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Friday, May 17, 2013

Savings Alert: Giant Eagle Offers Double Fuelperks in Pine, Richland

The double fuelperks! promotion runs through May 29.

For a limited time, Giant Eagle customers who spend $50 will receive double fuel perks at GetGo fuel and convenience store locations. Starting Thursday, May 16, shoppers can earn 20-cents off per gallon discounts for every $50 spent using a Giant Eagle Advantage Card inside any of its stores in the Pittsburgh market, including the Market District in Pine Township and the Giant Eagle on Route 8 in Richland.  The incentive runs through Wednesday, May 29. Giant Eagle estimates the incentive will result in about 2 million gallons of free fuel. The promotion comes just in time for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, when millions are expected to travel the nation’s highways. The bonus free fuel reward increases the traditional 10-cents per gallon…

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Giant Eagle Laying Off Employees

Most of the cutbacks affect employees at the grocer's corporate offices in O'Hara.

Giant Eagle announced it is eliminating 75 positions, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.  Rob Borella, senior director of corporate communications, told the PG the layoffs are part of a continuing effort to cut costs and operate efficiently. Most of the eliminated positions are at the company's headquarters in O'Hara. Giant Eagle employs 36,000 people in four states and about 11,000 in western Pennsylvania, a mix of part-time and full-time workers, the PG reported. In Pine-Richland, the company has a Giant Eagle store in Northtowne Square in Richland and a Market District store in the Village at Pine in Pine Township. It also operates GetGos in both townships. Giant Eagle has more than 200 supermarkets and more than 180 gas and …

Monday, February 4, 2013

Giant Eagle Ends Foodperks, Adds Incentive to Fuelperks

The last day to earn the perks will be Feb. 13.

Giant Eagle is ending foodperks! and adding extra incentive to use its fuelperks! program, according a press release from the Pennsylvania-based company. The foodperks! program, which began in 2009, gives customers a 1 percent discount on groceries for every 10 gallons of gas purchased at GetGo gas stations. That changes Feb. 7 with a 3-cent program that is similar to what competitor Sheetz offers. "The new GetGo 3-cent program is simple," Borella said. "Every time a customer scans his or her Giant Eagle Advantage Card while fueling at GetGo and isn’t redeeming fuelperks!, he or she will receive 3 cents off per gallon." The last day to earn foodperks! will be Feb. 13 and discounts must be redeemed by May 31. The foodperks! program is being…

Cynthia Rinaldi

8:58 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

I saved well over $1000 on the food- and fuel-perks programs and now I will be shopping elsewhere, where prices are cheaper. What's next Giant Eagle? No more double coupons? And the "it's too complicated" excuse is not sitting well with those of us who understood and knew how to use the program. This is unfortunate.   more ›

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Jobs Nearby: GetGo Hiring 35 People for Cranberry Locations

Get in and get employment with Giant Eagle’s Getgo. A job fair will be held at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center.

Giant Eagle’s GetGo will host a job fair on Saturday, Oct. 6, to fill 35 full-time and part-time store positions available at its upcoming locations in Cranberry, including the GetGo that’s opening soon on Route 228 as part of the Cranberry Crossroads development.  No appointment is necessary. Applicants may simply attend the job fair between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center on Rochester Road. Interested persons may also apply in advance online at Careers.GiantEagle.com.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Sharpsburg Man Charged with Possessing Prescription Pills Waives Hearing

Karl William Boscia III was arrested at Getgo in Richland Township.

A 29-year-old Sharpsburg man facing drug charges waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday when he appeared before Magisterial District Judge Suzanne Blaschak. Karl William Boscia III was arrested in May at the GetGo in Richland Township and charged with misdemeanor counts of possession of 16 prescription pills and drug paraphernalia. The pills were 7 Clonazepam; 4 Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone; 3 Morphine and 2 Gabapentin, the criminal complaint states. Northern Regional police were called to the GetGo on Grandview Drive about 9:30 p.m. May 31 for a "possible intoxicated male" who was pumping gas, according to the criminal complaint. When Officer Jeffrey Jones arrived, Boscia was cleaning the outside of his windshield, the complaint states. "…

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Traffic Stop Turns Into Drug Bust in Richland Township

The case againt Terry B. Ely Jr. is forwarded to Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.

A traffic stop for a loud muffler turned into a drug bust recently in Richland Township and the arrest of a man wanted on an active warrant. Terry B. Ely Jr., 23, of Westmoreland City, PA—one of three persons in the car—is charged with possessing 51 stamp bags of heroin with the intent to deliver, as well as possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. He was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday, but did not show up. Magisterial District Judge Suzanne Blaschak forwarded the case to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. His formal arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 30. Ely was in the back seat of a red 1989 Chevrolet Corsica traveling on Route 8 around 9 p.m. on July 12 when police pulled the car over into the Getgo parking …

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