I posted this topic yesterday on the Facebook page, but not everyone sees that. So thought I’d start it here.
I really miss the old school Genuardi’s, I really do. Genuardi’s ROCKED before they sold out to Safeway. It’s been one giant (no pun intended) crap-fest since then. They just can’t get it together. A few years ago, they closed some underperforming stores and just this week announced that they are selling more to Giant.
Giant Food Stores to buy 16 Philadelphia-area Genuardi’s markets-that’s the headline from Philly.com.
And the list, directly from the article:
Genuardi’s in the Philadelphia Area: What’s being sold, what’s closing and where
Sold to Giant
2395 York Rd., Jamison
2890 S. Eagle Rd., Newtown
168 N. Flowers Mill Rd., Langhorne
4275 County Line Road, Chalfont
1375 Boot Rd., West Chester
830 E. Baltimore Pk., East Marlborough
550 E. Lancaster Ave., St. Davids
950 Baltimore Pike, Springfield
50 E. Wynnewood Rd., Wynnewood
1844 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown
737 Huntingdon Pike, Huntingdon Valley
1121 Bethlehem Pike, Spring House
310 S. Henderson Rd., King of Prussia
1925 Norristown Rd., Maple Glen
2350 Susquehanna Rd., Roslyn
467 Suymneytown Pike, North Wales
Closing
260 Eagleview Blvd., Exton
70 Buckwalter Rd., Royersford
1930 W. Main St., Norristown
For Sale
3121 Fire Rd., Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
710 Route 73, South Marlton, N.J.
1632 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N.J.
912 W. Bay Ave., Barnegat, N.J.
73 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown
25 W. Germantown Pike, Norristown
2850 Audubon Village Dr., Audubon (Pa.)
200 Ridge Pike, Conshohocken
Since the Kennett Square store is slated to become a Giant………it begs the question………what about the New Garden (Giant) store? I can’t imagine that they’d close it, since they just remodeled it. Yet I can’t imagine that there is a big enough customer base to support two locations so close together. And then again, ever since Acme closed the store there in New Garden, that whole area has just been circling the drain. There were rumors at one point that Safeway was pursuing the old Acme location. And of course, whenever a grocery store closes or opens in this area….the names Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s pop up. That Whole Foods opened in the Glen Mills Genuardi’s location…..only helps to fuel those rumors. And unless I am positively losing my mind (which is possible) I am certain that within the past year or two, I read in the Kennett Paper that both Walmart and Superfresh in Kennett applied for zoning stuff related to expanding and remodeling to sell groceries. Let’s face it, ever since Genuardi’s sold out to Safeway, that store has not been what it once was.
