, ▁although ▁he ▁remained ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁autom ated ▁sho pping , ▁with ▁which ▁he ▁experiment ed ▁initially ▁with ▁the ▁Ke edo oz le ▁store ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁John ▁Bro oks , ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ' s ▁" gre at ly ▁changed ▁corpor ate ▁structure ... fl our ished ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ," ▁and ▁hundreds ▁of ▁stores ▁" oper ated ▁under ▁a ▁franch ise ▁agreement ▁with ▁the ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁Corporation , ▁of ▁Jackson ville , ▁Florida . ▁ ▁Name ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁Web ▁site , ▁Sau nd ers ▁was ▁" rel uct ant " ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁company ' s ▁name . ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁theories : ▁One ▁story ▁says ▁that , ▁while ▁r iding ▁a ▁train , ▁he ▁looked ▁out ▁his ▁window ▁and ▁saw ▁several ▁little ▁p igs ▁struggling ▁to ▁get ▁under ▁a ▁f ence , ▁which ▁prompt ed ▁him ▁to ▁think ▁of ▁the ▁rh yme . ▁Some one ▁once ▁asked ▁him ▁why ▁he ▁had ▁chosen ▁such ▁an ▁unusual ▁name ▁for ▁his ▁organization , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁replied , ▁" So ▁people ▁will ▁ask ▁that ▁very ▁question ." ▁ ▁Pres ent ▁company ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁was ▁acquired ▁by ▁the ▁wh oles ale ▁gro cer ▁Mal one ▁& ▁Hy de ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁Mal one ▁& ▁Hy de ▁was ▁acquired ▁by ▁F lem