Giant Denies Store Closing Reports

Landover, Md., Contrary to recent reports, Giant Food says it has no plans to shutter or rename stores. Rather, according to the president and CEO Marc Smith, the chain will renovate 18 Giant stores over the next two years, causing temporary closure while each of the 18 is renovated. “We have no current plans to permanently close any Giant store operations in any market areas, nor do we plan to convert Giant stores to the Stop & Shop trade name,” said Smith.

Reports of store closures circulated when parent company Ahold shut down four Super G stores in southern New Jersey and converted the remaining area Super G locations to Stop & Shop stores. The company said that was to provide “increased synergies with Stop & Shop’s existing operations in New Jersey.”