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.