Jan 12, 2018, 12:25 am
Last edit by: soy
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.
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
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
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
Stop & Shop and Giant supermarkets gas rewards points on gift card purchases(2018-24)
Apr 4, 2019, 4:37 pm
#1096
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,322
Probably stating the obvious, but: If you have easy access to stores in both territories during the week of the promo, you really don't need a partner. You can wax the carrot all by yourself.
Apr 4, 2019, 7:11 pm
#1097
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: MR, SPG, UR
Posts: 38
Still looking for a Giant pal to partner with. Seems like folks live in Stop&Shop neighbourhood really outnumbers those live in Giant area
Apr 5, 2019, 10:02 am
#1098
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: BOS / BWI
Programs: AA, UA, Marriott, HHonors, Avis et al.
Posts: 237
A quick question related to the current Giant Mastercard 2x points promo: So far, I have only used Metabank Visa GC at WM to load to Serve or buy MO. When using MCGC, are the steps below still good? (I found in this wiki):
New POS systems (color terminal):
1. Swipe GC
2. Press "Change Payment" on screen (Yellow button on pad should also work, but screen works better for some. Timing is critical.)
3. Press "DEBIT"
4. Press "No Cash Back"
5. Enter PIN - Screen showing another 'Waiting for cashier...'.
6. Ask Cashier to hit blue color Debit button on the screen
Any specific bank issued MCGC I should get or avoid? Any tips/suggestions appreciated.
1. Swipe GC
2. Press "Change Payment" on screen (Yellow button on pad should also work, but screen works better for some. Timing is critical.)
3. Press "DEBIT"
4. Press "No Cash Back"
5. Enter PIN - Screen showing another 'Waiting for cashier...'.
6. Ask Cashier to hit blue color Debit button on the screen
Any specific bank issued MCGC I should get or avoid? Any tips/suggestions appreciated.
Apr 5, 2019, 11:02 am
#1099
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,322
Datapoint -- Today's purchases of rose/pink-colored MC $20-500 (Metabank) credited correctly at Giant in Northern Virginia.
Apr 8, 2019, 8:47 am
#1100
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,322
Question for S&S peeps -- Are points being correctly (automatically) credited at stores for the MCs? Some have privately reported trouble and have had to ask for manual credit.
Apr 8, 2019, 10:34 am
#1101
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 24
I looking for Giant partners. I live the S&S area. Please PM me.
Apr 8, 2019, 4:26 pm
#1102
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,727
4/12 4x on junk cards... Xbox, dominoes, ruby tue, bleh
Apr 8, 2019, 6:19 pm
#1103
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: NJ
Posts: 221
Datapoint
Rose bow posting correctly in central NJ MC
Rose bow posting correctly in central NJ MC
Apr 9, 2019, 7:24 am
#1104
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
Purchase on 4/5 at local S&S, points posted correctly on the receipt.
Purchase on 4/7 with friend's S&S card. Card scanned and taken. Customer number showed correctly on the receipt. But points did not post.
Purchase on 4/8 with friend's S&S card again. Again points did not post. Talked to supervisor. She read the S&S ad and said points can take up to 24 hours to post.
I always scan my iPhone app bar code. Friend's card is a screenshot from the S&S app. I do not know if that makes any difference.
If points still do not post, the only way we can do is to call the FR. Just need to know what is going on....
Apr 9, 2019, 9:37 am
#1105
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 191
Why are people looking for Giant buddies? I live in an area with two stores.
Apr 9, 2019, 11:22 am
#1108
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 213
this only works with Giant MD/DE stores, not Giant PA. At Giant PA you can already get free gas if you have the points, there’s no $1.50 limit like SNS/GiantMD-DE
Apr 9, 2019, 12:30 pm
#1109
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 17,422
A few questions:
I'm fortunate to have easy access to Giant PA and Giant MD, but to now also frequently travel to S&S territory. Giant PA is easy because you can get your gas completely free. In such circumstances, Giant MD is only useful to me when I can double dip to get to $3.00 -- like when you combine Giant MD fuel points with S&S fuel points. Last spring, I got a separate S&S loyalty card and loaded that to my Shell Fuel Rewards account (where my Giant MD card was already registered). I recall buying GCs at both stores during a promo week and it worked perfectly to get to $3.00.
This week, I also bought GCs at both Giant MD and S&S with the appropriate cards. I went to S&S first. After I bought cards at Giant MD, I was surprised that my store receipt seemed to show a COMBINED total from both stores. Like I first earned 3000 points at S&S and then 3000 points at Giant MD, but my Giant MD receipt showed 6000 points. Is that normal? I thought the combined balance only showed up at Shell.
For folks who are finding "buddies" is the other territory, how are you actually doing business? If I'm in Giant MD territory, does my buddy get me a S&S card that I register to my Shell account and then he buys gift cards on that? And then do I do the reverse for him in MD?
I'm fortunate to have easy access to Giant PA and Giant MD, but to now also frequently travel to S&S territory. Giant PA is easy because you can get your gas completely free. In such circumstances, Giant MD is only useful to me when I can double dip to get to $3.00 -- like when you combine Giant MD fuel points with S&S fuel points. Last spring, I got a separate S&S loyalty card and loaded that to my Shell Fuel Rewards account (where my Giant MD card was already registered). I recall buying GCs at both stores during a promo week and it worked perfectly to get to $3.00.
This week, I also bought GCs at both Giant MD and S&S with the appropriate cards. I went to S&S first. After I bought cards at Giant MD, I was surprised that my store receipt seemed to show a COMBINED total from both stores. Like I first earned 3000 points at S&S and then 3000 points at Giant MD, but my Giant MD receipt showed 6000 points. Is that normal? I thought the combined balance only showed up at Shell.
For folks who are finding "buddies" is the other territory, how are you actually doing business? If I'm in Giant MD territory, does my buddy get me a S&S card that I register to my Shell account and then he buys gift cards on that? And then do I do the reverse for him in MD?
Apr 9, 2019, 1:08 pm
#1110
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EWR
Posts: 884
A few questions:
This week, I also bought GCs at both Giant MD and S&S with the appropriate cards. I went to S&S first. After I bought cards at Giant MD, I was surprised that my store receipt seemed to show a COMBINED total from both stores. Like I first earned 3000 points at S&S and then 3000 points at Giant MD, but my Giant MD receipt showed 6000 points. Is that normal? I thought the combined balance only showed up at Shell.
This week, I also bought GCs at both Giant MD and S&S with the appropriate cards. I went to S&S first. After I bought cards at Giant MD, I was surprised that my store receipt seemed to show a COMBINED total from both stores. Like I first earned 3000 points at S&S and then 3000 points at Giant MD, but my Giant MD receipt showed 6000 points. Is that normal? I thought the combined balance only showed up at Shell.