Giant Food Store

They have every register open on busy weekends. amazing!

This place is great because it’s a grocery store, but still carries those obscure ingredients in cooking magazines. Good service, overall. They take back food if it is bad.

How hard is it to stock produce that doesn’t go bad two days after you buy it? I returned 2-​day old moldy strawberries (returned without issue, so nice job there) and the person behind the desk suggested I freeze them next time. Ummm, I want fresh strawberries. If I wanted frozen strawberries, I would have bought frozen strawberries… drives me insane! Especially since I pay $ 5 for organic berries.

Wide and comprehensive selections across all product categories. Lots of fresh and organic options. Good deals. Although I was disappointed due to a couple of factors: (1) Many shelves were in disarray, (2) Many items were not stocked, and (3) the hot food bar wings were a bit lousy. It doesn’t help that I grew up in Wegmans territory, so I am a bit of a grocery store snob!:/

I don’t really do grocery shopping here, but I work in the area and often stop in for lunch. Their café is great, and has lots of selections for VERY affordable prices. My favorite is their sandwich specials, particularly the marinated grilled steak. Fresh flank steak on a sandwich for $ 4.99? Yes please.
Today, I got the sandwich and a small soup, and my bill was $ 7.19. If I wanted a whole sandwich and soup at Panera or somewhere else, my bill would be double that.
I like the staff, the store is clean, and the selection is great. They also have a comfortable seating area. If I lived closer, I would do my grocery shopping here — big store with a great selection.

This is my go-​to place most days for lunch! They have a great, huge selection to chose from. I recommend trying their prepared specialty salads ($ 6-​$ 7). These things are huge and quite tasty (way better than a Salad Works in my opinion). Other hot food items (pizza, sandwiches, Chinese, etc) and coffee shop. Nice lounge area to eat inside and a patio area outside and free WiFi. Store looks well run and stocked. Just wished they also sold beer like the Montgomeryville location does, and also wish it was closer to home.

Prices are fairly reasonable if you catch it on sale. A huge variety of any type of food. Don’t believe me? Check out the salad dressing aisle. TONS of options from brands you didn’t know offered that flavor.
I am a big fan of their bakery. When I host brunch at home, I come here for their donuts and bagels and my guests are shocked when I say it’s from Giant. And surprise surprise, they also make cronuts! And the cronuts are the same price as their other donuts, so definitely a good value.
Definitely my go-​to supermarket in the area. I think I live closer to the roslyn Giant, but this one definitely is the superior of the two, so I make the extra trip for this place! And I believe this one is considered Super Giants, at least it is to me :)

Love this Giant! I ordered my son’s 3 year old birthday cake at the bakery back in March and the cake turned out PERFECT. We got the Thomas the Train ½ sheetcake with his name and age written on the cake. The detail was spot on. The cake itself was moist and had the greatest flavor. Thanks to the bakers at Giant for doing an excellent job on my son’s special cake! I usually go to Weinrich’s around the corner for my party cakes, but Giant has won me over!

I live in willow grove and having been raised up the road in Abington, I grew quite fond of genuardis as a child. Sad to hear they were bought out by giant. Well I must say giant is really an upgrade. Te selection of fresh produce is amazing. And I LOVE the fact they have some decent sushi there. Wide aisles allow you to breath when it’s busy and there are always registers open. For the longest time my wife shopped bottom dollar. After a while, I couldn’t stomach the people that went there and got her to switch to the g-​side. And now they do curbside pickup when you order online. Truly a great place. Always love taking a trip there because I know I will be taken care of.

I stay in the Horsham area a few times a month with my boyfriend and every time I’m there I go to Giant to gather food for our dinners together.
Compared to other Giant supermarkets I’ve frequented this is one of the cleanest locations I’ve ever been to and also the most awesome. I’ve never seen a Super Giant before and it rocks my world every time I enter.
The selection of items is HUGE. They have a play center for children, a winery and an abundant selection of fresh items. I get excited whenever I’m able to shop there. It makes grocery shopping go from being a nightmare to a pleasant experience.

