Giant Food Stretches Lead As Largest Baltimore-Area Grocer

Follow this company widened its lead as the largest grocer in the Baltimore area, according to the latest annual report from Columbia's Food World magazine.

Giant sales rose to $1.45 billion in Baltimore and the five surrounding counties for the 52 weeks ended March 31.

Sales at its 39 Baltimore-area stores rose from $1.31 billion in 2010. It increased its market share to 18.6 percent, up from 17.1 percent in 2010.

Landover-based Giant is a owned by Dutch grocery giant Royal Ahold. That topped No. 2 Safeway, which had Baltimore-area sales of $722 million. Safeway's sales rose from $721.5 million in 2010, but its market share dropped slightly to 9.2 percent, compared with 9.4 percent in 2010.

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