FOX CHAPEL — Stanley Moravitz, who helped found the Giant Eagle supermarket chain, died of cancer Sunday at his Fox Chapel home at age 86, according to his family.

Up to his death, he still had an office at Giant Eagle's corporate headquarters in nearby O'Hara Township.

Moravitz's father began the OK Grocery in Turtle Creek, which merged with Eagle Grocery and grew into Western Pennsylvania's largest supermarket chain. Giant Eagle has more than 220 supermarkets and more than 130 fuel and convenience stores in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, north central West Virginia and Maryland.

Moravitz worked in the chain's meat department before becoming vice president, treasurer and board member. His funeral is scheduled for Wednesday in Pittsburgh.