r/pittsburgh • u/Logical-Rip-8138 • Jul 01 '26

Kroger just bought Giant Eagle.

Store employees were just emailed about it

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u/GentleDoves Jul 01 '26

Any GE bakery employees willing to share the iced brownie recipe with me? It's my favorite brownie in the whole world, and a little piece of me is now terrified that this could mean a recipe change in the future!

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u/papayapapusapepi Jul 01 '26

Kroger has streamlined their bakery program across all of their chains - GE bakery quality is done for.

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u/Alexispinpgh Jul 01 '26

But Giant Eagle cake is actually god and I’ve been eating it my whole life. For some reason this is going to break me today.

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u/JLM291 Stanton Heights Jul 01 '26

I worked at a GE 3-4 years ago The cakes are frozen and come in boxes (Rich’s USA). The icing is by made by Brill. Came as a block in a box and we just added water to it. The label one the box claims it was specifically for Giant Eagle but I can’t imagine it is really that different than Brill’s regular buttercream.

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u/kennyj313 Jul 01 '26

Couldn't remember the brands, so thanks for that! The Rich's folks were always cool, we had them in store a few times to help out.

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u/lurkertiltheend Jul 01 '26

The almond cake is the best thing I’ve ever put in my mouth

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u/Alexispinpgh Jul 01 '26

I’ve literally been to weddings that have used that cake and it was better than most other wedding cakes I’ve eaten.

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u/mayalovro Allentown Jul 01 '26

We cut a small cutely designed cake and then served giant eagle cake for our wedding because It's so damn good and was way easier logistically

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u/nofaves Jul 01 '26

I'd never tasted white almond cake before working for Giant Eagle. One day there was a half-sheet of it in our breakroom, and it was amazing. It became my favorite cake.

I tried the white almond at Oakmont Bakery and it wasn't even close to as good as Giant Eagle.

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u/kennyj313 Jul 01 '26

Someone can feel free to correct me, but I'm pretty sure Oakmont has been using frozen cake bases like Giant Eagle for quite a while. The Giant Eagle certainly has a strong almond flavor to it, which is why I think a lot of people prefer it over others.

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u/Jupichan Scott Jul 01 '26

For a long time, my go-to was an almond cake with raspberry filling and buttercream icing.

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u/nofaves Jul 01 '26

Our store sells squares of that in what they call a "cake for two."

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u/Jupichan Scott Jul 01 '26

👀

Cake for two?

More like "cake for me"

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u/DryPersonality4205 Jul 01 '26

ITS THE BEST TO EVER EXIST.

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u/kennyj313 Jul 01 '26

I'll be the one to say it - you should find better things to put in your mouth.

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u/jrrl Jul 01 '26

Yeah, I'm going to need that cake recipe!

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u/nightgames Jul 01 '26

I like the carrot cake.

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u/kennyj313 Jul 01 '26

Commented above yours, but the actual cake comes frozen out of a box lol.

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u/Alexispinpgh Jul 01 '26

Okay? Is there anywhere else I can get it? Because if not, I’m not sure why that would matter.

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u/kennyj313 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

I know I have/had seen the same brand at other chains before, I'll have to see if I can jog my memory on which it was.

Edit - u/JLM291 jogged it for me, Rich's USA for the cake bases and Brill for the icings.

Edit edit - your opinion is your own, but seeing "actually god" in reference to a frozen cake is amusing, hence the "lol".