A South Carolina Piggly Wiggly that served downtown Myrtle Beach for 54 years announced October 11 as its final day. Its departure comes as grocery retailers are reassessing individual locations, but this store’s story reaches back to a family business that opened in 1972.
The store at 1700 North Kings Highway began when brothers Lester and Clarence Cannon opened it near Myrtle Beach’s oceanfront. For decades it served both residents and vacationers, including visitors who returned to the same stretch of the beach each summer.
A familiar downtown stop for generations…