Region to get first Giant Eagle gas station

The first Giant Eagle gas station in western Pennsylvania is almost ready to start refueling customers.

Kevin Srigley, director of marketing for Giant Eagle, said the station being built at the supermarket in Ohio Township - near the Camp Horne Road interchange with Interstate 279 - will open in early October. He said he does not know yet what brand of gasoline will be offered.

The O'Hara Township-based chain has operated two gas stations at supermarkets in Painesville and Youngstown, Ohio, for about a year. The positive results there, Srigley said, led Giant Eagle to bring the concept closer to home.

The Ohio Township site was chosen partially for its location near I-279. It would be the only gas station visible from the highway between Pittsburgh and the Wexford exit of I-79.

Giant Eagle's fuel station will be an attended station, with the pumps surrounding a kiosk.

'We generally have a number of grand opening activities,' Srigley said. 'It will be more of an opening of the fuel area rather than the total store, and those are on a store-by-store basis.'

Mark Berton can be reached at mberton@tribweb.com or (724) 779-7108.