Giant Food of Landover, Maryland
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Giant Food LLC is a supermarket
chain with 202 stores in Delaware
, Maryland
, Virginia
, and Washington, D.C.
. It is headquartered in unincorporated
Prince George's County
, Maryland
, near Landover
. 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.
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.
Giant introduced a new logo on August 21, 2008, as part of a larger rebranding campaign; the logo is shared with Stop & Shop.
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
chain with 202 stores in Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, and Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
. It is headquartered in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Prince George's County
Prince George's County, Maryland
Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, near Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
. 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
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
grocery chain.
In 2004, Giant-Landover merged with sister company Stop & Shop
Stop & Shop
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company is a chain of supermarkets located mostly in the northeastern United States. Its main rivals are Shaw's Star Market and Hannaford in New England, while ShopRite and the A&P family of supermarkets are its main competition in New York and New Jersey.- History :Stop...
to create Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover
Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover
Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover is a company owned by Ahold USA, a subsidiary of Royal Ahold. The company was formed in 2004 by a merger of Giant Food and Stop & Shop, two formerly separate companies within Ahold USA...
, which itself is a subsidiary of Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
-based Royal Ahold.
In 2006, Giant signed a five-year agreement with Starbucks Coffee to open Starbucks locations in several of Giant's stores.
Giant introduced a new logo on August 21, 2008, as part of a larger rebranding campaign; the logo is shared with Stop & Shop.