The store became a national chain, making its inventor, Clarence Saunders, a tycoon. His Pink Palace Mansion is a Tennessee landmark.

But by 1923 he was involved in a bitter dispute with the New York Stock Exchange. He had cornered Piggly Wiggly stock in retaliation after traders shorted it. The fallout resulted in a slew of lawsuits and his ouster from Piggly Wiggly.

“They have it all — everything I built, the greatest stores of their kind in the world, but they didn’t get the man that was father to the idea,” Saunders said. “They have the body of Piggly Wiggly, but they didn’t get the soul.”

His next venture was a little too far ahead of his time. His “Keedoozle” stores tried automating shopping — eight decades before Amazon opened its automated store.

That’s it for this briefing. Chris Stanford returns on Monday. — Mike

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Melina Delkic helped compile today’s briefing. Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford provided the break from the news. Nadav Gavrielov wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com.

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