BoatBanter.com - A thousand dollars for food per month? WOW!!

On 5/9/2011 1:41 PM, John H wrote:
Note the fine print: "Giant Gas Rewards points will expire 30 days from date of issuance." So, all
Harry has to do is spend $1000 at Giant in 30 days, and within the same 30 days he can save $1 per
gallon on gas.

So, where's the issue? Surely no one is doubting that Harry and his lovely (in his words) bride
spend $1000 on food in 30 days!

How it works:

For every dollar you spend at Giant, you earn a point on your card. Earn 100 points, save 10¢/gallon
on gas. The more you shop, the more you save - you can redeem up to $2.20/gallon in a single fill
up.
Points Savings
100 10¢/gallon
200 20¢/gallon
300 30¢/gallon
...up to $2.20/gallon!

So, in order to get a $1.00 per gallon discount, you must spend $1000 to earn 1000 points.

Points are valid for 30 days.

Terms and Conditions

Fuel savings are limited to 35 gallons of fuel per vehicle per purchase, or limits placed on your
payment card by your financial institution, which may be lower. Total discount cannot exceed price
per gallon. Limit of 2,200 points may be redeemed with any fill up. Earned points are available for
redemption within 24 hours. Offers available at Giant or participating Shell locations. Giant
Rewards points earned at participating Giant locations only. Giant Gas Rewards not available in
Charlottesville, North Carolina. Only purchases made with your Giant card are eligible. Net purchase
excludes alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, pharmacy items, gift cards, milk, Metro passes and
any other purchase prohibited by law. Giant Gas Rewards points will expire 30 days from date of
issuance. Your date of purchase is day 1. Giant Rewards points available at the time of a gasoline
transaction will be redeemed. Visit your participating Giant stores for program details. Offer may
be modified or discontinued at any time without notice. Not valid where prohibited by law. All
trademarks are property of their respective owners.

So, in order to get a $1.00 per gallon discount, you must spend $1000 to earn 1000 points.
On first blush a thousand dollars a month for food seems high for a
family of two or four.
We spend about 400.00 a month for three but that doesn't include eating out.
neither one of us is great health and so don't feel too much like cooking.
A couple of burgers fries and drinks, at the low end is about 20.00.
Steak houses, the cheap ones and the like average about 38.00 for two.
Some prime locations are more like 42.00-45.00 for two. A nice steak
house or sea food, bugs and Tilipia, is all about they offer, now, is
45.00 plus. Better digs run up to 100.00 for two.
It is easy to spend over 100.00 per day and not pig out.
Traveling it is almost impossible to eat 3 meals for less than a hundred
per day.
we're navigating back to beans and taters and whatever we catch or the
occasional piece of chicken, or burger, roast, while at home.
I bet we spend, while home, well over a thousand a month.
We probably don't eat anywhere near as fine as most.
It looks like almost no one eats, at home, judging by the crowds, at any
food joint you can think about.
A couple of deep fryers, a grill and big freezers and you can make
several mints. It's all the same wherever you go or whatever you pay.
I bet not one of these places could cut up a potato or cook a pot, of beans.