ing ▁Comp an ies ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁F lem ing ▁file d ▁for ▁bank rupt cy ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁and ▁C & S ▁Wh oles ale ▁Gro cers ▁acquired ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁business , ▁including ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁presently ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 0 0 ▁independently ▁owned ▁and ▁operated ▁stores ▁in ▁ 1 7 ▁states . ▁The ▁company ▁headquarters ▁are ▁located ▁in ▁Ke ene , ▁New ▁Ham pshire . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁stores ▁have ▁formed ▁a ▁ret ail ers ' ▁co oper ative ▁to ▁manage ▁distribution , ▁while ▁using ▁the ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁name ▁( e . g ., ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁Mid west ▁and ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁Alabama ▁Dist rib uting ▁Company ). ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁stores ▁are ▁found ▁pre domin antly ▁in ▁medium ▁to ▁smaller ▁size ▁cities , ▁and ▁remain ▁a ▁fi xture ▁in ▁many ▁rural ▁communities . ▁In ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁cities ▁and ▁more ▁metropol itan ▁areas ▁within ▁the ▁company ' s ▁territory ▁( es pecially ▁in ▁the ▁faster - g row ing ▁regions ), ▁compet itive ▁national ▁gro c ery ▁ch ains ▁have ▁built ▁larger ▁super mark ets ▁with ▁greater ▁variety ▁and ▁selection ▁than ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly , ▁target ing ▁a ▁more ▁ups c ale ▁client ele . ▁In ▁response , ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁has ▁developed ▁a ▁loyal ty ▁card ▁disc ount ▁membership ▁program ▁similar