The old, locally managed, family, Giant was so good virtually nobody would enter the market. The current, managed from Europe via Boston, corporate, Giant is slipping badly. Can you say expanded McGruders - more and larger Safeways - Shopper's - Ukrops - Weiss - Harris Teeter - Wegmans - not to mention the specialty (sort of) places like Super H or Whole (Fresh Fields) Foods or Balducci (Sutton Place). The market is bigger, there are more competitiors, but a slipping Giant (with Safeway trailing) is still the big dog. Remember Coop, Grand Union, A&P (Super Fresh), and lots of others who couldn't make it in WDC region. Does anyone besides me find Harris Teeter overpriced and little, if any, better than Giant/Safeway for most items? Wegman's must have something going for it judging by the crowds, but one store far away doesn't interest me much.