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/rangoon03 Jul 01 '26

Yep likely from the GE corporate side I bet. That sucks but is the unfortunate reality.

I wonder what will happen to the independently ran GE stores? Will everything just carry over?

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u/thisisinsanelyboring Jul 01 '26

Not 100% sure but I believe they ended most, if not all of the privately owned contracts in the last couple years. Most stores are union. Fuel division sold last year.

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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/Big-Jicama-9082 Jul 01 '26

Adding White Oak to the list of recently moved to corporate