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Stop & Shop and Giant supermarkets gas rewards points on gift card purchases(2018-24)

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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Stop & Shop and Giant supermarkets gas rewards points on gift card purchases(2018-24)

Old May 21, 2018, 8:23 am
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Originally Posted by luckypra
I would wait for it if that is correct. Do you have some preview ad for SS? As I am not sure how to liquidate MCGC after USPS stopped taking those.
S&S Ad Scan for May 25 2018

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Old May 21, 2018, 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by iahphx
Interesting of course. If you shop at the Giant PA stores, though, the calendar would not be your friend on this. Points roll to the end of the next month, and the last day of the sale would be May 31 -- so no free gas for July (when a lot of folks could probably use some).
Big IF here, but if any specific Visa UPC doesn't post points as it should as sometimes happen, you could try buying on the 31st then going back on the 1st asking for the credit.
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Old May 21, 2018, 10:49 am
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Originally Posted by iahphx
Interesting of course. If you shop at the Giant PA stores, though, the calendar would not be your friend on this. Points roll to the end of the next month, and the last day of the sale would be May 31 -- so no free gas for July (when a lot of folks could probably use some).
That's terrible, it's not 30 days from purchase?? If that was the case, I'd drive out of state to MD to buy or something to get the points to last longer.
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Old May 21, 2018, 10:55 am
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Originally Posted by devastitis
That's terrible, it's not 30 days from purchase?? If that was the case, I'd drive out of state to MD to buy or something to get the points to last longer.
I read it as the opposite, PA customers normally get more than 30 days to use their points. It just happens that this time anyone buying on the last day will only get the 30 days expiry
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Old May 21, 2018, 11:36 am
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Originally Posted by soy
I read it as the opposite, PA customers normally get more than 30 days to use their points. It just happens that this time anyone buying on the last day will only get the 30 days expiry
Correct. At the moment, the Giant PA program is probably the best when they have the "points on gift card" sales because you can earn completely free gas -- no $1.50 limit. You get 25 gallons instead of 20. And you get to the end of the next month to use your points.

Here, the calendar is unfortunate because this sale will end at Giant PA on May 31. If it ended on June 1, you could go in that day and buy gift cards for free gas good through all of July. As that's vacation season, I assume most folks will use more gas in July than most months. Now, Giant PA customers will have to hope there's another sale that will take care of their July gas needs.

BTW, the current downside to Giant PA is that they don't participate in the Shell Fuel Rewards program. So "the Mastercard deal" doesn't work there. You can also only get your gas at a Giant Food gas station, and not all of their stores sell gas. So for some folks, Giant PA is the best gas deal, but not for everyone.

I personally live "on the border" so I can do both Giant MD and Giant PA.
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Old May 21, 2018, 7:16 pm
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FR MC bonus showed up. Never submitted any receipts.
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Old May 22, 2018, 7:05 am
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Originally Posted by iahphx
BTW, the current downside to Giant PA is that they don't participate in the Shell Fuel Rewards program. So "the Mastercard deal" doesn't work there. You can also only get your gas at a Giant Food gas station, and not all of their stores sell gas. So for some folks, Giant PA is the best gas deal, but not for everyone.

I personally live "on the border" so I can do both Giant MD and Giant PA.
Not true and depends on how you look at. I live in PA and i am able to get shell FR rewards by linking a MC and buying stuff in Giant PA. Just that i can't link the 2 programs. But one can doubledip by linking the MC and getting rewards from both when purchasing in Giant.
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Old May 22, 2018, 12:45 pm
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Not true and depends on how you look at. I live in PA and i am able to get shell FR rewards by linking a MC and buying stuff in Giant PA. Just that i can't link the 2 programs. But one can doubledip by linking the MC and getting rewards from both when purchasing in Giant.
Giant PA participates in Fuel Rewards? Really? That would certainly be news, because they don't otherwise participate in the regular gas rewards program (you have to get your "free" gas at Giant's own PA gas stations).
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Old May 22, 2018, 8:58 pm
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Bought cards. MC linked FR shows 0 earned and grocery shows points earned. Will update if MC FR points show up.
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Old May 22, 2018, 11:14 pm
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My FR points and S&S points both posted for purchases made on 05/20. Waiting for FR points to post for purchases made on 05/21 but S&S points posted.
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Old May 23, 2018, 6:21 am
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Originally Posted by iahphx
Giant PA participates in Fuel Rewards? Really? That would certainly be news, because they don't otherwise participate in the regular gas rewards program (you have to get your "free" gas at Giant's own PA gas stations).
You can earn FR points at Giant PA using the linked MasterCard offer.
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Old May 23, 2018, 7:04 am
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You can earn FR points at Giant PA using the linked MasterCard offer.
Wow, that's pretty weird. So if you live in Giant PA territory, I guess you use your Giant points for local gas, and hit up Shell stations when you travel. Of course, only flyertalkers would know this is possible. I assume there is zero marketing about Fuel Rewards at Giant PA. I've never seen any on my visits.
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Old May 23, 2018, 7:25 am
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Originally Posted by iahphx
Giant PA participates in Fuel Rewards? Really? That would certainly be news, because they don't otherwise participate in the regular gas rewards program (you have to get your "free" gas at Giant's own PA gas stations).
Yep. I was surprised when i did the master card linking and the FR posted for the test purchase i did.
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Old May 23, 2018, 8:02 am
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Originally Posted by iahphx
Wow, that's pretty weird. So if you live in Giant PA territory, I guess you use your Giant points for local gas, and hit up Shell stations when you travel. Of course, only flyertalkers would know this is possible. I assume there is zero marketing about Fuel Rewards at Giant PA. I've never seen any on my visits.
The qualifying locations for the MC grocery offer seems rather varied. Per terms, it's only not valid in the Chicago area.

One quirk I noticed however is that Acme and Shoprite stores in NJ (and possibly other Stop&Shop areas) don't qualify as per locations on the app, however in PA they come up.
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Old May 23, 2018, 11:07 am
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Originally Posted by Chelski
Bought cards. MC linked FR shows 0 earned and grocery shows points earned. Will update if MC FR points show up.
My purchases from Saturday and Sunday still don't show MC FR points. Points used to post two days after the purchase date.
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