This also had the effect of giving some stations a considerable distance from a main Giant Eagle location. The combined chains took the GetGo name (Giant Eagle + Guttman Oil), although a small handful of the Cross Roads stations still bear the name. In late 2003, Giant Eagle agreed to buy most of the Cross Roads stations from Guttman Oil, which also happen to supply the Giant Eagle Fuel stations as a jobber. Like most such concepts, Giant Eagle Fuel stations only sold gasoline. This was in line with most other major supermarket chains in the early 2000s that began opening up gas stations at supermarkets, alongside big-box chains Walmart & Kmart, as well as warehouse club chains like Costco and Sam's Club. Meanwhile, in 1995 local supermarket chain Giant Eagle opened a gas station at a Giant Eagle location in Youngstown, Ohio branded as "Giant Eagle Fuel", expanding on this extensively in 2001. The chain had a presence throughout the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, primarily competing with 7-Eleven, Sheetz, and several local chains. GetGo initially opened in 1985 as the convenience store chain Cross Roads, which was the retail brand of Guttman Oil Company based in nearby Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. A record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said last week, with leisure and hospitality workers quitting at more than twice the average national rate.A GetGo location in Indianapolis, selling BP fuel instead of GetGo-branded fuel. The incident points to a larger pattern of workers getting fed up with issues like low wages and rude customers and leaving their jobs. "The Team Member remains with the company and we are working with her to learn as much as possible about the situation and to offer any support needed," another GetGo spokesperson, Dan Donovan, told Insider. In a statement to Pittsburgh City Paper, GetGo said, "This regrettable sign in no way reflects the appreciation our company and the dedicated Moon Township store team have for those we serve." During the brief closure, the team member involved posted a handwritten sign in a store window making inaccurate claims about treatment by guests." The worker walked off at about 6 a.m., leaving a note that said: "Closed because the people of Moon Township treat our employees horribly!!! And ran off the staff."Ī GetGo spokesperson, Jim Sweeney, told KDKA: "The store was closed after a team member - the sole team member working in the GetGo at the time - had a negative experience with a guest. The GetGo convenience store in Moon Township, roughly 15 miles west of Pittsburgh, was unstaffed for about an hour on Tuesday morning, the local CBS station KDKA reported. GetGo said that the worker had had a "negative experience" but that the complaint was "inaccurate."Ī gas station in Pennsylvania briefly closed this week after its only employee at the time walked off the job. The worker left a note saying customers "treat our employees horribly," a local CBS outlet reported. A gas-station worker in Pennsylvania walked off the job this week, saying in a note that customers "treat our employees horribly." Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty ImagesĪ Pennsylvania gas station briefly closed on Tuesday after its only employee at the time walked off.
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