1. Giant/Martins and Tri-State
Area Foods
Matthew Dunnington

2.  Tri-State Area Foods is a highly committed
grocery store that provides high quality
products to our customers. Our main goal
as an organization is to make sure that
customer service is at its best each and
every day. We will always create a safe
and healthy working environment and will
be known as one of the best grocery
stores in Maryland.
Mission Statement

3.  Tri-State Area Foods and Giant Food
Stores is known as one of the best retail
grocery stores to ever exist here in
Western Maryland.
 Tri-State Area Foods will do extensive
research on Giant/Martin’s to help us
succeed.
Introduction

4.  The popular name brands Giant
Foods/Martins sell to their consumers are
such as Nabisco, Craft, UTZ, Pepsi, Coca-
Cola, Turkey Hill ice cream, Tasty Cake,
Frito-Lay, McCormick and many more.
 Tri-State Area Foods will also distribute
the same popular brands to the customers
and would like to sell Giant brand
products.
Cont. Introduction

5.  Began and would made them as one of the
best grocery organizations in the world today.
 1923 when David Javitch had ran the double
butcher meat shop that was called Carlisle
Meat Market(Giant Food Stores, 2012).
 1936 rolled around Javitch’s entrepreneurial
experience had came into play when he had
taken a chance on a brand new business.
Also, he had purchased a store in Lewistown,
Pennsylvania (Giant Food Stores, 2012) .
History of Giant/Martins Foods

6.  the 1950’s Javitch wanted to enlarge the Carlisle
store from an original meat market into a large
grocery business (Giant Food Stores, 2012).
 1968 which brought along newly built stores in
the suburban areas (Giant Food Stores, 2012).
 By 1970, Giant had built stores in Hagerstown,
Maryland (Giant Food Stores, 2012).
 Nick Riso. He had joined the company in 1972 as
CEO and President (Giant Food Stores, 2012).
 When the 50th store opened with the company it
had led to a new President for Giant/Martin’s
Allan Noddle was a very dedicated person and for
Giant Foods as well (Giant Food Stores, 2012).
Cont. Giant/Martins History

7.  1997 Tony Schiano was the new president of
Giant/Martin’s.
 2007-2008 Schlicker was the former Executive
Vice President of Sales and Marketing and then
was promoted to President and CEO of
Giant/Martin’s organization .
 President and CEO after Schlickers promotion to
Stop & Shop which then the company had named
Sander vander Laan as the new President and
CEO of Giant/Martin’s.
 In 2009 and 2010 Giant/Martin’s had bought 25
Ukrop’s super Markets in Richmond, VA
 As of today President and CEO of Giant/Martin’s
is Rick Herring.
Cont. Giant/Martins History

8.  Tri-State Area Foods is newly founded in
Western Maryland on January 2, 2013.
 There future plans is to extend more
stores in Hagerstown and Baltimore, MD
which allows the organization to build
relationships in larger cities.
History of Tri-State Area Foods

9.  Serves our customers with top quality
products.
 Every employee will be treated equally
not based on sex, religion or race.
 We will donate to the Ronald McDonald
House fund to allow other kids to have
things that they can’t have in life.
 Sponsoring sporting events to get our
name out to the community and be known
to have a perfect history.
Cont. history of Tri-State Area
Foods

10.  We would sell their products at an agreed-
upon price, and they would retain some
profits received.
 Hopefully continue to work with Giant,
regardless of comparative sizes.
 The way we can only be able to Giant
Foods is to order from to join the same
wholesaler which is through C&S.
How to help Giant/Martin’s

11.  Strengths
 Weaknesses
 Opportunities
 Threats
SWOT Analysis

12.  Value
 Quality
 Freshness
 Pricing
 Advertising
 Customer Service
 Safe and Healthy Working Environment
Strengths

13.  New to the area.
 Location in a small city of Cumberland,
MD.
 No buying power.
 Newly built grocery retailer.
 New to customers.
Weaknesses

14.  Hopefully to expand in the near future.
 Be the best grocery retail store in the
area.
 Build customer relationships.
 Promote employees.
 Proper On-job-training.
Opportunities

15.  Other competitors in the grocery retail
Industry such as Food lion, Wal-
Mart, Giant Eagle.
 Sales at different prices.
 Different name brands.
 Offerings from other competitors that
could maybe beat ours.
Threats

16. Competitors

17. Popular Name Brands

18. Giant Brand Product Logo

19.  After doing research on Giant/Martin’s and
being employed there for six years, I strongly
feel that they will help Tri-State Area Foods
to provide us top quality products. It will
ensure that consumers will be guaranteed
freshness each day they come to shop with
us. Finally I believe that not only
Giant/Martin’s Food Stores will help us, but
they will always go down in history as one of
the best grocery retailers on the east coast.
Conclusion

20.  Tri-State Area Foods and Giant/Martins Food
Stores will not only just be the original grocery
stores in Western Maryland but the will be the
elite grocery retail stores on the east coast.
 As of today Giant/Martins is one of the largest
retail grocery chains on the east coast spreading
from Pennsylvania to Virginia.
 Giant/Martins will always be successful and
guarantee customers low prices and best quality.
 Tri-State Area Foods will also do the same as to
provide customers best quality and customer
service everyday.
Executive Summary

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