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Old Jan 12, 2018, 12:25 am
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THIS IS A NEW THREAD FOR 2018. The previous thread is here.
***If you buy gift cards outside promotions, you will earn ZERO points.***



Accepted tender: Cash, credit, and debit. Also available are mobile/contactless payment (Apple Pay, etc.) and mobile loyalty (card barcode via app).

Summary
Stop & Shop (S&S), Giant Food Stores (Giant PA), and Giant Food (Giant MD) offer points for purchases which can be redeemed for a discount on the price paid per gallon on fuel sales at Shell and S&S/Giant fuel stations. $100* spend = 100 pts = 10c/gal discount. The particular rules vary between the three brands, and within Giant PA, the rules vary by location. Refer to the bottom of this wiki post for more information or links to official info from each brand.

You can earn gas points from both regular grocery shopping and gift card purchases (promotion only).

The grocery reward points (Go Rewards or Flexible Reward) can be transferred to either gas points (Fuel Rewards) or grocery points. The conversion rate is 100 points = $0.10/gallon or 100 points = $1 saving in grocery.

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Additional Information

• A loyalty card is required to take advantage of gas rewards. They look like the above image and can be obtained either online (links at end of wiki) or in-person (at the customer service counter).

• The cards currently on promotion are listed in the current weekly circular and usually change every week. VISA and MC from Metabank or US Bank for $20-$500 (plus $5.95 fee) work. For GCs, if it meets the previous requirements, the packaging (blue, silver, birthday cake, etc.) doesn't matter! Check the issuing bank on the back.

• S&S and Giant (DC, DE, MD, and VA) allow you to redeem up to 1500 points ($1.50/gal) per fuel purchase, and points expire 30 days after the qualifying purchase. With Giant PA, there is no limit to the number of points redeemed at one time.

• Points earned in one program cannot be used in another program.

• Your ID may be required when buying gift cards. Your name and other info may also be recorded for purchases over a discretionary dollar value. Whether you're buying a $100 card or a $5k stack, your experience will vary.

• You can view your account online using the link at the bottom of the wiki.

• It's best to purchase gift cards at the customer service counter, but reports state that a single $500 gift card can be paid for at any register without an issue. Purchases over $1k will require manager authorisation with a physical key, which may slow down the queue. You can go to the Solution Center to save time and make things easier for everyone.

• Giant Eagle and Giant Food are different chains with different ownership, and this thread is not relevant to the former.

• If you have more points in your account than are redeemed for a fuel purchase, then the remaining points will stay in your account until their respective expiration date(s). For example, if you have 2500 points and debit the 1500 ($1.50/gal) maximum, you will have 1000 points left. Similar behavior if gas is ever below $1.50/gal before discount.

• If you don't receive eligible points with your purchase due to system or human error, you can have them retroactively added by customer service (in-store or by phone). Have your receipt and a copy of the advert. It can take up to 24 hours for keyed points to appear in your account.
Official Rewards Pages
Stop & Shop Giant MD Giant PA
Weekly Circulars
Stop & Shop Giant MD Giant PA
S&S Promotion History

3/3/2017: 2x V
5/26/2017: 2x V
6/23/2017: 2x MC
7/14/2017: 3x V
9/1/2017: 4x MC
10/13/2017: 2x V and MC
12/1/2017: 2x V and MC
3/16/2018: 2x MC
4/6/2018: 3x V
5/18/2018: 2x MC
5/25/2018: 2x V
6/1/2018: 2x MC
6/29/2018: 2x V
7/13/2018: 2x V
8/31/2018: 2x MC
10/5/2018: 3x MC
10/12/2018: 3x V
11/2/2018: 2x MC
11/30/2018: 2x V

3/15/2019: 3x V
4/5/2019: 2x MC
5/17/2019: 3x V
5/31/2019: 3x MC
6/28/2019: 3x MC Have a safe and happy Fourth!
7/12/2019: 3x Visa
8/23/2019: 2x MC
10/4/2019: 2x MC
10/11/2019: 3x V
11/19/2019: 2x MC
11/29/2019: 3x MC
3/13/2020: 3x V
3/27/2020: 2x MC
5/15/2020: 3x V

5/29/2020: 2x MC
6/5/2020: 3x V
6/26/2020: 2x MC
7/10/2020: 3x V
8/21/2020: 2x MC
10/2/2020: 2x MC
10/16/2020: 3x V
10/30/2020: 2x MC

11/27/2020: 3x V
12/11/2020: 4x V

3/12/2021: 3x V
4/9/2021: 3x MC
5/14/2021: 3x V
5/28/2021: 3x MC
6/4/2021: 3x V
7/2/2021: 3x MC
7/23/2021: 3x V
8/27/2021: 3x MC
10/8/2021: 3x MC
10/22/2021: 3x V
10/29/2021: 3x MC
11/2021 thru 8/2023 (aka the terrible drought)
9/15/2023: 2x VVGC
11/24/2023: 3x VGC
12/8/2023: 3x VGC

List of States and Cities Where Giant/S&S points work, and are correctly priced in the Fuel Rewards App

Alabama
Florida (at least some Miami stations limit discount to $1, not correctly shown in app)
Georgia
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Montana (very limited stations displayed)
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania (eastern)
Texas (only some cities, not Dallas)
Vermont

List of States and Cities Where Giant/S&S points work at SOME stations, but are NOT shown in the Fuel Rewards App

Delaware (many stations)
Maryland (some stations)
Virginia (some stations)
Minnesota (widespread participation -- likely due to it being Hy-Vee territory)
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington state (perhaps only eastern WA)

