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84-562: Built in 1959, the shopping center covers 38 acres between Tremont Road and Northwest Boulevard. It is the location where Les Wexner opened his first Limited store. It once fell into disrepair, but has since been completely remodeled and now serves as a popular gathering place for the city's residents. The center was built in 1959 on what was once the Galbraith farm between Tremont Road and Northwest Boulevard in Upper Arlington ,

168-782: A café with prepared sandwiches, Giant Eagle's own Market District coffee, salad bar, and a wireless internet connection. There is also a GetGo gas station. On June 4, 2024, Giant Eagle announced new Market District Express concept, which is designed to be a hybrid of the flagship Market District format launched in 2023 with the Giant Eagle Express format that was launched in 2022. The first of this brand's stores opened on December 5, 2013, in Peters Township, Pennsylvania . The second Market District Express store opened on August 18, 2016, in Bexley, Ohio . The Bexley location

252-535: A suburban city founded in 1918. In 1963, Les Wexner borrowed $ 5,000 from his aunt to open the first Limited store – the first of what is now a billion-dollar retailing empire, L Brands . Department store Lazarus , one of the founding components of the Federated Department Stores chain, opened a branch at the mall in 1970. It started out as an 85,000 sq. ft. building and was enlarged to 108,000 sq. ft. in 1977. The Kingsdale Co. purchased

336-570: A GetGo Kitchen. Although older Giant Eagle locations tend to be unionized and some are even franchised stores, in recent years the company has started leaning toward non-union company-owned and operated stores. In areas where a franchised store exists, if a GetGo exists nearby, it's operated by Giant Eagle itself, separate from the franchised supermarket. Giant Eagle rebranded some of its stores as Market District in an attempt to attract upscale shoppers. The initial two stores opened in June 2006 in

420-778: A broad number of stores", Giant Eagle chose to close its Optical locations beginning in August 2009. In December 2008, Giant Eagle opened the rebranded Valu King supermarket in Eastlake, Ohio. The Valu King name dates back to the 1980s. The rebranded Valu King operated stores in Eastlake , Ravenna , and Brooklyn in Ohio and Johnstown and Erie in Pennsylvania , with the most recent store opened in May 2012. In 2012, Giant Eagle opened

504-605: A group of wrestlers who are survivors of the Ohio State University abuse scandal publicly called on state and federal officials to conduct further inquiry into Maria Farmer's allegations of sexual assault at the Wexner property. The wrestlers called for accountability for the Wexner family's alleged involvement in Epstein's abuse and raised the issue of the continuing influence of Abigail and Leslie Wexner serving as

588-630: A holding company named International Seaway Foods as the main umbrella for Rini-Rego Stop-n-Shop. In 1998, Giant Eagle acquired the International Seaway Foods and converted the Rini-Rego Stop-n-Shop stores into Giant Eagle Stores. Giant Eagle also purchased or opened other Northeast Ohio stores outside the Stop-n-Shop area, such as the former Apples supermarkets in the nearby Akron area. The company entered

672-579: A house Wexner owned and sometimes resided in while Advisor of Victoria's Secret. Wexner was born in Dayton, Ohio , on September 8, 1937, to parents Bella née Cabakoff (1908–2001) and Harry Louis Wexner (1899–1975). Both his parents were of Russian-Jewish origin. His father was born in Russia and his mother was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn . She moved to Columbus, Ohio as a toddler. Wexner has

756-400: A kitchen, but the levy did not pass due to opposition by organizations such as Citizens for Common Sense who felt that residents should not have to pay taxes for services they might not use and some residents believed the area was too valuable as a commercial site to develop it as a community center. Upper Arlington also lacked sidewalks , making it dangerous for residents to walk there. Despite

840-469: A major retail owner at malls in America. Most notably, he acquired the lingerie business Victoria's Secret in 1982. Started as an MBA project by Stanford graduate Roy Raymond , Victoria's Secret attracted Wexner's interest due to the unique, high quality merchandise and Victorian-era decor of the shop which featured red-velvet sofas. Wexner described Raymond as "very guarded", stating, "When I met him, it

924-485: A mixed-use center rather than the retail-only center for which the owner has been seeking tenants. However, the owners also raised the rent charged their tenants, which impeded sales. This backfired when the Franklin County Board of Revisions actually raised the center's tax value by $ 5 million, retroactive to 2002. In 2005, developers Long & Wilcox and Wears Khan McMenamy started buying up houses near

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1008-597: A net worth of one billion USD or greater. Wexner purchased his New York property, the Herbert N. Straus House , in 1989 and sold it to Epstein in the mid-1990s following Wexner's marriage to Abigail. In July 1991, Wexner granted Epstein power of attorney and also instated him as a trustee on the board of the Wexner Foundation . Wexner has been accused of failing to take action when complaints were raised against Epstein, after executives of L Brands reported (in

1092-559: A new low-cost supermarket concept called Good Cents, located in Ross Township, Pennsylvania . The concept is similar to that of a Valu King, but carries a slightly larger product selection. Good Cents eventually replaced all rebranded Valu King as Giant Eagle's low-cost brand. Good Cents and Valu King both were no frills stores designed to compete with similar stores such as Aldi , Save-A-Lot , and Bottom Dollar Food . On February 25, 2015, Giant Eagle announced it would close all

1176-518: A presence in the area. The construction of new supercenters, including Walmart and others, and no frills supermarkets such as Aldi attracting value-seeking customers have somewhat decreased Giant Eagle's regional market share in the first decades of the twenty-first century. Giant Eagle's market dominance in Greater Pittsburgh has led to accusations of the company buying up either existing supermarket locations or prime real estate for

1260-465: A recruiter for Victoria's Secret prior to another alleged assault. In early 2006, Epstein was charged in Florida with "multiple counts of molestation and unlawful sexual activity with a minor". The New York Times reported that 18 months after the charges were filed, Wexner cut his ties with Epstein. In August 2019, following Epstein's second incarceration and prior to his death, Wexner addressed

1344-599: A standalone Ace Hardware store. All locations have dedicated team members to the hardware store, paint mixing services, and a wide variety of hardware products. All six stores are located in the Pittsburgh market. The latest store with Ace Hardware opened in Rochester, Pennsylvania , in the spring of 2022. Giant Eagle was the largest shareholder of the Phar-Mor chain during its heyday in the 1980s and 1990s, although it

1428-1603: A store in Somerset, Pennsylvania , a new store in Johnstown, Pennsylvania , and its first Maryland stores: one in Cumberland , one in Hagerstown , and two in Frederick . The Cumberland store closed in December 2003, and the Hagerstown store closed in August 2005. Giant Eagle has aggressively expanded its footprint in the Greater Columbus area, capitalizing on the demise of the former Big Bear supermarket chain, and taking Big Bear's traditional place as Columbus's upmarket grocer. Giant Eagle first entered what it calls its "Columbus Region" in late 2000, opening three large newly built stores at Sawmill and Bethel Rd., Lewis Center, and Dublin-Granville Rd., with two more following in 2002 and 2003 at Gahanna and Hilliard-Rome Rd. The Hilliard-Rome Rd. location closed in early 2017. In 2004, Giant Eagle purchased nine former Big Bear stores in Columbus, Newark, and Marietta from parent company Penn Traffic . Giant Eagle has since expanded to several additional locations, acquiring other abandoned Big Bear stores and in newly constructed buildings using

1512-491: A vacation. Wexner analyzed the sales and inventory, identifying the most and least profitable items. When his father refused to adjust the inventory, Wexner decided to open his own store. In 1963, Wexner's aunt lent him $ 5,000 which he combined with a matching loan from a bank in order to start The Limited . The store took its name from its focus on moderately priced merchandise, such as skirts, sweaters and shirts, that sold quickly and quickly generated revenue. Wexner opened

1596-781: A younger sister, Susan. Wexner attended Bexley High School and Ohio State University . He initially expressed an interest in architecture but graduated in 1959 with a major in business administration. While a student at Ohio State University, he joined the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity . Wexner served in the Air National Guard. He briefly attended the Moritz College of Law . Wexner began his retail career working in his parents' clothing store, "Leslie's", which had been named after him. According to Wexner, he began working at his parents' store so they could take

1680-469: Is a concept store. As of May 2016, the only operating store is in Harmar Township, Pennsylvania . An Indiana, Pennsylvania location closed its doors in 2015. The store is larger than a GetGo, but much smaller than a regular Giant Eagle supermarket store. However, the store offers many of the same services as a Giant Eagle, such as a deli and a drive-through pharmacy. Giant Eagle Express also offers

1764-520: Is an American supermarket chain with stores in Pennsylvania , Ohio , West Virginia , Indiana , and Maryland . The company was founded in 1918 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, and incorporated on August 31, 1931. Supermarket News ranked Giant Eagle 21st on the "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on sales of $ 11 billion. In 2021, it was the 36th-largest privately held company , as determined by Forbes . Based on 2005 revenue, Giant Eagle

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1848-422: Is notable as it features a full restaurant and bar inside, alongside groceries in a 30,000 square foot store that spans three floors. GetGo is a convenience store chain that also has gas stations. Giant Eagle began adding pharmacies to their stores in the 1980s, along with other " store-within-a-store " concepts photo, floral, and video rental. Giant Eagle Pharmacy also offers several immunizations throughout

1932-535: Is the 49th-largest retailer in the United States. As of summer 2014, the company had approximately $ 9.9 billion in annual sales. As of fall 2023, Giant Eagle, Inc. had 496 stores across the portfolio: 211 supermarkets (Giant Eagle, Giant Eagle Express, Market District, Market District Express) 8 standalone pharmacies, 274 fuel station/convenience stores under the GetGo banner, and three standalone car wash under

2016-620: Is the largest in the university's history. Through the L Brands Foundation, Wexner and L Brands contributed $ 163.4 million to the Columbus Foundation. On February 10, 2012, Ohio State University Medical Center officially changed its name to the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University commemorating "Mr. Wexner's indelible, lifelong legacy of leadership at Ohio State", according to university president E. Gordon Gee, during over 30 years of "ardent support" of

2100-575: The Arena District , purchased Kingsdale in late 2009. Ohio's first Giant Eagle “Market District” was built a year later. The 110,168 square-feet store was built just south of the original store in place of the old Stein Mart building. It features a cafe, wine and beer store, exotic foods, an on-site dietitian, beauty specialist, cooking classes, and more. Designation in 2009 as an "entertainment district" allowed liquor licenses to be issued, continuing

2184-584: The Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh and Bethel Park , just outside Pittsburgh. There are now 20 stores under this brand. The 20th store is now open in the Pittsburgh suburb of Murrysville, Pennsylvania . That store is a result of Giant Eagle closing their existing Murrysville location in July 2022 for five months to do extensive renovations. They have just finished converting a store on Rt 3, Westerville (a suburb of Columbus) to this name. Giant Eagle Express

2268-653: The Toledo market, opening two stores in 2001 and 2004, both of which eventually closed. Giant Eagle emerged as one of the dominant supermarket chains in Northeast Ohio, competing mainly against the New York-based Tops , from which it purchased 18 stores in October 2006. The purchases came as Tops exited the Northeast Ohio area. Giant Eagle purchased independently owned County Market stores, giving it

2352-600: The "biggest and best-known benefactors" of the university. L Brands shareholders filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery of Delaware on January 14, 2021, stating that Wexner, among others, created an "entrenched culture of misogyny , bullying and harassment", and was aware of abuses being committed by Jeffrey Epstein, which breached Wexner's fiduciary duty to the company and devalued the brand. The complaint also names Wexner's wife, current chair Sarah E. Nash, and former marketing officer Ed Razek, whose "widely known misconduct"

2436-733: The 104th Sphinx Senior Class at Ohio State University on May 7, 2010. On February 10, 2012, the Ohio State University board of trustees voted to rename the Ohio State University Medical Center in honor of Wexner. Now, the medical center is known as the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center . Wexner hosted a fundraiser in 2012 for Mitt Romney and donated $ 250,000 to Restore Our Future , Romney's super PAC . In 2015, Wexner donated $ 500,000 to

2520-537: The Advantage Card, an electronic loyalty card discount system (already popular in many chains), as a sophisticated version of the obsolete stamp programs. The card was later modified to double as a video rental card for Iggle Video. The company began the Fuelperks! program, allowing customers the opportunity to earn 10 cents off each gallon of gas at GetGo fuel stations. In early 2009, Giant Eagle launched

2604-526: The Board of Trustees of Ohio State University from 1988 to 1997. In December 2005, Wexner was appointed to his second term and was elected chairman in 2009. It was announced in June 2012 that Wexner's chairmanship was to end, eight years before his appointment would have ended. On May 11, 2004, Wexner received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship at a dinner in Columbus. The award

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2688-774: The Flashfood app, Coinstar , grocery pickup and delivery, and pharmacies. Giant Eagle also has banking partnerships with Citizens Bank in Pennsylvania and Huntington Bank in Ohio and West Virginia. The chain has built large prototypes, and it has experimented with many departments unusual to supermarkets. Larger stores feature vast selections of ethnic and organic food, dry cleaning services, catering, drive-thru pharmacies, in-store banking, as well as in-store coffee shops, pubs, restaurants, and prepared foods. Prepared foods are also sold at larger GetGo locations that can accommodate

2772-1048: The Foodperks! program, mainly geared towards GetGo, allowing customers who use their Fuelperks! at GetGo to also save on groceries at Giant Eagle. In February 2013, Giant Eagle discontinued the Foodperks! program because it was "a little too complex". In 2017, Giant Eagle changed Fuelperks! to Fuelperks+ and reintroduced the benefits of Foodperks!. Under the new program, among other benefits, customers earned points by shopping at Giant Eagle, Market District, or GetGo stores and by filling prescriptions at Giant Eagle Pharmacies. These points could be redeemed to save on groceries and gas. In late 2021, Giant Eagle began to roll out another new system, myPerks and myPerks Pro, which allows customers to take advantage of exclusive sale prices and earn bonus points. Switching from Fuelperks+ to myPerks became an option for all customers in 2022. Giant Eagle retired its longtime Fuelperks+ program on January 25, 2024. All existing Fuelperks+ customers were merged into

2856-568: The Giant Eagle branded items, which are priced lower than national brands, yet higher than Valu Time. Before these brands existed, Giant Eagle generally used Topco's Food Club label as the generic product. Until 2022, Giant Eagle had the highest market share of any supermarket chain in the Pittsburgh area, giving it a de facto monopoly in some parts of western Pennsylvania; only stores supplied by United Natural Foods (UNFI) such as Shop 'n Save , FoodLand , and County Market have much of

2940-485: The Giant Eagle name. The Kent and Ravenna stores were the first to be converted at that time; the Youngstown stores then got converted years later. Around the mid- or late 1990s, Giant Eagle later reached Cleveland by acquiring the Rini-Rego Stop-n-Shop stores in the area. Rini-Rego Stop-n-Shop stores were family owned and operated in different areas of Cleveland. The family operators of Rini-Rego Stop-n-Shop formed

3024-558: The Good Cents stores by the end of March. It was looking for open spots at nearby Giant Eagle locations for displaced employees. On March 2, 2015, all Good Cents stores were sold and closed. Giant Eagle has about 32,000 employees and many of them are unionized under United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776ks of Pittsburgh, AFGE and UFCW Local 880 of Cleveland . The Maryland and Columbus stores are not unionized, much like some independently owned stores throughout Pennsylvania and

3108-692: The Moravitz and Weizenbaum families built their own successful chain of grocery stores named OK Grocery. In 1931, OK Grocery merged with Eagle Grocery to form Giant Eagle, which was incorporated two years later. Giant Eagle quickly expanded across western Pennsylvania, weathering the Great Depression and World War II. The chain remained based solely in western Pennsylvania until the 1980s, when it bought Youngstown, Ohio -based wholesaler Tamarkin Company, and its Valu-King stores that were converted to

3192-416: The Pittsburgh area: North Hills (McIntyre Square), South Hills (Donaldson's Crossroads), east (Monroeville), and west (Robinson). The stores accepted most major vision plans and offered a wide variety of designer frames, as well as exclusive Giant Eagle brands. They also participated in the Fuelperks! program and were staffed mostly by ABO-certified opticians. Noting that "some programs don't prove viable across

3276-412: The Pittsburgh city limits while GetGo has, although both competitor chains have several locations within the immediate suburbs; 7-Eleven 's 2021 acquisition of Speedway made the issue partially moot as 7-Eleven has operated multiple locations within the Pittsburgh city limits for decades, though Sheetz remains "locked out" by GetGo. Giant Eagle was also successful in blocking a Walmart location opening at

3360-636: The Right to Rise USA super Pac that supported the 2016 presidential campaign of Jeb Bush . The Columbus Dispatch reported on September 14, 2018, that Wexner had renounced his affiliation with the Republican Party due to changes in its nature. Wexner made his comment shortly after former President Barack Obama gave a speech on the same Columbus Partnership panel that Wexner addressed. Giant Eagle Giant Eagle, Inc. ( Western Pennsylvania English : / ˈ dʒ aɪ n . ɪ ɡ əl / )

3444-660: The WetGo banner. The company is headquartered in an office park in Cranberry Township, PA in Butler County . After World War I , three Pittsburgh-area families—the Goldsteins, Porters, and Chaits—built a grocery chain called Eagle Grocery. In 1928, Eagle, which at the time had 125 stores, merged with Kroger . The three families agreed to stay out of the grocery business for at least three years. Meanwhile,

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3528-554: The Wexner Foundation, releasing a written statement that his former financial advisor, Jeffrey Epstein, had "misappropriated vast sums of money" from him and from his family. Wexner retained the services of Debevoise & Plimpton criminal defense attorney and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Mary Jo White . Wexner faced additional public scrutiny in late 2019 and early 2020, when

3612-544: The Youngstown, Ohio area. Some employees in the Eagle's Nest and Photo Lab departments are also nonunion employees. Giant Eagle currently uses the slogan "That's Another Giant Eagle Advantage" with its advertising, focusing on the eAdvantage offer of the week. This campaign features store employees and customers, that put their own spin on what Giant Eagle offers. The campaign includes a focus on product selection, quality, customer service, and price leadership. From 2011 to 2014

3696-646: The center and built multi-family condominiums called Town Center Place. City Council lowered zoning restrictions on big-box retailers in September 2007, but turned down Regency's proposed Target store. In 2007, Federated Department Stores became Macy's Group Inc. and rebranded all of the Lazarus stores, including the Kingsdale location, as Macy's. Although the 2001 deal fell through, Continental Real Estate, developers of Lennox Town Center and parts of Easton and

3780-449: The center in 1977 and completed a $ 4 million remodeling project in 1982. In its early days, Kingsdale attracted high-income shoppers from the suburb to anchor stores Lazarus and The Union. Other tenants included Madison's, an Ohio-based women's clothing store, and an S. S. Kresge Corporation dime store. Sales were waning in the late 1980s. The owners wanted to renovate the property, but their lender, Boston Real Estate, did not approve of

3864-435: The center's growth and spurring interest by more tenants. The center now has restaurants, bars, banks, an urgent care facility, hardware store, sporting goods store, video game store, pet supply store, Goodwill , a Giant Eagle Market District, and more. In January 2015, Macy's announced that the company was closing three Ohio stores, including the Kingsdale location, by the end of March. The store closed in late March 2015, and

3948-484: The chain liquidated. Giant Eagle once operated Iggle Video locations inside many of its locations to serve as its video rental shop . Like Giant Eagle Pharmacy, Iggle Video (which spelled "eagle" from its phonetic pronunciation in Pittsburghese , even outside of Pittsburgh) never operated in stand-alone locations. Like other video rental chains, Iggle Video offered movie and video game rentals. They also served as

4032-419: The city had envisioned in their master plan. Large tenants Stein Mart and Barron's China and Gifts left later that year. Regency Centers proposed a $ 1.5-million façade upgrade after Giant Eagle bought the bankrupt Big Bear store in 2004. In May 2004, the owners asked the city to lower its tax value by $ 3.3 million. They claimed the center remained mostly vacant due to zoning restrictions that requires to have

4116-488: The company parted ways with Laura Shapira Karet who was both chairman of the board and CEO. Bart Friedman was appointed chairman. This marked the first time in the company's history when the chairman was not a member of one of the five founding families. In addition, Bill Artman was appointed CEO, which marks the first time the position was not held by a member of the Shapira family since 1968. In 1991, Giant Eagle introduced

4200-469: The convenience focus used in the previous campaign. From 1993 until 2001, "it takes a giant to make life simple" was used as the slogan. This was focused on convenience, and spawned the "Fee Fi Fo Fum" commercials. The commercials featured everything from the general store, the produce and deli departments to a spot featuring Jay Bell and Jeff King of the Pittsburgh Pirates . This replaced

4284-644: The current Giant Eagle prototype. Giant Eagle opened its 20th Columbus-area store at New Albany Road at the Ohio Rt. 161 freeway ( New Albany ) in August 2007, its 21st area store at Hayden Run and Cosgray Roads ( Dublin ) in November 2007, its 22nd area store at Stelzer and McCutcheon Roads (Columbus) in July 2008 and its 23rd area store at South Hamilton Road and Winchester Pike (Groveport) in August 2008. A new Giant Eagle opened in Lancaster , in November 2008, and

