The Giant Co. continues home-state footprint expansion

Further expanding its home-state footprint, The Giant Co. on Tuesday announced plans for a new store in Salisbury Township in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

The ground-up build, which is about 68,000 square feet, is a redevelopment of a vacated section within the South Mall Shopping Center and will include an onsite fuel station.

Construction on the new store is scheduled to begin in 2025 once permits and approvals are available. Specific store amenities, as well as an opening date, will be announced later, the grocer said.

The new store will be in Lehigh County, which currently includes seven The Giant Co. stores employing more than 1,400 people.

Once completed, the retailer’s current store and fuel facility, located at 3015 West Emmaus Ave. in Allentown, will close.

“After 35 years at our current location on West Emmaus Ave., it’s time to grow our store footprint and move a little further up the road,” said John Ruane, president of The Giant Co., in a statement. “A larger and updated store will allow us to offer our Allentown area families the latest amenities while underscoring our commitment to providing our customers with great value, the best quality and friendly service they’ve come to expect from Giant.”

The Carlisle, Pennsylvania-based grocery retailer is also pushing its presence even further in the Philadelphia area with plans for its first store in Jenkintown, which is located 10 miles north of Philadelphia. The new store will bring over 100 jobs to the area, the Ahold Delhaize USA banner announced in May.