<P> Management of the Toyota Corporation were inspired by Piggly Wiggly's Just - in - time inventory strategy and used this model to develop its Toyota Production System (TPS), a philosophy by which the company organizes its manufacturing and logistics, including its interactions with suppliers and customers . </P> <P> According to the Piggly Wiggly website, Saunders was "reluctant" to explain the origin of the company's name . There are two theories: </P> <P> One story says that, while riding a train, he looked out his window and saw several little pigs struggling to get under a fence, which prompted him to think of the rhyme . Someone once asked him why he had chosen such an unusual name for his organization, to which he replied, "So people will ask that very question ." </P> <P> Fleming Companies bought Benson Wholesale located in Geneva, Alabama, the owner of the Piggly Wiggly name, in 1978 . Fleming filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and C&S Wholesale Grocers acquired most of the business, including Piggly Wiggly . </P>

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