page_title: GetGo
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: GetGo / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Geographic footprint of GetGo locations, as of 1 January 2020. (Former Ricker's locations in red.)
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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 Ohio such as Columbus, Cleveland, Akron/Canton, and Youngstown.
  Since these two acquisitions, most GetGo's 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. 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 its main rival 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. The move coincided with Giant Eagle's expansion into the Indianapolis market with its Market District brand, including GetGo.
  On September 27, 2018, Giant Eagle announced it would purchase the 56-store Ricker's convenience store chain in Indiana, marking the largest acquisition for GetGo since the chain's launch. No immediate changes were planned for the Ricker's chain. Much as it has done in Pennsylvania alongside Sheetz, GetGo plans to join Ricker's in having Indiana change their laws regarding alcohol sales. By January 2020, all Ricker's locations were converted to GetGo.
caption: GetGo locations footprint as of January 2020. (Former Ricker's in red)
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