GIANT | Newtown Square, PA

4855 West Chester Pike

Welcome to the Newtown Square GIANT!

Our next stop in Newtown Square is the town's GIANT. When this center first opened in 1995, Genuardi's was the grocery anchor in this space. Not making it to the 2012 demise of Genuardi's, this store closed in the summer of 2010 along with the Glen Mills, Wayne, and Voorhees locations. However, Safeway must have still held the lease on this store in 2012, as it was sold to GIANT along with 15 other stores. GIANT reopened in this space on November 6, 2013. Without further adieu, let's begin our tour!

This store was recently remodeled to GIANT's current decor. I think it looks much better here than in Blue Bell, most likely because of this store's open ceiling.

Organic foods, floral, and a very narrow produce department are on the right side of the store. The flooring is left over from the 90s Genuardi's decor the store opened with. Safeway never remodeled this store to Lifestyle.

The meat and seafood counter and packaged meats line the back wall of the store.

Aisle 5 is stocked with canned foods.

Health and beauty is in the middle aisles. This store does not have a pharmacy, and I doubt it ever did as Genuardi's either, as there was previously a Happy Harry's next door until 2005. That space was later Staples but is now Five Below.

Dairy is in the back left corner of the store, across from the frozen foods aisles.

The bakery, deli, and kitchen are on the far right side of the store. This store has the same layout as Springfield; both shopping centers were developed by the same company, and the stores opened one year apart, so I guess they could be considered twins.

Customer service and GIANT Direct are next to the prepared foods.

Other Images of Interest

Street View Images

2022

The remodel must have been quite recently, as this photo still shows the store with the previous logo and decor.

2007

I believe this store maintained the original Genuardi's decor from the 90s until the very end. It was probably one of the very first to get this logo.

Nearby competition

2.4 miles away: Whole Foods of Newtown Square

This Whole Foods opened in 2019 on a formerly empty plot of land as part of a new shopping center. We won't be seeing this store, but you can find pictures of it online.

2.8 miles away: Acme of Newtown Square

The Newtown Square Acme opened back in 1958, and has been expanded and remodeled several times over. We saw this store last week, and you can tour it by clicking here.

4 miles away: Amazon Fresh of Broomall

The Broomall Amazon Fresh opened last year in part of a former GIANT, which relocated to a new facility in 2019. It's safe to say there's no shortage of GIANTs in this area.

This was a nice, clean, and spacious store. However, it's quite small compared to the average GIANT and wasn't as busy as I would expect. Next week, we're headed to another GIANT just down the road! See you then! The Retail Connection: For today's table.