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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 Jun 19, 2021, 1:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Prometheus77
Similar experience for me in RI. $1975 at first S&S in the morning and then another $2K at a different S&S in the afternoon. All points posted correctly.
Maybe the key is to go on the same day. The problem with that is you are going against their rules to only purchase $2K or less across ALL of their locations.
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Old Jun 19, 2021, 1:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Zepcro
Maybe the key is to go on the same day. The problem with that is you are going against their rules to only purchase $2K or less across ALL of their locations.
I’ve done on multiple days and points posted.
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Old Jun 19, 2021, 1:38 pm
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Originally Posted by SideShowBob
I’ve done on multiple days and points posted.
I guess it works sometimes but it's probably not supposed to as more people than not seem to report it not posting on the 2nd transaction.
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Old Jun 19, 2021, 7:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Zepcro
I guess it works sometimes but it's probably not supposed to as more people than not seem to report it not posting on the 2nd transaction.
Also with all of the IT problems and website outages that they've had over the past few weeks I'm not sure the most recent promos are a good test of whether the loophole was "fixed" or not.
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Old Jun 20, 2021, 4:21 pm
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6/25-7/1: 8x Happy GCs
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Old Jun 21, 2021, 11:20 am
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MC or Visa Promo

Anyone thinking there might be a MCGC or Visa gas promotion starting 7/2/21???
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Old Jun 21, 2021, 11:22 am
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There is always something around the 4th
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Old Jun 21, 2021, 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by slicktraveler
Anyone thinking there might be a MCGC or Visa gas promotion starting 7/2/21???
Yes.

A good resource is the wiki which shows past sales. There is a strong correlation between prior year's sales and current year's sales.
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Old Jun 21, 2021, 1:34 pm
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Originally Posted by slicktraveler
Anyone thinking there might be a MCGC or Visa gas promotion starting 7/2/21???
Based on the DP in the Wiki, 7/9 or 7/16 seem more likely.
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Old Jun 21, 2021, 2:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Zepcro
Based on the DP in the Wiki, 7/9 or 7/16 seem more likely.
There's usually one at the end of June; we should see that one at the beginning of July this year given when the holiday falls this year.
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Old Jun 21, 2021, 8:32 pm
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Originally Posted by danpeake
There's usually one at the end of June; we should see that one at the beginning of July this year given when the holiday falls this year.
That's possible but there's also not usually 2 in early-June like there was this year so who knows.
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Old Jun 22, 2021, 9:09 pm
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can anyone explain why S&S receipt shows card number as 22*******wxy, where wxy is 3 digits preceding the last digit of the 13-digit card number, but sometimes the receipt will show 22*******xyz, with last digit included, even though "22*******xyz" make up 12 characters?
it showed "Savings This Year $69.69" on receipt with card ending in "wxy" and "Savings This Year $0.00" on receipt with card ending in "xyz". both times, the same barcode from the app was scanned.

any guesses as to what causes this?

fyi, gc transaction #2 which didn't give me any points had "xyz" on receipt, and gc transaction #1 had "wxy" and points posted correctly.
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Old Jun 25, 2021, 11:09 am
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anyone notice this weeks promotion spelled out max giftcard purchase capped at $2K (to get the points)? Did the last visa promotion have the same $2K wordings?
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Old Jun 26, 2021, 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by yoyo
anyone notice this weeks promotion spelled out max giftcard purchase capped at $2K (to get the points)? Did the last visa promotion have the same $2K wordings?
have you been living under a rock? Just look back at this thread over the past 90-120 days
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Old Jun 26, 2021, 6:00 pm
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Originally Posted by Chelski
have you been living under a rock? Just look back at this thread over the past 90-120 days
Well previous ads said something along the lines of "one promotional offer per household" which had some people FUDing that it would eventually get capped at one $500 (even some stores allegedly allowed only one GC to be purchased.) Spelling out the $2000 now just clarifies the "one offer".

*Edit* adding previous VGC offer for wording


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