To disprove the infringement allegations, Will McCarty made a trip west and found cash-and-carry stores there, which contradicted Piggly Wiggly's assertion that it had originated the idea.

[3] The chain gradually expanded across Mississippi and into neighboring states, eventually ending up with stores as far away as Florida.

The move made it possible for Jitney to purchase grade-A foodstuffs and related merchandise at competitive prices.

In the mid-90s the family sold Jitney Jungle to New York investment firm Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.[4] for $400 million.

The chain's store on East Fortification Street in Jackson, still known to many Jacksonians as "Jitney 14," remains open today as part of a relatively new local grocery chain called McDade's, which also owns former Jitney stores on Duling Avenue in the Woodland Hills area of Jackson and most recently the former Jitney which closed after Winn-Dixie's departure on Ellis Avenue in Westland Plaza Shopping Center.

The original David's Fondren Grocery is no longer in business but the commercial center it started still operates today as a member of McDade's Market.

Another store that recently reopened this year is the old "Jitney Jungle # 4" at 311 West Northside Drive in Jackson.

In his 1973 address to the Mississippi Committee of the Newcomen Society of the United States in Jackson, Holman said: How did they get the name, Jitney-Jungle?

The naming process began during a Sunday dinner at the home of Judge V. J. Stricker, a close friend of the families.

The "Jitney" in the title was a popular name for the cut-rate five-cent taxis of that day, many of which were operated by returning veterans.