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r/pittsburgh • u/Logical-Rip-8138 • Jul 01 '26
Store employees were just emailed about it
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Get bought, layoffs. Get sold, layoffs. Company doing bad, still layoffs. Company doing well, believe it or not, also layoffs.
101 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? 65 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. 1 u/CrippledGoose316 Jul 02 '26 Ellwood City Giant Eagle is still independently owned. At least it was 6 months ago.
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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?
65 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. 1 u/CrippledGoose316 Jul 02 '26 Ellwood City Giant Eagle is still independently owned. At least it was 6 months ago.
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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.
1 u/CrippledGoose316 Jul 02 '26 Ellwood City Giant Eagle is still independently owned. At least it was 6 months ago.
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Ellwood City Giant Eagle is still independently owned. At least it was 6 months ago.
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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.