Giant Food Store in Broomall holds grand opening event
MARPLE TOWNSHIP >> Giant Food Stores will celebrate the grand opening of its new Broomall store in Marple Township at 2180 West Chester Pike 8 a.m. Dec.
6. The new 74,000 square foot store replaces the current Springfield Road location and will operate from
6 a.m. to midnight seven days a week and will employ 200 full and part-time team members, adding 50 new positions.
Scott Grygo, a 24-year grocery veteran, has been appointed store manager of the newest Giant, and he will bring his team and community leaders together during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 6. As part of the celebration festivities, the first 200 customers in line will receive a Giant reusable shopping bag filled with product samples, 200 Giant Choice Rewards points and other grand opening savings.
The new Broomall store will offer an expanded farm fresh produce department with more than 350 fresh produce items, including a variety of organic and local items. The produce department will also have, in-store cut fruit, fresh squeezed juice, a smoothie bar, kombucha taps and an expanded salad bar. In addition, the new store will feature a full-service deli with a selection of grab and go meals, made to order sandwiches and salads and an expanded hot food offering that includes a barbecue station featuring meats that are smoked in-store daily. The deli will also feature an in-store charcuterie station, local fresh and frozen pasta and artisan cheeses, as well as a mozzarella station featuring cannoli and other fresh products from Spring Grove, Pa.-based Caputo Brothers Creamery.
The meat and seafood departments will offer a wide selection of fresh fish, USDA Prime and Nature’s Promise meats as well as a selection of dry aged beef cut to order. There will be a fullservice bakery and a floral department.
The Broomall Giant will also feature a Beer & Wine Eatery, stocked with a selection of more than 300 varieties of beer and wine, and where customers can pull up a chair and enjoy a meal. The new eatery seats 30 and will be open Monday — Saturday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. and 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. Customers will also find a fullservice pharmacy within the store. The new Broomall store also offers convenient catering options with Entertaining by Giant. Customers can place an order at the store or order online at www.giantfoodstores.com.
Giant Choice Rewards will also be offered, giving Broomall customers a way to increase their savings through personalized offers on products they already buy. Busy customers can choose to visit in-store or order their groceries online for delivery or easy curbside pick-up with Giant Direct, at www.giantdirect. com. Customers are invited to join the entire Broomall store team and community leaders for a 7:40 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 6.
Rep. Kirkland applauds efforts to introduce more opportunities to Chester via state tax credits
State Rep. Brian Kirkland, D-Delaware, applauds $52,000 in tax credits granted across three programs designed to improve health, home and opportunities within the city of Chester.
The funding through the Neighborhood Assistance Program, part of a statewide package recently announced by Gov. Tom Wolf, is designed to “promote community participation and collaborations among nonprofits, businesses and residents while producing outcomes that assist a distressed area or the low-income population in a neighborhood,” according to a release from Wolf’s office.
In Chester, three separate programs have been awarded tax credits:
• $11,000: Chester Community Improvement Project working with Riverfront Alliance of Delaware County to improve the exterior of 12 homes in the Nova Vista and West 15th Street residential communities via power washing, painting and installation of light and camera fixtures.
• $11,000: Boys & Girls Club of Chester to introduce 25 under-served youth to water safety and swimming instruction, including several to receive Professional Association of Diving Instructors certification and other open water or SCUBA diving certifications.
• $30,000: The Foundation for Delaware County working with Chester Housing Authority to enroll 20 Healthy Start and/or NurseFamily Partnership clients in a supportive housing initiative, as providing vulnerable, low-income families with safer, more stable and affordable housing would improve the health of mothers and babies.
Main Line Health social worker named 2019 National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year® finalist
Joanne Glusman, MSW, LSW, APHSW-C,of Bryn Mawr, a clinical social worker at Bryn Mawr Hospital, part of Main Line Health, has been named as a finalist for the 2019 National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year® (NCCY) Award. Glusman, a member of the palliative care team and an off-shift crisis social worker, is one of six finalists from across the country, all of whom are health care professionals working to make a profound difference through their unmatched dedication to compassionate care.
According to a Main Line Health press release, “Glusman has been impacting lives in many ways. Whether through her work on the palliative care team, as the off-shift crisis social worker, as faculty for the hospital’s residency program, or as co-chair of the Main Line Health Diversity, Respect and Inclusion Council and Steering Committee member, her inherent empathetic nature shines through.”
Wallingford resident releases first children’s book
Wallingford resident and former elementary school teacher in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, B.E. Exon has just released her first children’s book with Austin Macauley Publishers, Moxie and the Kite-Bite’n Ash. She has also taught children internationally, from Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, to Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland.
Told in a rhythmic rhyme scheme, Moxie and the Kite-Bite’n Ash tells the story of a young, impetuous boy named Moxie and his friend, Mr. Cat as they explore the perfect location to fly their new kite, Apollo Pan. When he encounters a decrepit only tree in the middle of an otherwise perfect field to fly his kite, Moxie decides to ignore the obvious warning signs against flying kites near the tree and he and Mr. Cat soon realize they have a lot to learn regarding humility and responsibility.
Moxie and the KiteBite’n Ash, published by Austin Macauley, will be released Nov. 29 will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in other bookstores throughout the country. For more information, visit: www.austinmacauley.com/us.