This Giant is a great place to get any type groceries. We’re new to the area and this store has been a go-​to for us every week. It’s always stocked well (except for the produce when it’s late at night). The prices are reasonable and there are a decent amount of good sales. Customer service has almost always been perfect, and the Western Union money orders are easy and simple.

Doesn’t get much better! Everything you could possibly want in a supermarket plus much much more!
I can’t begin to list all of the perks but my favorites :
CHILDCARE… Yes! They will supervise your child /​children in a clean «playhouse «with toys, crafts, even computers — while you shop in peace! My daughter, 5, lovesss it there! All the while you are in contact thru a walkin talkie … GENIUS!!!
WINERY. Talk about convenient. Late bloomer PA does not offer liquor in their food stores but thanks to Giant & their conveniently located Sand Castle Winery in the front of the store — its a 1 stop shop!
FRESHLY PREPARED FOODS — Huge selection from Chinese to salads to Pizza.
Great looking area to eat-​in as well. Fireplace & all. I’ve seen many people sitting by the fire with a book & nice meal.
Recently I’ve seen the addition of a valet service that will even load your groceries. This is great for any elderly or disabled patrons, especially.
I could go on & on … Clean… Friendly… Reasonable… I am SO Happy I discovered this store!!!

This market is one of the best I’ve ever been too! They have an incredible assortment of freshly prepared foods of all varieties (Chinese, paninis, sandwiches, coffee shop, pizzas, etc) but the clear prepared food winner here is the fresh made salad section. The salad is always huge, and the best part is that you can have your salad made by one of the employees rather than settling for one in the cold case that was made at 8am. You can also customize what you want in your salad, so you’re not limited if you have an allergy or just don’t like something. The other sections of the store are great; they have a wonderful organic section and some great bulk products. This a great option that is much better than Saladworks, and every week, they offer a different salad on sale for around $ 5.99.
One of the coolest parts of this market is that they have a cooking school inside, with some free classes (others you may have to pay $ 15 – 20 for) but they have a full kitchen inside the «Cooking school» where you not only learn to prepare a meal, but you can actually prepare it yourself. They also have a nutritionist on staff that teaches specialty cooking classes, such as low sodium or low fat cooking. They even go so far as to offer classes for seniors and kids! Everything here makes this one truly unique and even exciting shopping opportunity!

I’ll go the extra miles to go to the «Giant» Giant compared to the one in Abington. This store has this whole floor of meeting rooms for public uses. Looks like a convention center. Very cool.
I was in the store when all the power went out (storm). The generators turned on with low light. I was pretty entertained that within minutes they had barricaded the frozen food aisles and were putting mass quantities of broken down boxes over every refrigerated. Loved how they wrapped up the whole meat and fridge department displays in giant rolls of plastic wrap. You don’t need a visual for that one. Score one for all the managers and staff who ran around working. Still wish I had gotten my lean cuisines before the lights went out.

I love this store because most of the time, the prices are better than most (Genuardi’s usually has better prices on cereal, but they are random specials) AND because they have the one thing I go out of my way to get here for: FREE BABYSITTING ON SITE. Yes, that’s right, you heard me… a fun «Treehouse» for the kids to do just about any activity you’d find at a preschool and beyond like movies, kid-​friendly computer-​type video games, a play kitchen, toys, blocks, tables & chairs to sit and color, and that’s just what I noticed from outside the registration window. No kids go in or out without a check of the matching wrist bracelets between parent and child and I shouldn’t have to say this, but I’ll just add that of course, you have to stay in the store while they are in there. You have an hour and a half then they will page you on your walky talky to come pick them up. They will also call you if your child (age 3+ only) makes a stinky lol so you can change them or take them to the potty.
Anyway…it is a clean store, the selection is good, and the management is out and about making sure customers are happy. The deli people are awesome and pleasant, unlike some other grocery stores near me, they are not slow, sloppy or crazy in the head. The café area is really nice, has a good variety of lunch options, and the pizza is decent (and priced nice). There are plenty of tables in the lounge for dining, comfy chairs and a fireplace in the corner, and a conveniently placed coffee bar right next to it. I like to bring the kids there to have a snack or lunch (and a coffee for me!) before I drop them off at the treehouse and do my shopping.
Finally a place closer than Wegman’s (and maybe better thanks to the babysitting!) that makes grocery shopping enjoyable again! I highly recommend this store.

