Giant

If i had realized Green Valley (formerly superfresh) was only a couple minutes further away from my house i’d have started going there years ago! Giants prices even with bonus card savings are much higher than Green valley and they don’t need sales prices or bonus cards. Just regular every day pricing is better. Also every singe time I go to giant they have stopped selling yet another item i used to regularly get there and there seems to be no rhyme or reason. Today it was gerbers 3^rd foods baby dinners that my one year old loves. So if your baby is older than 6 months old but not spoon feeding themselves yet, which is a pretty big jump they no longer have the dinners for your baby??? I wanted to complain to someone but had the baby with me and wanted to get home. I’m so over being dissapointed and paying too much money.

Oh Giant… if only you weren’t so convenient to my house, I’d never step foot in here.
Let’s talk about the pros of Giant first. Clean, large, has a pharmacy, PNC bank, and a Starbucks. They also generally have ample cashiers available and the store is organized well so I don’t waste time here. The prices are reasonable if you mostly stick to what is on sale.
Cons: The produce. While everything looks pretty and fresh, everything generally has a 48 hour shelf life at your house so if you don’t plan on using the produce in the next day or 2, you might as well just save time and throw it away now. This becomes a bind when you are trying to buy fresh fruit during for the week and your peaches spoil by Wednesday. Note: I am not expecting farmer’s market freshness, but the insta-​spoil produce from Giant is unacceptable. I’m also not a fan of the deli. They serve Boar’s Head, which is vastly overpriced for the quality.
2.5 stars but rounded up only due to convenience.

Went here recently after having not been in a long time. What a disappointing experience. The shelves were not well stocked, they didn’t have the 1 item I really needed (Cocoa powder), produce did not appear to be fresh — the strawberries we got had a few in the middle of the container that were spoiled. Also needed to use the ladies room and it was disgusting. Dirty, paper towels all over the floor, 1 stall out of order and the other one had the huge roll of cheap toilet paper not n the holder but over the hook on the back of the door. Prices are normal for this area. Staff not all that friendly.

This Supermarket is well organized, have good selection of juices and Produces! Store is clean and employees always have been friendly so far…

Jody’s review nails it. She should be Giant’s lobbyist LOL. However I feel like Giant’s prices aren’t that bad. It all depends on you! If you feel like their prices are high, I’m sorry! If you feel like it’s not bad? Then yay! :)
This is my go-​to place because it’s nearby where I live and their prices are competitive and sometimes cheaper than it’s competitors. The service there is always great and they usually have everything I need/​want when it comes to necessities and most food selections. Costco meets my other, bigger needs.
Anyways, Giant’s customer service is consistently on point, they have most of the stuff you need/​want and I always have a good feeling going there.

The store is wonderful but the Pharmacy is horrible. They can only process one Rx at a time and misplace half of those. SO don’t have your Dr send over more than one per day. Also, they say they will auto-​fill a refill on a certain date but when you arrive, it’s not there and most of the time, they don’t even have enough medication to fill it so you get a few pills then have to go back later to get the rest. I am thoroughly fed up with them after making several visits and calls for 3 simple prescriptions recently and have switched pharmacies. It is too bad because I really like the rest of the store and will continue to shop there.

It’s the closest grocery to my home, the produce area always have a variety of fresh products, I like the convenience of the redbox and Starbucks kiosk.
However I had a really bad experience at the customer service desk, from 2 Caucasian females and one was a manager. There was no“customer service on that desk” at all.
These days I only stop by this store when I really need something, otherwise I head to Safeway.

LOVE this giant!!! The produce selection is out of this world!!! Sundays are pretty crazy tho, I find that they run out of a lot of the produce selection Sunday afternoon’s. So make it early, or come super late on the weekends to get the best deals on selection.
The staff members are friendly, my only issue with this store is that there are often long lines to check out especially on the weekends!

Very clean. Always stocked. Friendly staff. I never wait in line more than a few minutes or I just use the self check out. Very safe location even when going alone at night! (Avoid Food Lion) Bakery.yummy. deli & I love the salad/​fruit bar! Very big store. Parking is easy always an open spot. Redbox, Starbucks & a bank inside. I love the little wheeled carts when I only need a few items!

I don’t shop much at this place much.

I shop here once a week. I don’t think the prices are bad at all. Some people need to know how to shop: plan a menu, use a shopping list (and stick to it) and take advantage of sales. Another easy way to save money here? Clip coupons! The store will double any coupon under $ 1. You can also use a store coupon and a manufacturer coupon combined on the same item! If I don’t clip coupons, I save $ 20 on avg with my club card. If I do clip coupons, I save another $ 20 – 30 on top of the club card.
The store is clean, the service is great, what I need is always in stock and available.

If the prices weren’t so high, I’d give it 5 stars. I mean, they even have cup holders on the carts here!
This Giant is big, clean, and organized pretty well. It’s got a Starbucks and bank inside. Great produce and deli selections. There are lots of check out lines and self checkout too so I never have to wait long here. They also seem much better at bagging… not like Wal-​Mart or Food Lion where they just chuck one or two items in each bag. They recently added the little scanner guns! It’s really fun. You basically shop with the gun and scan each item and put it into your cart. I have reusable bags so I bag while I shop too. Then you go to the self-​checkout and just pay. It saves so much time and you can keep track of how much you’re spending as you go along.
I definitely try and shop the sales here as the other items are pricier than some of the other stores.

This is the best supermarket in Elkridge. The only other grocer in town that comes to mind is a Super Fresh (which ironically lacks in the freshness department).
This Giant is fairly new and very clean. I feel very comfortable with the quality of their produce department. They have a large selection of goods in general, including many items that I don’t find at other markets (particularly the Super Fresh I mentioned), such as chicken deli meat, no sugar added juices, and Roberts American products. Yes I like all the choices I can get.
They also have dedicated aisles for organic food and international food — which is a bit pricey, but sometimes its just easier buying soy sauce here than hauling it over to Lotte for one measly bottle.
The staff is usually friendly. At the very least they are efficient. Like many other Giants, the store contains a Starbucks and a Chevy Chase branch. The store is well stocked, yet not cramped. No complaints from me here.

To sum it up, a coworker of mine calls this grocery store «The Palace.»
This is new store in a new shopping center. It is very large, clean, and well stocked. The produce is always fresh and the meat and seafood are some of the best in my area (for grocery stores anyway).
The parking is more then adequate and the service is good. There are always plenty of cashiers, in addition to the self checkout lines.
I’ve only used the pharmacy once or twice, so I can’t comment on it.
The only reason I don’t shop this store exclusively is because SuperFresh tends to have better sales, so I generally purchase some things there (but I go to the one on Rt 40 when I’m out that way; never the one on Rt 1, it’s terrible). But meat, deli meat, and produce I always get at this GIANT.
There is a starbucks in this store, along with a salad bar, boston market meal counter (not a BM, just BM meals packaged on shelves) and an olive bar (is that what you call it?). They also have an entire aisle for organic foods, as well as some organic foods sprinkled in on other aisles.
This is a nice place to shop and worth driving to if its convenient to you. It a huge step above the SuperFresh off of Rt 1 (and only 10 mins away) and the Food Lion (about 7 mins away) on Waterloo Road.