Giant Eagle

After shopping at the one in Butler, I realized how fortunate I am to live near this one. Clean, plenty of selections, great employees/​customer service. I don’t do my weekly shopping here, but I do my «need a few things» shopping here and it’s great. I think Cranberry is dirty and hard to get in and out of, this one is easy access, always good parking available and clean.

In a pinch, my local Giant Eagle gets the job done. It has a pretty vast selection of anything and everything you would want. They offer all the normal services of a grocery store but also have dry cleaning services, Post Office, pre-​made food and a beer sections.
Over the past years, I have found that the meat and cheese section and selection has improved dramatically. Better cuts of meat and much more options can be found and a better selection of cheeses. The pre-​packaged foods and dinners are a nice option to have and are moderately priced.
I do enjoy the beer selection here. Though you won’t find any ‘whales’ (what the beer community likes to call rare beers), they have numerous styles of beer from many top-​notch breweries such as Fat Head’s, Troeg’s, Anchor, Great Lakes, Deschutes… etc.
I am not a fan of their fruit usually. I find it over-​priced and the quality not that good for the most part.
I find the parking lot a little odd… this store was built i believe in the past 10 to 12 years and the parking lot is built on an angle. I have noticed that some people have issues keeping their cart next to their car without putting it up against it… not a huge deal and maybe I am nit-​picking, but always thought the parking would be flat.
I do like the employees, many are friendly enough when you do have issues, especially when I visit first thing in the morning. The store is pretty clean as well and never had any issues in that regard.
This GE is good in a pinch!

Full disclosure up front — I don’t like Giant Eagle at all. None of them. So there’s nothing uniquely distasteful about the Seven Fields location. I NEVER go to Giant Eagle — well, only as a last resort. We always buy our groceries elsewhere and will continue to do so. You can live your life without EVER setting foot in a GE — surprised? There are other, far better, less crowded options. And don’t tell me about Fuel Perks. In my opinion they’re not worth the aggravation of having to shop there.
This location is smaller than many of the others and it is sort of a «satellite» location to the one in Cranberry. So it may not have all the things you’re used to seeing at some of the larger ones. I can’t speak to the Market District ones — never set foot in one of those. I think its relatively clean as well.
What ticked me off recently was that I went in to pick up one item we needed for the holidays so I proceeded to the self checkout — one item in hand. It would NOT let me scan the item since I didn’t have a Giant Eagle perks card! It is a prerequisite to checking out! You cannot check out without first scanning your stupid card! I tried my credit card, tried to push the cash option, tried everything. It had to have that stupid card before it would do anything. I stood there like a fool until FINALLY a lady came over and told me I had to have a Giant Eagle card to check out. Really, she said that. «I don’t have one.» «OK, then I’ll use this courtesy card to allow you to spend your $ 3»… Come on. That is RIDICULOUS!

This is our primary Giant Eagle that we go to — mostly due to location. It is what it is — not many surprises here. They do have a wine and spirits section and the staff have helped us pick wine in the past. The staff in the cheese section was also very helpful with suggestions and opening wrapped cuts to allow us to sample. Parking is never an issue here.