Giant adding stores and fuel stations in PA

Ahold Delhaize USA announced last month that Giant will undertake a $70 million capital spending plan that includes six new supermarkets, major remodels to two stores, and five new fuel stations in the next two years. 

New stores are planned for East Stroudsburg and Walnutport, and new stores will replace older locations in Feasterville-Trevose, State College, Warrington and Broomall.

The stores being remodeled are in West Chester and Shrewsbury.

The company also said it would continue to invest in its Beer & Wine Eateries, of which Giant currently has 59. Overall, the grocery retailer has 171 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

Former Broomall Pathmark sold, to be cancer treatment center

The former Pathmark property on Lawrence Road in Broomall was sold by parent company A&P for $4.8 million and will soon become a Chester-Crozer medical center. According to a published report, design plans are moving forward and the facility will be used for a cancer treatment center. A Spring 2014 opening is anticipated.

Pathmark closed their store on the property in October 2010.