| Metric | Details |
|---|---|
| Entity / Legal Name | Giant Eagle, Inc. |
| Ownership | Privately held and family-owned; Kroger agreed on July 1, 2026 to acquire Giant Eagle (pending) |
| Credit Ratings | no verified rating |
| Investment Grade Status | Not Yet Verified |
| Sector | Supermarket / Grocery |
| Store Formats | Giant Eagle and Market District supermarkets (GetGo sold to Couche-Tard in June 2025) |
| Median asking cap rate | See the live table below |
| Typical Lease Term | Varies; confirm in the lease |
| Guarantee Type | Varies; confirm the tenant entity and any guarantee in the lease |
| Geographic Focus | Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Maryland |
| Annual Revenue | About $9 billion in annual sales (Kroger and Giant Eagle announcement, July 1, 2026) |
| Typical Building Size | Varies by format and location; confirm for the property |
Giant Eagle: no confirmed agency rating. No rating for Giant Eagle has been verified against a primary source (an agency rating action or an issuer filing), so none is shown. If a rating is verified, it will appear here. Ratings checked October 8, 2026. See the investment grade credit tenant ratings table.
Giant Eagle Business Overview & NNN Investment Profile
Giant Eagle is a Pittsburgh-area grocery institution, founded in 1931 and grown over nine decades into a regional chain of 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Maryland, according to the July 1, 2026 Kroger and Giant Eagle announcement. On July 1, 2026, Kroger announced an agreement to acquire Giant Eagle for a purchase price of approximately $1.65 billion, consisting of $1.25 billion in cash and about $400 million in assumed liabilities; Kroger expects the acquisition to close in 2027 (Kroger Form 8-K, July 1, 2026). The company is privately held and family-owned.
Giant Eagle operates multiple formats, including the flagship Giant Eagle supermarket and the Market District format, which its website describes as offering carefully curated produce and chef-made meals; store sizes vary by location. Giant Eagle previously owned GetGo Café + Market, a convenience and fuel chain of about 270 locations, which it sold to Alimentation Couche-Tard in a transaction completed in June 2025.
Giant Eagle’s Market Position: Pittsburgh Roots
Giant Eagle is headquartered in Pennsylvania and operates stores in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana (Kroger Form 8-K, July 1, 2026). When Kroger announced its agreement to acquire Giant Eagle on July 1, 2026, its CEO described Giant Eagle as a regional grocer with a strong reputation for fresh products, pharmacy, private label and customer loyalty. Giant Eagle runs a rewards program called myPerks.
Giant Eagle competes with other grocers in its markets, and Kroger cited its loyalty program among the strengths of the business when it announced its agreement to acquire Giant Eagle.
GetGo: Sold to Couche-Tard in 2025
GetGo is no longer a Giant Eagle business. Alimentation Couche-Tard, the parent of Circle K, closed its acquisition of the roughly 270-store GetGo chain from Giant Eagle on June 28, 2025, for a purchase price of about $1.6 billion, subject to post-closing adjustments. A GetGo property should not be underwritten as Giant Eagle credit, and neither parent’s guarantee should be assumed. Confirm from the lease, any assignment and a tenant estoppel which entity is the tenant today and who, if anyone, guarantees the lease.
Giant Eagle NNN Cap Rate & Pricing Trends
Live asking cap rates for Giant Eagle and comparable tenants:
| Tenant | S&P / Moody’s | Median asking cap rate | Middle half of listings | Listings | Median vs. 10-year Treasury |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kroger | BBB / Baa1 | 5.00% | 5.00% to 5.25% | 9 | −24 bps |
Active listings InvestmentGrade.com tracks with an asking cap rate (stated in the listing, or computed from its stated income and price when no rate is stated), listings last observed October 16, 2026. Asking cap rates are not closed-sale cap rates. The middle half is the range from the 25th to the 75th percentile of listings. The 10-year Treasury yield is 5.24% as of October 1, 2026 (FRED series DGS10). Ratings are the agency ratings in our ratings database for the entity shown, which may be a parent company; the rating type (for example issuer, senior unsecured debt, long-term debt or revenue bond ratings) varies by company and is shown on each tenant page. A rating applies to a lease only if the rated entity signs or guarantees it, so confirm the tenant and any guarantor in the lease. n/a means no verified rating is on file. Not shown because fewer than 3 active listings with a published cap rate were observed: Giant Eagle.
Giant Eagle NNN Investment: Pros & Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| 90+ year Pittsburgh institution with a reputation for customer loyalty | No verified public credit rating: requires independent financial analysis |
| Kroger agreed in July 2026 to acquire Giant Eagle (pending; lease assignments not yet known) | Regional concentration: limited to PA, OH, WV, IN, MD |
| myPerks loyalty program | Competition from other grocers in its markets |
| About $9B in annual sales: substantial regional operator scale | Large-format stores can narrow the buyer pool |
Is Giant Eagle publicly traded?
No. Giant Eagle is privately held and family-owned. In July 2026, Kroger announced an agreement to acquire Giant Eagle for a purchase price of approximately $1.65 billion, including assumed liabilities, and said it expects the acquisition to close in 2027. Until that transaction closes, Giant Eagle remains a private tenant with no verified published rating in our ratings database, and Kroger credit should not be assumed for any lease unless it is assigned to or guaranteed by a Kroger entity. The company does not have public equity, and we have not found publicly filed financial statements.
What is the difference between Giant Eagle and Market District?
Market District is a Giant Eagle grocery format that its website describes as offering carefully curated produce and chef-made meals. Store sizes vary by location for both formats. Confirm the tenant entity and any guarantee in each lease rather than assuming a Giant Eagle, Inc. corporate guarantee.
What asking cap rates do Giant Eagle NNN listings show?
The live table on this page shows current median asking cap rates for comparable tenants, and for Giant Eagle when at least three active listings with a published asking cap rate are tracked. Pricing for a specific property depends on the remaining lease term, rent level, location and lease guarantor, and asking cap rates are not closed-sale cap rates.
Giant Eagle Net Lease Property: Buying, Selling and Financing
Buying: We find on-market and off-market Giant Eagle properties, review the lease and the tenant’s credit, and compare pricing with current listings. On the majority of transactions, there is no separate fee to you as the buyer; the listing broker pays a cooperating commission.
Selling: We can prepare an opinion of value from current listings and recent sales and, when it fits your goals, run a confidential sale to private investors, family offices and institutional buyers. See our guide to off-market sales.
Financing: Investment Grade Capital, a service of Investment Grade LLC, matches buyers and owners with lenders for acquisitions and refinancing.
1031 exchanges: Tell us your identification and closing deadlines so we can plan the search around them.
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