Giant Eagle

I have been shopping at this Giant Eagle location since it opened in 1988 and I really liked it. Unfortunately it has recently changed for the worst. The organic section is gone and also a lot of items that I like to buy. It seems like they have changed it to a supermarket that only carries the basics now. The good stuff is gone.
The other thing that is disturbing is that I got approached in the parking lot by someone who was panhandling for money. That has never happened before. The next time I shopped there a woman sat cross-​legged on the cold sidewalk directly in front of the store entrance, not on the curb, and was smoking a cigarette. This area seems to be becoming seedy. Maybe the closing of the K-​mart store located directly above this Giant Eagle has hurt its sales. I feel sad about this.
There is a Giant Eagle store in Chippewa (Beaver Falls, PA) that is really nice and carries everything the Rochester store used to carry. It is a little further for me to travel there but definitely worth the better shopping experience!

Had to stop into this Rochester Giant Eagle twice this past week for some groceries. This store has been very nicely decorated/​updated in the produce section.
I got to speak to a very nice worker in the bakery section about placing an order. She was friendly, informative and just a real treat. Also, since up north the bbq season is dying out they no longer had wooden skewers for sale so the gentleman in the deli section was nice enough to go in the back and hand me a few for free. That small gesture was much appreciated!
The only negative was the grumpy woman who checked us out. Maybe she was just having an off day.
All in all, a really great supermarket. It’s not up to my Harris Teeter standards but in the area there are few options and this was definitely a great choice.
Good tip, on Fridays they have a dozen donuts for $ 5! Don’t be fooled by the boxes of plains labeled. You are allowed to pick any 12 from the custom donuts as well.

This store has good selection, Citizen bank, pharmacy, customer service desks to buy stamps, lottery tickets, florist etc… Drive thru pharmacy. But its super busy and crowded and kinda expensive. They do have ethnic food sections like Asian, Mexican etc… Salad Bar is nice but expensive. Bakery is good. The parking lot is poorly designed and cramped so its a nightmare to navigate. Be extra careful in this parking lot because its dangerous.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s a Giant Eagle, but the people here are so unerringly nice you’d think that you somehow found yourself in Mayberry. Gollygeewhizgoshdarnit.. Our cashier Stephanie was dressed to the nines, all dolled up like she was selling cosmetics at Macy’s, and was as sweet as a cherry orchard.
Did I mention that it’s a 24-​hour store, and that we stopped in around midnight?
It’s a BIG supermarket with everything you might need for last minute X-​Mas dinners. They even have a Kosher section, which my gentile self found interesting and enlightening. I almost bought a Hebrew candy bar.
The one thing they didn’t have: fresh cranberries, something my girlfriend needed but failed to locate… anywhere.
I did walk out with a bottle of ginger ale, though. It settles the stomach.