[Chat] The new Waverly Crossing Giant
Stephen J Gewirtz
gewirtz at bellatlantic.net
Tue Jul 27 00:31:18 EDT 2004
Now that I have finally had a chance to visit the new supermarket, I am
mystified about how it was described as having narrow aisles. What I
saw were very roomy aisles, especially compared to the Rotunda or to
Safeway or to either Whole Foods Market in Baltimore City. As to
prices, I am one who usually stocks up at Giant on come-ons I use
regularly, and I only buy other things I absolutely need (frequently
bananas, soy milk, lower sodium tomato juice, cat food and cat litter).
The come-ons were well priced, and the rest was the usual Giant --
nothing spectacular, but prices are not bad either.
I should note that I am one who likes to cook and who usually shops for
food at three places: the Waverly Farmers' Market, Giant, and Whole
Foods Market. Because the new Giant is bigger than the one at the
Rotunda, it carries some of the things that I otherwise would buy at
Whole Foods, but there still is a lot that I will not find at Giant.
Muir Glen organic canned tomatoes were on sale at the new Giant for less
that I would pay at Whole Foods, and I have never seen them at the
Rotunda Giant. In general, the new Giant has more organic products than
the Rotunda Giant; also, it carries King Arthur flour (all purpose and
bread flour, but not whole wheat -- all great if you like to bake bread
and don't mind paying for quality) which you can get at Whole Foods or
at larger Giant stores or by mail order from Vermont but not at the
Rotunda Giant. The produce at the Waverly Crossing Giant looked to be
fairly good, but I still like the Farmers' Market and Whole Foods. I
did not take a look at the meat or poultry since I buy it rarely and
only organic free ranging. The breakfast cereals I like are available
only at Whole Foods; I looked for them at the new Giant and did not find
them.
Yes, you can buy a cart for $25 plus sales tax, and I got one even
though my backpack generally has sufficed in the past for shopping at
the Rotunda. It is nice to walk only 10 minutes instead of 30, but it
is still about a 75 minute walk to Whole Foods in Little Italy to get
items that Giant does not carry (worth the time for me, but I am retired).
So in my view, the new Giant is an improvement over the one at the
Rotunda, and I will undoubtedly buy quite a bit there. It is not the
largest Giant store I have seen, but the larger Giant stores have no
more of the things I am interested in buying. Checkout seemed to be
much quicker than at the Rotunda. It still will take me a while to
learn where things are there, but I made a good start today.
Steve.
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