Giant Eagle welcomed a brand new GetGo station to the Pittsburgh/North Hills area in February when a beautiful station opened on McKnight Road. Area Manager Kelly Zaletski would like to thank all who helped make the Grand Opening festivities a success, including Diane Corona, Cathy Flory, Barb Gangone, Paul Graffia, Jeneen Green, Kevin Jackson, Bobbie […]
The first thing we are selling at every event is ourselves. We need to catch shoppers’ eyes and be inviting in order to get people over to our carts. Nothing else accomplishes that like a smile. It’s a warm welcome that lets folks know that we want them to try something good. A smile makes […]
Congratulations to our Sales Advisors who had the highest average sales per event for the month in January and February. Our top sellers for January were: Patricia Rodman from Market District Robinson in Pittsburgh, PA, with average sales of $644 per event Evelyn Whetsel from store #4060 in North Canton, OH, with average sales of $388 […]
We’ve had several successful grand opening and re-opening events recently. These events are always a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. We sincerely thank all of you who were involved for your efforts. Area Manager Ami Eynon would like to extend special thanks to Carol Hodermarsky, Ida Ayres, Norma Porter, Marlene Emro, […]
We’d like to welcome the newest member of our OTO office team— Business Manager Jeff Dean. Jeff will manage the day-to-day operations of the OTO office and will be the lead on updating our internal processes as we complete the tablet rollout. We are very excited to have Jeff on the team. Good luck and welcome aboard!
They say that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. In honor of that lion spirit, I want to reiterate our appreciation of the three sales tigers mentioned in Tony’s letter. Congratulations Leona, Denise and Elizabeth—and thank you for your awesome results! Also as Tony mentioned, we’re looking to increase […]
The numbers are in and 2012 was an impressive year! According to One to One Interactions Business Analyst Brian Brickner, we finished the year with an average sales-per-event mark of $149. That means for every event we did, our average sales were $149. While this number falls a little short of our 2012 goal of […]
Kudos go out to Sales Advisor Deborah Pettus-Bey of the Cleveland area for her great work at the new GetGo (a combination gas station, car wash and convenience store run by Giant Eagle) in Solon, OH. Her efforts were noticed by vendor Tom VanHouton, who penned this note of recognition: “I wanted to share with […]
Did you know that companies spend billions of dollars each year on “celebrity voices” for their commercials? Funny thing is… OURS is the only voice folks hear when they are in the aisles, where buying decisions are actually made. We provide samples, we give recipes, we encourage, we teach, we give directions, we squash fears, […]
In mid-January, I had the pleasure of visiting the Columbus market and talking to the Sales Advisors and Leads in two stores. It was a great visit! First, all of the events looked great. The carts were merchandised beautifully and had product available to purchase, the signs were neat and properly posted and the Sales […]
