Giant Eagle debuts Valu King prototype store in Ohio

CLEVELAND Giant Eagle has opened a prototype Valu King Food Market store just outside of Cleveland, local reports said Saturday.

The grocery market, opened Thursday, offers basic shopping items such as produce, dairy, meat, health and personal care items, and is organized in a simplified, back-to-essentials format.

The new market is stocked with budget items such as Food Club and Valu Time products, and also includes a one-dollar section.

Spokesmen from Giant Eagle have said that t present, no other Valu King prototype stores are planned to open, but the company will closely watch the public’s response to the Cleveland-area discount market.