Gotta love Giant Eagle. What a sale....Submitted by kniki217 t3_yu7lh8 in pittsburgh
Der_Missionar t1_iwael8u wrote
Reply to comment by immargarita in Gotta love Giant Eagle. What a sale.... by kniki217
No, Giant Eagle absolutely can lower prices, they've played anti competitive crap over and over, keeping competition out. They know exactly what they are doing. They see themselves as whole foods, and are pricing themselves up and marketing themselves as whole foods. It's positioning.... all while forcing competitors out. I've heard the higher ups talk about it.
By the way, the owners... there are stories about the owners.
Seriously... GE is not one you want to be defending here.
DennisG47 t1_iwanrxw wrote
They actually bought a huge piece of property in the North Hills just to keep a competitor from getting it.
Jupichan t1_iwaq447 wrote
Right. And when Bottom Dollar came to Pittsburgh, they opened up their own version of the stores right next door to almost every one of them, priced them out of town, and when Bottom Dollar folded, they closed all of their cheaper stores within a few weeks.
Der_Missionar t1_iwbjgvd wrote
The North Hills situation was a Super Walmart was moving in -- Giant Eagle created a ridiculous campaign that it was going to bring in crime and drugs from the inner city. They gave yard signs to people all over Wexford - protesting. Then they bought the property, or something...
In the other case, I'm surprised Bottom Dollar didn't sue for anti-competitive behavior.
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