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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 Sep 27, 2020, 6:14 am
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10/2-8: 2 x MC and 8 x Happy

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Old Sep 27, 2020, 12:30 pm
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Originally Posted by danpeake
10/2-8: 2 x MC and 8 x Happy

Thx, I think I will put off getting any till we know if V @ 3X will be starting on 10/9, if it turns out no Vs on 10/9 there still should be enough time to rack up some purchases of the MCs
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Old Sep 28, 2020, 12:24 pm
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Perfect timing! Thanks for posting.
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Old Sep 30, 2020, 11:46 am
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Hilarious thing happened today. Billed up my groceries, my balance came out to -1.00. Cashier was like 'what the heck?' looks like some coupon caused it to be -1. Manager came over and tried to make the balance 0 but couldn't. At the end, with a dejected look and a sigh, she was like, 'here, take your $1'
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Old Oct 1, 2020, 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by msthegame
Hilarious thing happened today. Billed up my groceries, my balance came out to -1.00. Cashier was like 'what the heck?' looks like some coupon caused it to be -1. Manager came over and tried to make the balance 0 but couldn't. At the end, with a dejected look and a sigh, she was like, 'here, take your $1'
Digital coupons will do that. In my experience, most of the time they won't give back the overage. If I know I have digital coupons, I'll try and get some taxable items because the negative balance will count against tax owed. At Giant-PA the negative balance will apply against milk/cream which otherwise can't be paid for with the rewards
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Old Oct 1, 2020, 3:50 pm
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Here in S&S land they are allowing milk to be purchased with rewards, I was shocked as this was never allowed before.
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Old Oct 1, 2020, 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by msthegame
Here in S&S land they are allowing milk to be purchased with rewards, I was shocked as this was never allowed before.
What rewards you are talking about before the current GO rewards? I am only aware of gas points before which can only be used for gas purchase and nothing else.
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Old Oct 2, 2020, 7:35 am
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Points not posting yet. Have to have them manually entered. Please check receipts before leaving store.
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Old Oct 2, 2020, 8:26 am
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Originally Posted by yoyo
What rewards you are talking about before the current GO rewards? I am only aware of gas points before which can only be used for gas purchase and nothing else.
The discount coupons($10/$15) we used to get for purchasing gift cards.
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Old Oct 2, 2020, 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by slicktraveler
Points not posting yet. Have to have them manually entered. Please check receipts before leaving store.
Once I signed up for the new rewards program, I no longer see the points on my receipt. But they do display in the app a few minutes after purchase.
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Old Oct 2, 2020, 6:12 pm
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I happened to be in New England today and bought some MC gift cards today at S&S. No gas points posted on my receipt. I was told it was because I wasn't enrolled in the Go Rewards program (only the old fuel program). I looked at the circular and it does only mention Go Rewards. I called customer service and they loaded the points to my old gas rewards account.

Is any of this actually true, or was it just a "Friday morning posting mistake"? The woman I spoke to by phone offered to convert my account to Go Rewards. I didn't do it because I'm unfamiliar with the Go program and wanted to make sure I didn't mess up my Shell Fuel Rewards account. Is there any downside to converting? And will I have a similar program when I buy gift cards at Giant later this week?
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Old Oct 2, 2020, 6:38 pm
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Three stops today and no points posted. They added one purchase manually, but the system was down mid-afternoon, as well as about 30 minutes ago. As such, they could not manually add the points. I guess that I will need to call. Can this outfit ever get it right?
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Old Oct 2, 2020, 7:24 pm
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It worked for me around 4:30pm. I purchased mgc and points were posted correctly, though it took an hour to show up in my account.
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Old Oct 2, 2020, 7:42 pm
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6:00pm, Go rewards posted in seconds.
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Old Oct 2, 2020, 8:20 pm
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Originally Posted by iahphx
I happened to be in New England today and bought some MC gift cards today at S&S. No gas points posted on my receipt. I was told it was because I wasn't enrolled in the Go Rewards program (only the old fuel program). I looked at the circular and it does only mention Go Rewards. I called customer service and they loaded the points to my old gas rewards account.

Is any of this actually true, or was it just a "Friday morning posting mistake"? The woman I spoke to by phone offered to convert my account to Go Rewards. I didn't do it because I'm unfamiliar with the Go program and wanted to make sure I didn't mess up my Shell Fuel Rewards account. Is there any downside to converting? And will I have a similar program when I buy gift cards at Giant later this week?
There is no reason NOT to convert. You basically get 60days expiry under the GO program, not to mention you can chose to cash out for grocery instead. Once you opt-in its all seamless. No issues with messing up FR have been reported
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