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Grocery Store Philosophy

Giant Eagle Food Store has a deal in which customers get money off gas purchases. But I'm no longer upset with the lady in the SUV, who not only greedily filled up her GMC Giga Humongous 4x4 with dual gas tanks at the Giant Eagle Food Stores Get-N-Go Gas Station but also her 2 1/2 gallon red plastic gas container and her two 10-gallon gas cans, in clear violation of the Giant Eagle policy posted right near the sign that directs people to leave their cell phones in their vehicles to prevent them from blowing up the Earth.

Why not?

Giant Eagle bought out some of the stores of a competitor that is closing all of its stores in the area, leaving Giant Eagle about 90% of the market share. I read in the local newspaper this morning that Giant Eagle took over a store out on the east side of town and notified all the employees that they would be re-hired, but at $3 less per hour. Also, unless they work over 37 1/2 hours a week, they will not receive health insurance, which means almost all the workers in the store will not receive health care benefits, which they had previously received as a fringe benefit.

I think that sucks. So, I'm not shopping at Giant Eagle.

Posted by Bill at October 16, 2006 05:58 PM