At the same time, he turned 65.Ĭain said Manning has also agreed to take over his charity work. “Nothing is going to change,” Cain said, “the only difference is I won’t be in the office on a daily basis.”Įarlier this year, Cain celebrated his 50th year in the grocery store business.
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All four stores will also maintain the Cain’s Piggly Wiggly Cost Plus name, he said. In turning over the operation to Manning, Cain said, he has the assurance that the stores will be run the same way that have been run under his management. Two additional stores, one in Mary Ester, Florida, and the Cain’s B&H in Mobile, which was one of his father’s original IGA stores in the 1960s, were sold about a year ago, Cain said. He also has another store in Baldwin County, in Spanish Fort. His second store opened in Foley in 2001 his largest store, at 55,000-square feet, is located in Fairhope, where he maintains an office. Cain moved with his family to Mobile in the 1960s, opening his first store in Loxley in 1989.įrom the original 8,000-square-foot facility, Cain’s Piggly Wiggly Cost Plus grew to eventually include six locations.
In 1965, Cain followed in the footsteps of his uncles, and his father, Leon Cain, starting in the grocery business at age 15. The transaction was set to be completed on Nov. Cain Grocery Inc., Cain, a native of Montgomery and now a resident of Daphne, who at one time owned six Cain’s Piggly Wiggly Cost Plus Stores, has been transitioning over the last several months to turn over the operation of his four remaining stores to Danny Manning, owner of Food For Less Stores in Mobile. By John Underwood / Alabama - After more than 50 years in the grocery store business, Tommy Cain is ready hang up his proverbial apron.
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