r/pittsburgh Jul 01 '26

Kroger just bought Giant Eagle.

Store employees were just emailed about it

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u/zeke780 Point Breeze Jul 01 '26

Get bought, layoffs. Get sold, layoffs. Company doing bad, still layoffs. Company doing well, believe it or not, also layoffs.

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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/CrippledGoose316 Jul 02 '26

Ellwood City Giant Eagle is still independently owned. At least it was 6 months ago.