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Down went the Pig, and up popped this glut

Since Piggly Wiggly left west Beltline Boulevard, a food desert has emerged.

To take Piggly Wiggly’s place, there is a Rose’s Department Store. Now, we have a Dollar General, a Family Dollar and a Rose’s within a block of each other.

There are only so many artificial flowers one person can buy.

Keith Seward

Columbia

This story was originally published October 21, 2017 at 8:30 AM.

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