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Updated on May 10, 2021 at 12:49 pm
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Some “GIANT” changes are coming to Philadelphia’s supermarket scene in the next couple years.
The GIANT Company, on Monday, announced plans to build four new grocery stores in Philadelphia by 2023.
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The plans include the 40,000-square-foot GIANT Heirloom Market at the Fashion District at 8th and Market streets in Center City as well as three new GIANT supermarkets.
A 46,000-square-foot grocery store at Columbus Boulevard and Reed Street in South Philadelphia.
A 50,000-square-foot grocery store at North Broad and Spring Garden streets.
Giant Company expanding urban footprint with four new stores in Center City Philadelphia
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
The Giant Company announced it will open an Heirloom Market in Philadelphia s Fashion District.
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The Giant Company is accelerating growth plans in one Pennsylvania city.
The Carlisle-based company announced it is opening four stores in Philadelphia, including a 32,000-square-foot Heirloom Market on Market Street in the city’s fashion district. The smaller Heirloom Market is Giant’s less traditional grocery format designed to accommodate smaller, urban areas.
In addition, the company said it will open three larger stores on Columbus Boulevard at the corner of Reed Street, North Broad Street at the corner of Spring Garden Street, and South Broad Street at the corner of Washington Avenue.
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A small-format, specialty grocery format tailored to urban dwellers, Giant Heirloom Market will have its fourth Philadelphia store in the city s Fashion District.
Also under way are renovations to the Giant Direct e-commerce fulfillment center on Island Avenue, including automation from Swisslog. Giant said the facility upgrade in response to rising customer demand for online grocery shopping will provide faster order fulfillment and more order capacity, including the capability to accommodate future growth in home delivery.
“The Giant Company is committed to Philadelphia, and this expansion across our family of brands exemplifies our strategy in action,” President Nicholas Bertram said in a statement. “True to its reputation of being the ‘City of Brotherly Love,’ Philly families have wholeheartedly embraced Giant, Giant Heirloom Market and Giant Direct, and that has only fueled our team to dream bigger and more boldly as we shape our plans for tomo