Super fan of this store. But what I really like is the Café’
The broccoli tomato pizza is insanely yummy!
BTW, I have never waited in a line in this store longer than 2 people. And that’s really saying something because I have the worst line luck ever

I loved how after a day of moving to my new place this place was the sole place open after 10pm. The people inside were nice as well!
Too bad they don’t take AMEX though.

I really like this store, they have all my diet needs example: Over the Moon Milk, Boca burgers, Kefir, hummus, etc.
The only thing that pisses me off is the skeez shelf loaders are always tryin to «Holla at Me»
V.O.M.I.T

I’m unabashedly obsessed with grocery shopping (it’s me time!) and coupon clipping. I compare prices and somehow log them all in my brain for future comparison with other stores. For instance, the Boca burgers at this Giant are usually 2.99. If you’re a Boca Fan then you know. This is a CRAZY awesome price! The other huge Giant in Plymouth Meeting, which is muuuch closer to my house, sells them for around $ 5.00! And don’t even get me STARTED on the rip-​off that is Genuardi’s in KOP on Henderson Road. $ 6.19 for MEATLESS patties? What the hell, it’s not exactly KoBe beef (or… in the meatless world, would that be FauxBe? Hahaha).
This Giant has a great «Marketplace» section with salads, asian food, cheese, etc, and a really extensive organic food section. Again, the selection coupled with the prices is the greatest thing ever. I swoon every time I’m in there, which is unfortunately only after I’ve driven 30 min to visit my parents. That’s the only time it even remotely makes sense. OTherwise, I’m stuck in KOP or Plymouth Meeting with crappy prices and a sub-​par selection.
I am so jealous of anyone who lives close to this supermarket.

I tried this Giant because, well I’m a super market whore. I love the one I’m with, but that doesn’t mean I can’t play the field when a more attractive store beckons. I got hooked on Giant when my kids went to college at IUP (Indiana University of PA). Prior to Giantization, your choices in Indiana were the Wal-​Mart Super Center and a place called Giant Eagle. Actually, the new Giant had to call itself Martin’s, so as not to confuse the natives.
Anyway, a Giant big enough to fill the old Home Depot certainly sounded good. And it was. It’s the same spiffy store I came to love in Indiana, but BIGGER and with MORE. I was confused. I was dazed. Overloaded. Can a supermarket be too big? It made me slighly uncomfortable.
Yes, it has a lot of stuff, but not always the stuff I want. For instance, the only shallots they had were shrunken ones in a box with a cellophane window. The Produce Man told me they «couldn’t get fresh shallots». I told him that Genuardi’s, a mile or so away could get them. His reply was that someone was buying Genuardi’s out anyway and they would close eventually. WTF? All I wanted was fresh shallots, not a jingoistic rant from the Jolly Green’s guy.
Anyway…
One of the positive things they have is curbside loading (not what you think!). They used to have this in the supermarkets in Minnesota when my sister lived there. I guess it was a weather-​related thing. You leave your cart with the loader people inside, go fetch your car & drive up to the sheltered pick-​up area. They match the number on your rearview hang tag to the number on the cart & load it for you while you remain behind the wheel listening to a nice CD. Now I’ve even gotten an email letting me know that I can go online, fill out my grocery order, pay with a credit card, arrange a pick up time, then arrive to have them load the order in my car. How cool is that?
Go check the WG Giant out. Try a time that you think will be less popular/​less crowded. It’s easier to mosey through the isles in a dazed and confused stupor when there aren’t so many people similarly occupied. Sign up for a Giant card so that you will get their emails.
Genuardi’s in Roslyn is still my store of choice. I am a creature of habit. I will continue to go back to Giant every once in a while, just to make Mr. Genuardi (or Mr. SafeWay) jealous. Wouldn’t have been lovely if they had put a Wegman’s in that space though???