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CINCINNATI — While the $13 billion Fred Meyer acquisition five years ago is still known around Kroger as “The Merger,” the company here has remained active on the acquisition front, focusing mainly on in-market purchases of small...
When opportunity knocked, Giant Eagle answered.The result is Project Opportunity, a community outreach program that offers jobs and ongoing mentoring to disabled young people between ages 16 and 21.Over the last 13 years, Giant Eagle, based here...
Giant Eagle is all for giving, but it felt things were getting a bit out of hand.So it developed scorecards to evaluate the money going out and the return on investment coming back in."The company determined a couple of years ago that we needed to...
Giant Eagle is a firm believer in giving something back to the communities that have supported its stores for 73 years."We believe we have an obligation to give back to the communities from which we earn our living," David Shapira, chairman and...
Arlene Petite facilitator Conroy Education Center, Pittsburgh We have had 30 or 40 students from Conroy go through Project Opportunity, and nearly half of them are still with Giant Eagle, including the first two we placed in 1991. Project...
DuPree Dawkins is one of the newest members of the Giant Eagle family to come to the chain through Project Opportunity. DuPree, who has been with Giant Eagle for six months, is a 19-year-old who told SN he has a learning disability. "It takes me...
H.E. Butt Grocery Co.’s knowledge of its local market makes it a great merchandiser of products. But that knowledge also makes the chain aware of problems and challenges faced by its customers and communities. The retailer has an extensive...
Ask anyone in the supermarket industry to name the best U.S. food retailers and virtually every short list will include the name H.E. Butt Grocery Co. It's a phenomenon that pleases H-E-B's executives but doesn't faze them."We're flattered when...