List of States with No Known Giant/S&S gas points redemption options

Arizona
Alaska ("Three Bears" Shells used to work, but don't anymore. It might be worth trying the few other Shell stations, but the odds aren't good)
California -- southern (may work in far north California)
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming



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Old Nov 4, 2019, 8:21 am
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Damn, my mouth is drooling at the thought of points or groceries, free MS and then some.
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Old Nov 4, 2019, 8:40 am
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Originally Posted by Zepcro
What advantage would this give you? You would need to buy 3 MO (assuming you don't use multiple Visa gc (which raises red flags) for 1 MO) instead of 1 $500 MO with the MC gc, which is much easier.
Considering the issues with liquidating the MCGC's I merely was proposing an alternative way to convert the MCGC's to Visas fee free. A few Visa GC's sounds better than having a $500 MCGC tied up for months... JMHO
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Old Nov 4, 2019, 8:51 am
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5x points on any 3rd-party retailer GC starting 11/8 at Giant-PA.
I can't read the fine print on the ad scan, but I'm assuming it's the yearly 3 week promotion in November.

It waits to be seen if S&S will be doing a $15 or $20 food coupon as they have done for this promotion previously.
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Old Nov 4, 2019, 6:00 pm
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When do they post the preview circular? Any guesses on the next 3x/2x Visa or MC date?
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Old Nov 4, 2019, 7:39 pm
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I kinda piled in on MCGC 2x this week, I hope the next VGC 3X should be at least a month apart, anyone has prior experience?
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Old Nov 5, 2019, 3:59 am
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Originally Posted by princesspool
When do they post the preview circular? Any guesses on the next 3x/2x Visa or MC date?
Originally Posted by dereck062
I kinda piled in on MCGC 2x this week, I hope the next VGC 3X should be at least a month apart, anyone has prior experience?
See Google Doc for historical information.
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Old Nov 5, 2019, 7:55 am
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Do any of you have this Shell credit card? If so, do you know if my normal Fuel Rewards can be combined with this discount or it is one or the other?

https://citicards.citi.com/usc/rpg/l...rospectID=null
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Old Nov 5, 2019, 8:27 am
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11/8 ad posted. The S&S $20 grocery coupon for $100 on any 3rd party gift cards runs through 11/28. Visa likely coming 11/29, and if the pattern continues, last one until March.

Originally Posted by Zepcro
Do any of you have this Shell credit card? If so, do you know if my normal Fuel Rewards can be combined with this discount or it is one or the other?

https://citicards.citi.com/usc/rpg/l...rospectID=null
I don't have it, but it looks like it would stack, though you only really get 5 cents extra off per gallon, since it says half of the 10c is for FR Gold, which I assume most here have. I suppose the version with 2% on $10k at grocery is ok,depending on where you are with other cards that would earn you 2% back when buying the GCs, though if you are partnering with someone to get gas at 1.9c/gallon, it'll be hard to go through over 10000 gallons to use it all.

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Old Nov 5, 2019, 3:10 pm
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Looking for someone in Giant area to trade this week. I am in SS territory. PM me if interested. Thanks
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Old Nov 6, 2019, 4:33 am
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Originally Posted by Bigzamboni
11/8 ad posted. The S&S $20 grocery coupon for $100 on any 3rd party gift cards runs through 11/28. Visa likely coming 11/29, and if the pattern continues, last one until March.
It doesn't list Amex GCs as being excluded. If that proves to be the case, then one could buy a $200 Amex GC to get the $20 coupon and then go to Staples and use the $200 GC to buy a $200 fee free VGC for easier liquidation since the promotion is going on right now.
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Old Nov 6, 2019, 6:16 am
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Originally Posted by Prometheus77
It doesn't list Amex GCs as being excluded. If that proves to be the case, then one could buy a $200 Amex GC to get the $20 coupon and then go to Staples and use the $200 GC to buy a $200 fee free VGC for easier liquidation since the promotion is going on right now.
Only IF you are allowed to buy GCs with GCs at Staples. You could end up with holding $$$ AMGC and hard to cash. I would not do.
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Old Nov 6, 2019, 7:24 am
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Originally Posted by RedSun
Only IF you are allowed to buy GCs with GCs at Staples. You could end up with holding $$$ AMGC and hard to cash. I would not do.
Staples generally does not care so long as you are not trying to use Staples GC's. They even allowed multiple Staples rebate cards for purchasing GC's way back when rebates still existed. Obviously, it is YMMV as pretty much anything MS related. I would start small scale to see if your Staples cares. Personally, the half dozen or so in my area I frequent don't care as long as it isn't a Staples GC (which I think finally was hardcoded not to work a year or so ago anyway).

Edit: As it is a non-chip card, they would need the last 4 digits of the card when swiped.

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Old Nov 6, 2019, 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by Bigzamboni
5x points on any 3rd-party retailer GC starting 11/8 at Giant-PA.
I can't read the fine print on the ad scan, but I'm assuming it's the yearly 3 week promotion in November.
I assume the "Happy" brand GC's would qualify as 3rd party retailer cards? I have a ton of $10 off $50 coupons loaded to my Giant account (expiring 11/13). Generally not a fan of these as I've had issues with them working at restaurants. But, 20% off plus 5x points is certainly tempting...
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Old Nov 6, 2019, 7:46 am
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There are just tons of MS opportunities out there. But it is all on the time and efforts we spend. Try not to become a slave of the MSing. Then it defeats the whole purpose of MS to enjoy the life better....
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Old Nov 6, 2019, 8:05 am
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I am in Giant land and looking for someone in S&S land to trade. Please PM me. Thank you!
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