Kroger’s downtown location obviously served as a mere foothold in the community until the chain could build a new and bigger location at 401 North U.S. It was considered a bit pricey at the time but appealed to younger shoppers who quickly made Kroger into Waxahachie’s dominant grocery destination.
With a bigger produce section and bakery, Kroger brought a larger selection to town and introduced shoppers to a more modern grocery store layout. Milk and eggs were at the back and a tiny produce section seemed almost an afterthought, but it was all an earlier generation thought they needed for their weekly grocery shopping - that is until two bigger chains came to town.īy the mid 1980s, Piggly Wiggly, like the A&P grocery store that had previously occupied the building before it, couldn’t measure up to its more contemporary rivals and closed its doors. The store mostly consisted of aisles of canned food sandwiched between a meat department and a bread section. Piggly Wiggly had a limited selection by today’s standards. It’s easy to drive by it now and never give it a second thought, but back in the 1960s, the location was bright, cheery and bustling with shoppers who filled one of Waxahachie’s main grocery stores, Piggly Wiggly. 506 Ferris Avenue has barely changed since it was one of Waxahachie’s main grocery stores.ĭown on the south end of town in the 500 block of Ferris Avenue is an old, beige building surrounded by a weedy parking lot that shows what Waxahachie would look like without landscaping requirements.
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