoppers have made the 25-minute drive. That’s the concept that Moore has been using since he opened his first Piggly Wiggly store in Quincy nine years ago. “I saw the need to buy products at the best price and offering it to the customers at the best price rather than having the highest mark-up,” Moore said. He learned early how it could be done, as a teenager working in a neighborhood store owned by his grandparents. Putting the store in the old Harvey’s Market location on South Monroe is part of his vision to provide low-priced goods, he said. Roy Moore didn’t decide to open a Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Tallahassee simply because a suitable location was available. The business men plan to open a Piggly Wiggly in the old location of Harvey’s Market on the south side of Tallahassee. ![]() Roy Moore, center, with his business partners Cody McDaniel, left, and Kevin McDonald, right. ![]()
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