Piggly Wiggly's fun is serious business
Bill Brohaugh
February 08 2007
Though it sounds like a great name for a retro oldies band, I'm actually referring to loyalty program best practices when I talk about Pig Perks and the Perkolators.
Pig Perks is a loyalty initiative being tested by grocery chain Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. (affectionately known as the Pig) at selected South Carolina locations. Customers access Perks offers at front-of-store kiosks. Not incidentally, kiosk is a funny word, but it isn't a fun word.
We don't like to call them kiosks, Diane Colgan, Piggly Wiggly Carolina director of marketing, told me when I called to ask about the Perks. We think they're a lot more fun than that, so we call them Perkolators.
So what's all this fuss about fun? It's a core driver of the Pig Perks program design.
A little background: Pig Perks is layered on Piggly Wiggly's existing loyalty initiative, participation in the Greenbax coalition. Customers who earn Greenbax points at the Pig can
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