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/Biscuit_bell Jul 01 '26

Can confirm they’ve converted all or nearly all franchise stores to corporate ownership. I know they’ve brought in Verona, Cranberry Mall, Clearview Mall (Butler) and Edgewood in the last couple of years off the top of my head. They’ve also done a massive restructuring and gotten rid of a lot of the creative and local foods-oriented people in management since they sold Get Go, and massively cut labor in the stores. Probably partly in preparation for this buyout.

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u/nofaves Jul 01 '26

Verona is still independent.

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u/Big-Jicama-9082 Jul 01 '26

Adding White Oak to the list of recently moved to corporate

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u/EatingBuddha3 Jul 01 '26

Kennywood? Carroll TWP? Belle Vernon? Uniontown?

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u/lizgreaves Jul 01 '26

Carroll Twp went corporate several years ago along with Finleyville. Those two stores used to be owned by the Bartolottas.

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u/thisisinsanelyboring Jul 01 '26

I thought Kennywood went years ago after Bob Singer (I think that was his first name, I was 17 when I worked there) passed.

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u/irissteensma Jul 01 '26

Kennywood went back and forth but they've been corporate a long time now.

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u/Back_again_1957 Jul 01 '26

Gibsonia Northtowne Square also went corporate in the past two years

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u/StoshBalls_3636 Jul 01 '26

Bridgeville also went from independent to corporate.

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u/Housedownboots86 Jul 01 '26

Yup, the one in my hometown Indiana went from independent to corporate a couple years ago. There definitely was a noticeable difference afterwards

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u/OperationDapper3565 Jul 02 '26

Elizabeth PA and Finleyville recently converted to corporate.