Giant-Landover
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| Type | Subsidiary of Royal Ahold |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Landover, Maryland, U.S. |
| Key people | Robin Michel, Executive Vice President and General Manager |
| Products | Grocery |
| Website | giantfood.com |
Giant Food LLC is a supermarket chain with 202 stores in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C..[1] It is headquartered in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, near Landover.[2] Giant often is known as Giant-Landover to avoid confusion with sibling company Giant-Carlisle. Giant-Landover formerly was Giant of Maryland even though it was never exclusively a Maryland grocery chain.[citation needed]
In 2004, Giant-Landover merged with sister company Stop & Shop to create Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover, which itself is a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Ahold.
In 2006, Giant signed a five-year agreement with Starbucks Coffee to open Starbucks locations in several of Giant's stores.[3]
Giant introduced a new logo on August 21, 2008, as part of a larger rebranding campaign;[4] the logo is shared with Stop & Shop.
[edit] References
- ^ Giant Food Press Release (includes store count), giantfood.com
- ^ "Facility Locations." Giant Food. Retrieved on September 6, 2011. 8301 Professional Place, Suite 115 Landover, MD 20785."
- ^ Moore, Marcus (February 24, 2006). "Deal will bring Starbucks to some Giant stores". Gazette.net. http://www.gazette.net/stories/022406/businew183918_31953.shtml. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ^ Walker, Andrea K. (2008-08-21). "Giant Food to unveil new logo today". Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.giant21aug21,0,6595015.story. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
[edit] Further reading
- Fisher, Eric (1998-09-21). "Dutch Retailer Royal Ahold to Wrap Up Acquisition of Maryland's Giant Foods". Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53018106.html. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
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