Giant Eagle Brings Grocery Delivery to Central OH

Giant Eagle is now serving central Ohio residents with its Curbside Express grocery delivery service, The Columbus Dispatch has reported.

The service will use the same online ordering platform as Curbside Express, the newspaper said. However, the grocer will work with third-party delivery provider Deliv to drop orders off at residences rather than requiring customers to pick up orders in-store.

First delivery in the program is free of charge, the Dispatch noted. Subsequent deliveries cost $12.95 each.

“We are filling thousands of customer orders monthly in central Ohio. It has clearly been a convenience that customers appreciate,” Giant Eagle spokesman Dan Donovan told the newspaper, adding that “customers have definitely told us that they want more convenience.”

The new initiative follows Giant Eagle’s delivery-service test earlier this year in Pittsburgh, where it is based. The grocer piloted the service in the South Hills section of Pittsburgh in February, building on its Curbside Express pickup service, which originally launched in 2012. In Pittsburgh, the delivery service requires no minimum purchase. Orders must be placed by 11:59 p.m. for next-day delivery, and orders can be placed up to seven days in advanced.

Currently, Meijer also offers grocery delivery in central Ohio, as do Costco, Kroger, Whole Foods and Weiland’s via Instacart. Kroger’s own delivery service, which it currently is testing elsewhere in Ohio, has not expanded to the market yet.