With three kids to feed, Randi Grimes of Penn Valley finds herself at the Genuardi’s Family Market in Wynnewood almost every other day. But Grimes said she won’t mind a little change in her routine when the grocery store turns into a Giant Food Store within the next six months.

“I’m really excited,” Grimes said as she filled her SUV with groceries. “Giant has a lot more prepared foods and a lot more organic options.”

Two Giants will soon appear on the Main Line, which also has a Genuardi’s at St. Davids in Radnor Township, now that Giant bought 16 Genuardi’s from Safeway Inc., in a $106 million deal announced Thursday.

As of late, the area has been a revolving door for grocery stores, and Giant is no stranger to the region: The company, based out of Carlisle, Pa., owned the Food Source in Bryn Mawr, which officially closed its doors Oct. 22, 2011. Bryn Mawr’s ACME closed in May and isn’t slated to open again until the spring of 2012.

Bundled in a brown coat and black hat while pushing carts through the parking lot, Genuardi’s worker Scott Kennedy said he’s a bit sad the store will close.

“I used to work for Safeway before it closed, and now I’ll have to start all over again – again,” Kennedy said.

Florence McLaughlin of Wynnefield said she doesn’t shop much, but when she does she enjoys the help at Genuardi’s and will miss it if Giant doesn’t uphold the same services.

“They always send someone to help me if I need it,” McLaughlin, who uses a walker, said.

For many others, Genuardi’s and Giant represent two different price points. Grimes said Giant remains more budget-friendly, and Mindee Segal of Havertown said she goes to three different grocery stores: Giant, Superfresh and Genuardi’s.

“It depends on what I’m looking for when I decide where to go,” Segal said upon hearing about the switch for the first time. “I consider [Genuardi’s] a little more gourmet, and I like its Kosher section."

But for some, like Ed Gwozda of Havertown, food is food.

“As long as they have my wife’s yogurt, my peanuts and fat free cottage cheese, I don’t care,” Gwozda said peering into his plastic Genuardi's bag.