2 ▁( see ▁Clar ence ▁Sau nd ers ), ▁the ▁company ▁operated ▁ 2 , 6 6 0 ▁stores ▁and ▁posted ▁annual ▁sales ▁in ▁excess ▁of ▁$ 1 8 0   mill ion . ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁Sau nd ers ▁attempted ▁a ▁s que e ze ▁on ▁the ▁substantial ▁short ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁stock , ▁running ▁the ▁share ▁price ▁up ▁from ▁ 4 0 ▁to ▁ 1 2 0 ▁and ▁prof iting ▁by ▁millions ▁on ▁paper . ▁The ▁Stock ▁Exchange ▁Govern ors ▁respond ed ▁by ▁dec iding ▁that ▁a ▁corner ▁had ▁been ▁established ▁in ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁and ▁removed ▁the ▁stock ▁from ▁the ▁Board , ▁eventually ▁forcing ▁Sau nd ers ▁to ▁turn ▁over ▁his ▁assets ▁to ▁the ▁banks ▁that ▁had ▁fin anced ▁his ▁lever aged ▁position . ▁Sau nd ers ▁re put edly ▁lost ▁nine ▁million ▁dollars ▁in ▁the ▁attempted ▁corner . ▁ ▁Following ▁these ▁events , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁strateg ic ▁units ▁and ▁sold ▁to ▁regional ▁gro c ery ▁ch ains , ▁including ▁K ro ger , ▁Saf ew ay , ▁National ▁Te a , ▁and ▁Col onial . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁all ▁ 1 7 9 ▁Canadian ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly ▁were ▁also ▁sold ▁to ▁Canada ▁Saf ew ay , ▁which ▁merged ▁with ▁S obe ys ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁After ▁losing ▁control ▁of ▁P ig gly ▁W ig gly , ▁Sau nd ers ▁had ▁no ▁further ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁company