PayPal, Venmo To Be Accepted At Giant Eagle Stores

OHIO — Giant Eagle customers will soon have the ability to use PayPal or Venmo to pay for their groceries.

Both PayPal and Venmo will be accepted at all 474 Giant Eagle and GetGo locations, the company announced. The move makes Giant Eagle the first major grocery chain to accept PayPal or Venmo at registers.

“We are thrilled to be the first supermarket and convenience chain in the country to accept PayPal and Venmo in our stores,” said Graham Watkins, Giant Eagle executive vice president of retail innovation and business development. “This implementation is particularly exciting as it enables Giant Eagle and GetGo customers to use the digital payment methods that they already enjoy in the places where they transact most frequently.”

Here's how the process will work: Customers will use their phones to pull up a QR code on either PayPal's or Venmo's mobile apps and click the "scan" button. They will then select the "show to pay" option.

Using PayPal will allow customers to pay through their debit or credit cards, bank accounts, PayPal balance or PayPal credit. With Venmo QR codes, customers can pay using their stored debit or credit cards, bank account, Venmo balance or Venmo Credit Card.

“Consumers have grown increasingly comfortable using digital payments in many different contexts over the past year including using touch free options for in-store purchases. By working with Giant Eagle and Blackhawk Network, we are able to bring this technology to their customers for their everyday purchases and provide added value to these consumers,” said Frank Keller, senior vice president of in-store at PayPal. “This expansion of PayPal and Venmo digital payments into grocery and convenience stores propels our mission to bring easy, safe payments to consumers at any point in their shopping experience.”