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4368-455: The dilapidated Northern Lights Shopping Center in Economy, Pennsylvania , though Walmart eventually opened a location on the hillside behind the property in 2014 after finding a loophole around Giant Eagle's lease at Northern Lights; Giant Eagle ultimately closed this location on January 2, 2021. Before Walmart, Giant Eagle's last nationally-significant competitor in the Pittsburgh market

4452-589: The end of the event, citing the growing number of equestrian competitions. Wexner has owned the mid-18th century Foxcote House in Warwickshire, England, since 1997. George W. Bush appointed Wexner to serve in the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008. Wexner was inducted as an honorary member of

4536-421: The existing Giant Eagle location in the area, allowing for the property to be redeveloped. The location opened in a former Lawson's , and assumed the prescription accounts from the previous location. Giant Eagle partnered with Arlington Lens Supply in 2010 to sell contact lenses online via their website. Ricker's was a 56-store, Indiana-based convenience store and gas station chain. In September of 2018, it

4620-532: The first store on August 10, 1963, in the Kingsdale Shopping Center in Upper Arlington, Ohio , a suburb of Columbus. One year later, Wexner's parents closed their store and joined their son in running The Limited. He opened the second Limited store in August 1964. He took Limited Brands public in 1969, listed as LTD on the NYSE . A. Alfred Taubman served as a mentor for Wexner, starting in

4704-548: The former Big Bear located at Blacklick Crossing has undergone an expansion and remodeling. On September 27, 2018, Giant Eagle announced it would purchase the Ricker's convenience store chain in Indiana, marking the largest acquisition for GetGo since the chain's launch. It is not known if the Ricker's chain will be integrated into the GetGo brand following the closure of the deal. Much as it has done in Pennsylvania alongside Sheetz , GetGo plans to join Ricker's in having Indiana change their laws regarding alcohol sales. In 2023,

4788-469: The history, thought, traditions and contemporary challenges of the Jewish people". In 1991, Wexner formed with billionaire Charles Bronfman the Study Group , which is more widely known as the Mega Group. The group was a loosely organized club of some of the country's wealthiest and most influential businessmen who were concerned with Jewish issues. Max Fischer , Michael Steinhardt , Leonard Abramson , Edgar Bronfman , and Laurence Tisch were some of

4872-575: The institution. On January 23, 1993, Wexner married Abigail S. Koppel, an attorney. The couple have four children. Formerly of the Bexley area, Wexner now lives in New Albany, a community northeast of Columbus. He owns a 30-room, $ 47 million, Georgian -inspired estate, on nearly 336 acres (1.36 km ), that was built in 1990. The estate was, for 20 years, the location of the Annual New Albany Classic Invitational Grand Prix & Family Day (an equestrian show) benefiting The Center for Family Safety and Healing. In February 2018, Abigail Wexner announced

4956-477: The list. He was a major funder of the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University, which is named in honor of his father. Wexner explained that because "growing up, my folks moved around a lot, and I never got a good Jewish education", he felt unprepared to take leadership roles in the Jewish community. So, in 1985, he joined Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman to establish the Wexner Foundation's first core program, aimed "to educate Jewish communal leaders in

5040-466: The local Ticketmaster outlet in the Pittsburgh region before Ticketmaster phased out physical ticket locations outside venue box offices. In the mid- to late 2000s, Giant Eagle phased these stores out in favor of Redbox automated retail machines, with Ticketmaster sales moved to the customer service desk. In October 2004, Giant Eagle began a long-term experiment with in-store optometry centers dubbed "Giant Eagle Optical". There were four locations in

5124-462: The longest serving CEO of a Fortune 500 company. He was on Harvard Business Review’s Top 100 Best Performing CEOs in the World, ranked number 11 in 2015, and number 34 in 2016. In February 2020, Wexner announced that he was transitioning from CEO of L Brands into the role of chairman emeritus. Wexner hired Jeffrey Epstein as his financial manager from 1987 to 2007. He was the primary client of Epstein, who claimed to only work with clients with

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5208-442: The managing agent. A 64-foot clock tower was built in 1993 and Stein Mart become a large part of the center in 1994. The center gained 11 stores between 1992 and 1994, seven of which opened in 1994, including Stein Mart. It was the third Stein Mart opened in Ohio and the first in the Columbus, Ohio, area. In 1997, The Mall at Tuttle Crossing opened, and Regency Realty Corp. bought the property from their partners in 1998. Regency

5292-452: The members. The group would meet twice a year for two days of seminars related to the topic of philanthropy and Judaism. In 1998, Steven Spielberg spoke about his personal religious journey. The group, which Wexner co-chaired with Charles Bronfman, went on to inspire a number of philanthropic initiatives such as the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education , Birthright Israel , and the upgrading of national Hillel . Wexner served on

5376-455: The mid 1960s, and the two partnered on many deals involving Taubman's shopping malls . Wexner expanded The Limited considerably in the 1970s, having opened the 100th store in 1976. He took on significant debt in 1978 to purchase the importer and manufacturer Mast Industries, which provided him with essential business advantages over competitors. In the 1980s, Wexner doubled his retail holdings by purchasing other companies and became known as

5460-482: The mid-1990s) that Epstein was abusing his power and connection to Wexner by posing as a recruiter for Victoria's Secret models. Maria Farmer contacted local and federal authorities about an assault she allegedly endured by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell while working as an artist-in-residence on Wexner's Ohio property in 1996. Within a year of Farmer's complaint, actress Alicia Arden filed a police report in Los Angeles detailing that Epstein had misrepresented himself as

5544-625: The new myPerks program. There are 211 Giant Eagle Supermarkets and 274 GetGo locations in the United States: 103 supermarkets in western Pennsylvania , 111 in northeastern and central Ohio , two in Morgantown , West Virginia , two in Frederick , Maryland and one in Carmel , Indiana . Each store carries between 22,000 and 60,000 items, approximately 5,000 of which are branded by Giant Eagle. Giant Eagle offers more than two dozen departments across its stores. The range of services includes Redbox video terminals, Happy Returns , dry cleaning, Bissell carpet cleaner rental, Primo Water , lottery ,

5628-472: The overwhelming rejection to the tax levy , the city continued with plans to develop a “town center.” This caused some residents to seek to recall the city council members who unanimously voted to buy the 14 acres prior to putting the community center levy on the ballot. A few months later, in January 2003, the mayor resigned and the city backed out of the deal. With more than half of the storefronts empty, Regency Centers gave up on finding buyers to make it what

5712-403: The plan. Kingsdale Co. withheld payments during the dispute, eventually filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 1990. In 1991, about 20 percent of the retail space was vacant and at one time during the decade, only 55 percent of the center was occupied. Plans for remodeling began again after the center was given to Boston Real Estate Counsel Inc. in 1992 and Kravco Co. became

5796-402: The previous "A lot you can feel good about   ... especially the price" motto. The chain, under pressure from Wal-Mart , has implemented a lower-prices campaign throughout its stores, featured on products that customers buy most. Giant Eagle also sells Topco -produced Valu Time products, which are substantially cheaper than other private-label and name-brand merchandise. These co-exist with

5880-438: The project. Les Wexner Leslie Herbert Wexner (born September 8, 1937) is an American billionaire businessman, the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (formerly Limited Brands). Wexner retained Jeffrey Epstein as his financial manager from 1987 to 2007 and was initially the "main client" of Epstein’s money-management firm, according to Bloomberg . Epstein ran his business out of

5964-431: The retail spaces and building streets through the area. In 2001, a deal fell through with Continental Real Estate, a successful local developer, to buy and redevelop two-thirds of the property. This led to the city wanting to purchase 14 acres of the center to build a $ 27-million community center that would have had swimming pools, a gym, running track, fitness area, community hall, senior-citizens center, meeting rooms, and

6048-405: The slogan was "That's my Giant Eagle Advantage". From 2009 until 2011, the slogan was "Low prices. Uncompromising quality." In December 2009, a variation being used was "Lower prices. Uncompromising quality." for online advertisements on thepittsburghchannel.com website. From 2001 until 2009, the slogan "Make every day taste better", was used. It was meant to showcase product quality as compared to

6132-588: The sole purpose of not allowing a competitor come in. A notable example came in 2016, when the chain purchased property in McCandless, Pennsylvania , that had been planned for a Walmart location near an existing Giant Eagle; Walmart later backed out and Giant Eagle made no immediate announcement of plans for the property. The deal came only weeks after Giant Eagle laid off 350 workers from its corporate office. Similar accusations have been made about GetGo not allowing Sheetz or Speedway opening up locations within

6216-570: The space was sold to Kroger . Kroger ultimately sold the property to Continental Real Estate, which plans to develop a multi-use project on the site. Despite efforts by local preservationists, including the Columbus Landmarks Foundation , to save the building that formerly contained the Lazarus/Macy's store with its iconic blue-glazed brick façade and to see it repurposed, it was demolished in June 2021 to make way for

6300-407: The year for pneumonia , influenza , and Shingrix . These are typically walk-in, but vary depending on the pharmacists available. Until 2021, all Giant Eagle Pharmacy locations were located inside standard Giant Eagle and Market District locations. This changed when a standalone Giant Eagle Pharmacy opened in Columbus's German Village neighborhood after Giant Eagle opted not to renew its lease at

6384-422: Was Kroger , which had bought the original Eagle but exited Western Pennsylvania in 1984 due to labor issues with its union as well as the local economy at the time. Many Giant Eagle locations in Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio occupy former Kroger sites and used the distinctive Kroger prototypes from the 1980s with the sloped glass-roof entrance until most of the stores were remodeled or replaced with newer stores in

6468-671: Was allegedly allowed at the company. He was profiled in New York Magazine in August 1985, where he felt he had a dybbuk , a spirit from Jewish folklore. He said the spirit continually poked him to succeed, and that it looked like himself. In 2022, Wexner was mentioned in the pop song " Victoria's Secret ", for profiting off women and contributing to their toxic body ideals. When Jax sings that "I know Victoria's secret, and girl, you wouldn't believe. She's an old man who lives in Ohio making money off of girls like me", she refers to Wexner. Wexner's relationship with Epstein

6552-462: Was as if he met the devil." Six months later, when Raymond was facing bankruptcy, he contacted Wexner and offered to sell Victoria's Secret. Wexner bought the company for $ 1 million, and by 1992 it was worth an estimated $ 1 billion. After Wexner assumed ownership, Victoria's Secret became widely known for marketing its items with the use of super models featured in an annual fashion show , overseen by Ed Razek . By 2015, sales were in decline and 2018

6636-632: Was one of the subjects of the 2022 Hulu documentary Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons . In 1989, Wexner and his mother Bella were the first to make a $ 1 million personal donation to the United Way . Both of their names were inscribed in marble and are on display in the lobby of the United Way Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia . Wexner was listed by Forbes in 2017, the wealthiest of seven billionaires from Ohio who made

6720-466: Was operated separate from the main Giant Eagle chain. The Shapira family who owns Giant Eagle provided Phar-Mor founder Mickey Monus with the financing necessary to start his chain. After Monus was convicted of embezzlement , Phar-Mor filed for bankruptcy and eventually liquidated. Due to Giant Eagle's stake in Phar-Mor, it was able to acquire Phar-Mor's Youngstown-area assets in bankruptcy court after

6804-744: Was presented by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC . On February 16, 2011, Wexner pledged a donation of $ 100 million to Ohio State, to be allocated to the university's academic Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, with additional gifts to the Wexner Center for the Arts and other areas. This gift

6888-438: Was purchased by Giant Eagle and by January 2020, all of the locations were converted into GetGo stores. Giant Eagle has a contract to operate Starbucks kiosks in some of its stores; the workers are employed by Giant Eagle, but become certified baristas after completing the process. Giant Eagle has six stores that contain a franchise of Ace Hardware . These locations offer nearly all of the same products that would be found in

6972-893: Was the final year for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show . In 1993, Wexner hired Len Schlesinger , a Harvard Business School professor, whom he later appointed as a company director, to advise him. Over the years, Wexner built L Brands, a retailing and marketing conglomerate that included Victoria's Secret, Pink (Victoria's Secret for teens), Bath & Body Works, Henri Bendel , The White Barn Candle Company, and La Senza . Previous brands that were spun off include Lane Bryant , Abercrombie & Fitch , Lerner New York , The Limited Too (now Tween Brands, Inc.), Structure 9, Aura Science, The Limited (which closed its brick-and-mortar stores while retaining its online presence), and Express (which closed its Canadian stores and hundreds of its U.S.-based stores). In 2012, CNN Money described Wexner as

7056-485: Was the largest owner of grocery store-anchored shopping centers in the country at the time. A portion of the Kingsdale lot has been used as a COTA Park & Ride , closing once in September 1999 to make room for center renovations. In 2000, the center's vacancy rate ranged from 25-30 percent. There were several proposals about what to do with the complex including building a five-story community center , building office spaces and parking garages, as well as tearing down

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