No immediate changes were planned for the Ricker's chain. On September 27, 2018, Giant Eagle announced it would purchase the 56-store Ricker's convenience store chain in Indiana, marking the largest acquisition for GetGo since the chain's launch. Founded by Jay and Nancy Ricker in 1979, the chain grew to 56 stores across Indiana. Ricker's was a chain of convenience stores operating in Anderson, Indiana. Since gaining 100% control of GetGo, all GetGo locations are owned and operated by Giant Eagle, unlike the parent chain which has several older privately owned locations GetGo's that are at independently owned Giant Eagle locations are owned and operated by Giant Eagle itself, not the franchisee. Guttman Oil continues to supply GetGo today, initially having had an ownership stake in GetGo, but sold this stake to Giant Eagle in 2005, making GetGo a wholly owned subsidiary of Giant Eagle. Shortly afterwards, Giant Eagle bought some gas stations from Shell in Ohio that were near existing Giant Eagle locations to give the GetGo chain a footprint in major Giant Eagle markets in Ohio such as Columbus, Cleveland, Akron/ Canton, and Youngstown.įollowing these two acquisitions, most GetGo's have been built from the ground-up by Giant Eagle.
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 GetGo location in Indianapolis, selling BP fuel instead of GetGo-branded fuel.
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