<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> Portland, OR-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">02.22.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>In a continuing effort to cut costs and operate efficiently, Giant Eagle is cutting 75 positions with a majority of the trimming taking place across the company’s corporate organization, according to reports in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Rob Borella, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, was quoted in response to a query about the layoffs that employees were notified this week. "It's certainly something that we treat seriously," he said.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Mr. Borella noted that the cuts are being made across the corporate organization at multiple levels and the positions being cut were identified through reviews conducted in the routine course of business.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">A spokesperson for Giant Eagle was not immediately available to provide a comment for AndNowUKnow. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/giant-eagle-begins-layoffs-676337" target="_new"> Giant Eagle</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
