Giant Eagle

Giant Eagle is a supermarket chain with stores in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Maryland. The company was founded in 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and incorporated on March 17, 1933.Supermarket News ranked Giant Eagle No. 21 in the 2012 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on 2011 fiscal year estimated sales of $9.3 billion. In 2005, it was the 32nd-largest privately held corporation, as determined by Forbes. Based on 2005 revenue, Giant Eagle is the 49th-largest retailer in the United States. As of Summer 2014, the company has approximately $9.9 billion in annual sales, Giant Eagle has 417 stores. The company also operates 168 fuel station/convenience stores under the GetGo banner.

The company operates its corporate headquarters in an office park in the Pittsburgh suburb of O'Hara Township.

History

After World War I, three Pittsburgh-area families--the Goldsteins, Porters, and Chaits--built a grocery chain called Eagle Grocery. In 1928, Eagle, now 125 stores strong, merged with Kroger Company. The three families agreed to stay out of the grocery business for at least three years.

Giant eagle (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the giant eagle is a magical beast. It is a giant version (10 feet tall with 20 foot wingspan) of a regular eagle. It is also a lot more intelligent. It lives in temperate mountains.

Publication history

The giant eagle first appeared in the first edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game in the original 1977 Monster Manual.

The giant eagle appeared in the Dungeons & Dragons Creature Catalogue (1986), and Creature Catalog (1993). The giant eagle (hiak) appeared for the Hollow World setting in the Hollow World Campaign Set (1990).

The giant eagle appeared in second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993). The giant eagle appeared as a player character race in Polyhedron #116 (February 1996).

The giant eagle appeared in the third edition Monster Manual (2000), and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual (2003).

Ecology

In the game, Giant eagles, like many similar creatures, are prized for their value as aerial steeds. To tame one, the eagle must have a friendly attitude to the rider/tamer, and, being a goodly creature, they must be either good or neutral themselves. Riding one requires an exotic saddle, and six weeks of training. Sometimes giant eagles are raised to be mounts from birth, but giant eagle parents defend their nests to the death. Giant eagle eggs are worth 2,500 gp each.