Kroger’s $1.65 Billion Giant Eagle Deal Is Still Pending. 5 Things Pennsylvanians Should Watch for at Their Store

On July 1, Kroger announced it would buy Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion.

The good news for Giant Eagle fans?

Your Giant Eagle is still a Giant Eagle.

These are the things many Pennsylvanians should watch for at their store while Kroger’s Giant Eagle deal is still pending.

1. Signs and Banners

Giant Eagle says it will keep its name and run its supermarkets and pharmacies as a division of Kroger after the $1.65 billion purchase.

That covers the Market District brand as well.

Newsweek reported in July that shoppers are unlikely to see immediate changes to store signage or amenities.

Until the deal closes, the two companies will keep operating separately.

When you pull in, see whether your store’s sign and any Market District banner match that report.

2. myPerks Loyalty Program

Kroger plans to keep Giant Eagle’s myPerks loyalty program.

The program is one of the strengths Kroger lists for Giant Eagle, along with its store base, pharmacy business and private label portfolio.

Kroger is also exploring additional ways to expand the program’s reach.

Any changes to rewards programs, apps or digital offerings are likely to be announced closer to the deal’s close, Newsweek reported in July.

If you collect myPerks rewards, keep an eye out for word from Giant Eagle about changes to your account.

Chain Store Age reported in 2025 that the GetGo sale to Alimentation Couche-Tard let myPerks continue without interruption at both Giant Eagle and GetGo.

3. Pharmacy Counters

Giant Eagle’s pharmacies make up about one-third of the company’s annual sales, public radio station WESA reported.

Those pharmacies are inside its supermarkets and at 11 standalone locations.

Giant Eagle says Kroger will keep operating all of them, and pharmacy customers should see no interruption in service.

Kroger also plans to pair Giant Eagle’s pharmacy strengths with its digital tools, Newsweek reported.

If you fill prescriptions at Giant Eagle, your pharmacy is part of that plan, whether it’s inside a supermarket or a standalone location.

Giant Eagle took on Rite Aid prescriptions and customers in 2025.

4. Stores That May Be Sold

Kroger and Giant Eagle expect to sell a limited number of Giant Eagle stores to win regulatory clearance.

Giant Eagle doesn’t expect the acquisition to result in store closures.

Neither company said at the July announcement how many stores would be sold.

Yours could be among them.

Advan Research figures reported in July put about 7% of Giant Eagle’s supermarkets within 5 miles of a Kroger.

That 7% is measured across the chain’s five-state footprint, not just Pennsylvania, so it doesn’t show how close your store is to a Kroger.

Pittsburgh’s mayor said in July that he wants locations to stay open, and his office was looking to meet with Kroger executives.

5. Prices and Discounts

Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice in October 2026, asking them to scrutinize Kroger's Giant Eagle deal.

She asked for the same scrutiny of two other major proposed food-industry acquisitions.

Her concern is that you could pay higher grocery costs and see fewer discounts.

She also pointed to overlap between the two chains' territories, which she says could reduce competition in local markets.

A letter isn't a ruling.

Pittsburgh Business Times reporter Tim Schooley feels the letter is unlikely to have any consequences for the deal.

Workers and the Union Contract

Giant Eagle had more than 30,000 workers when the deal was announced in July, Axios Pittsburgh reported.

Giant Eagle's chief executive says the deal brings greater growth opportunities for team members.

WPXI reported Kroger plans to keep Giant Eagle's employees.

In June 2025, almost 5,000 workers at 34 Giant Eagle stores in Pennsylvania and West Virginia approved a four-year contract.

Those workers belong to United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1776.

The union said the agreement raises wages and improves retirement plan funding.

The union put the approval vote at 94%.

Your store may be one of those 34.

The Eagle Grocery Roots

Giant Eagle's roots trace to Eagle Grocery, which three families founded in 1918, according to Axios Pittsburgh.

Those families sold the chain to Kroger, then reunited with other partners to form the Giant Eagle you shop at today.

The FTC Review

If you're wondering where Kroger's Giant Eagle deal stands, CBS Pittsburgh reported on Oct. 16 that the FTC was still reviewing it.

Giant Eagle couldn't comment during the review.

In July, Grocery Dive reported that a Loyola University Chicago law professor expects Kroger to face what the FTC calls a second request for information.

In the same story, Susman Godfrey antitrust partner Barry Barnett expects the FTC to be friendlier to mergers in general, which could help the deal.

State attorneys general could weigh in too, as officials in Washington state and Colorado did when they sued to block Kroger's Albertsons deal.

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