gas stations founded 1985 as cross roads 1 2001 as giant eagle fuel 2003 as getgo headquarters pittsburgh pennsylvania u.s. key people david shapira executive chairman giant eagle 2 laura shapira karet ceo giant eagle 2 john lucot president and chief operating officer giant eagle 2 products getgo kitchen wetgo car wash parent giant eagle website www.getgocafe.com getgo is a convenience store chain owned and operated by giant eagle . both are based in pittsburgh . the chain operates locations in indiana maryland ohio pennsylvania and west virginia . contents 1 history 2 format 3 headquarters 4 references history edit the genesis of getgo was the convenience store chain cross roads which was the retail brand of guttman oil company based in nearby belle vernon pennsylvania . the chain had a presence throughout the pittsburgh metropolitan area selling its own branded gasoline at some locations while others were cobranded with texaco and later citgo . the chain primarily competed with 7 eleven sheetz and several local chains . meanwhile in 2001 local supermarket chain giant eagle opened a few gas stations at giant eagle locations branded as giant eagle fuel . 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 . like most such concepts giant eagle fuel stations only sold gasoline . 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 . the combined chains took the getgo name although a very small handful of the cross roads stations still bear the name . this also had the effect of giving some stations a considerable distance from a main giant eagle location . 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 the buckeye state such as columbus cleveland akron canton and youngstown . since these two acquisitions most getgo s from this point have been built from the ground up by giant eagle . 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 . 3 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 . in 2015 getgo began to open up several more locations in its home market in response to a similar expansion plan by sheetz as well as an organic expansion into the area by speedway . the new locations which required a mass hiring blitz in the pittsburgh area are larger and in some cases sell alcohol which in pennsylvania require special canopies built underneath the pumps just for gas sales . 4 the move coincided with giant eagle s expansion into the indianapolis market with its market district brand including getgo . format edit the getgo concept is different than other gas station at supermarket concepts in that giant eagle was able to give the chain its own identity and become a full fledged convenience store gas station chain . this is unlike most other supermarket chains which have largely kept the gas stations strictly selling gas and under a generic identity like giant eagle once had with the giant eagle fuel concept . to compete with other local convenience store chains giant eagle has instituted the fuelperks program in which customers are rewarded by saving 0.10 per gallon 0.20 in select markets they buy on a fill up with every 50 they spend in giant eagle using their advantage card . some getgo locations also have a wetgo automatic car wash and a getgo kitchen which is used to help getgo compete better with its main rival in pittsburgh and up and coming rival in cleveland the more established and fast growing chain sheetz which is headquartered in altoona . the chain also competes with 7 eleven cogos circle k a plus speedway and country fair . there are two getgo locations in west virginia and three in maryland . in 2007 giant eagle released the giant eagle fuelperks credit card in its columbus market . the columbus market was chosen for the pilot . it has extra incentives such as earning an additional 4 cents off per gallon for every 50 you charge onto your fuelperks credit card and earning an additional 4 cents off per gallon for every 100 in getgo fuel purchases . in late 2008 giant eagle and citizens financial group which already had citizens bank locations inside pennsylvania giant eagle locations launched a program in which citizens bank debit card holders earned an additional .1 off gallon in fuelperks for every 50 spent anywhere when their citizens bank debit card was used . in addition citizens cardholders earned an extra .3 off gallon when used at giant eagle in addition to the .10 off already earned there . the program is only open to new or existing citizens bank customers with a checking account and a giant eagle advantage card and must have the debit card synced with the advantage card at citizens branches before it can be used for additional fuelperks . 5 in april 2009 getgo launched the foodperks program which in effect is the exact opposite of the fuelperks program in that anyone who uses their giant eagle advantage card for every ten gallons purchased at getgo receives 1 % off on groceries at the parent chain . up to 20 % off can be used at one time and up to 60 300 worth of groceries is redeemable under the foodperks program leaving the remainder for a future order . the program was launched in other markets after the columbus market was used as a test market for the program in fall 2008 . soon after it was introduced to the pittsburgh and cleveland markets . in february 2013 giant eagle announced that they would be discontinuing the foodperks program that month because it was a little too complex . 6 headquarters edit in 2015 getgo moved into its new headquarters and test kitchen at 45 mcintyre square drive . the office used to house emiliano s mexican restaurant and was originally don pablo s. it is located across the street from the mcintyre square giant eagle store and is on the ross township side of the ross mccandless border . 7 references edit http www.bizjournals.com pittsburgh stories 2003 01 27 story2.html a b c linderman teresa f. november 16 2011 . giant eagle names new ceo president . pittsburgh post gazette . nixon alex. family owned belle vernon company fuels a history of growth . triblive.com . retrieved 2016 08 14 . getgo hiring today for 200 new jobs in pittsburgh area . retrieved 2016 08 14 . http www.csnews.com csn news article display.jsp vnu content id 1003900316 & imw y schmitz jon february 4 2013 . giant eagle will end foodperks grocery rewards program . pittsburgh post gazette . here s a look inside getgo kitchen pittsburgh business times . pittsburgh business times . retrieved 2016 09 21 . v t e convenience stores v t e major convenience stores in africa kenya national oil morocco mini brahim south africa sasol spar zimbabwe spar express v t e major convenience stores in asia east 759 store 7 eleven circle k circle k sunkus cu daily yamazaki familymart gs25 hi life lawson ministop ok mart parknshop express poplar spar storyway vango with me southeast 108 shop 7 eleven all day alfamart b s mart choices co.op food cheers circle k fairprice xpress fresh mart jiffy lawson lawson 108 familymart indomaret mini big c ministop mesra shop & go star mart tesco lotus express tops daily vango south spar west circle k spar former ampm buy the way bp connect daily stop on the run v t e major convenience stores in 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