Which retailer is credited with pioneering the first true self-service grocery store in 1916, revolutionizing retail by allowing customers to select their own merchandise without clerk assistance?

Before the 1900s, shopping was a completely different experience. Store clerks would fetch products for customers from behind counters - you couldn't browse freely or touch merchandise before buying. This poll explores a pivotal moment in retail history that forever changed how we shop and fundamentally transformed the customer experience. Test your knowledge about this revolutionary retail innovation that we now take for granted!

This is a live public trivia poll on AIPolls.Net. Vote and see real-time results.

Piggly Wiggly, founded by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee
A&P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company), founded by George Gilman in New York
Woolworth's, founded by Frank Woolworth in Pennsylvania
Safeway, founded by Marion Barton Skaggs in Idaho