PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle supermarket chain is
scrapping its food discount program but is expanding a related
gasoline discount program.  Foodperks offered 1 percent
discounts on food for every 10 gallons of gas customers bought
at the chain's related GetGo convenience stores.  Chain
officials say the program proved too complicate for many
customers so the chain is expanding its Fuelperks program
instead.  Fuelperks gives customers 10 cents off per gallon of
gas at GetGo stores for every $50 worth of food customers buy.
Under the expanded program, GetGo customers will get 3 cents off
per gallon even if they don't have any Fuelperks discounts
accumulated.  The program requires customers to use a
computerized Advantage Card.  Giant Eagle has more than 220
supermarkets and 175 GetGo stores in western Pennsylvania, Ohio,
West Virginia and Maryland.