Which innovative retailer is credited with pioneering the first true self-service grocery shopping model in 1916, revolutionizing store layouts by allowing customers to select their own merchandise?

The way we shop today seems natural, but the self-service grocery store model was once a revolutionary concept that transformed retail forever. Before this innovation, customers would give their shopping lists to clerks who would retrieve items from behind counters. This trivia question explores a pivotal moment in retail history that fundamentally changed consumer behavior and store layouts, launching the modern shopping experience we take for granted today.

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Piggly Wiggly, founded by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee
A&P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company), founded by George Gilman in New York
Safeway, founded by Marion Barton Skaggs in American Falls, Idaho
Kroger, founded by Bernard Kroger in Cincinnati, Ohio