Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a similar
program?

Details: http://tinyurl.com/85lgc

Summary of program: For every $50 in groceries you get $0.10 off a gallon
of gas. You can use it incrementally (the slate starts at zero every time
you use it) or wait till it reaches the value of the current price of
gas/gallon at their pump, effectively receiving a free full tank of gas, up
to 30 gallons.

Our Giant Eagle recently started the program this summer. We have filled
up my wife's Highlander once (along with three 5 gallon gas cans) and we are
once again at the free gas status. ;-)

Quite a money saver, especially if one trailers a boat or has a gas guzzling
SUV/Pickup that pulls a boat.

" *JimH*" wrote in message
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Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a similar
program?

Details: http://tinyurl.com/85lgc

Summary of program: For every $50 in groceries you get $0.10 off a gallon
of gas. You can use it incrementally (the slate starts at zero every time
you use it) or wait till it reaches the value of the current price of
gas/gallon at their pump, effectively receiving a free full tank of gas,
up to 30 gallons.

Our Giant Eagle recently started the program this summer. We have filled
up my wife's Highlander once (along with three 5 gallon gas cans) and we
are once again at the free gas status. ;-)

Quite a money saver, especially if one trailers a boat or has a gas
guzzling SUV/Pickup that pulls a boat.


I shop at a store where margins do not allow for perks like that. But my
grocery bill is almost 40% less than a leading chain for the same exact
items... so for each 100 dollars I spend, I save between 30-50 over the
chain... The chain is all union, so food is marked up.

*JimH* wrote:

Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a similar
program?

It's not a grocery store, but BP/Amoco offers a Visa card that earns
free gas. This comes in the form of $20 "free gas card" that looks like
a credit card, and works just like one at BP or Amoco stations. Better
than airline miles!

Unfortunately, the credit card company administering the program is a
bit slow. Plus they're not particularl honest. We cancelled ours after
they played "change the due date" to try and nail us for charges about
14 months in a row. That was last year, they may have learned. I'm
tempted to get another of these cards, it's a nice perk (if you don't
have to pay for it by getting jerked around).

Regards
Doug King

*JimH* wrote:
Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a similar
program?


Not a store, but I got Discover Card Platinum to give me a 5% cash back
award for gasoline purchases... or about .14/gallon currently. It's
capped at $1500.00(3-4 months for me) annually, or $75.00/yr cash back.

Amerada Hess has a similar 5% program on their Hess Visa used at Hess...
10% for the first 90 days, awards are good toward gas or merchandise @
Hess. No cap as far as I can tell.

Another bank card(Capital One or Bank One or something like that) has a
5% gas & grocery card w/o caps. If you figure out how to do it right,
you can get the discount/credit applied on any merchandise purchased at
a WalMart supercenter... you have to be sure to check out at a "grocery"
cashier. It takes some trial & error to figure this one out sometimes...

Rob

trainfan1 wrote:

*JimH* wrote:

Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a
similar program?


Not a store, but I got Discover Card Platinum to give me a 5% cash back
award for gasoline purchases... or about .14/gallon currently. It's
capped at $1500.00(3-4 months for me) annually, or $75.00/yr cash back.

Amerada Hess has a similar 5% program on their Hess Visa used at Hess...
10% for the first 90 days, awards are good toward gas or merchandise @
Hess. No cap as far as I can tell.

Another bank card(Capital One or Bank One or something like that) has a
5% gas & grocery card w/o caps. If you figure out how to do it right,
you can get the discount/credit applied on any merchandise purchased at
a WalMart supercenter... you have to be sure to check out at a "grocery"
cashier. It takes some trial & error to figure this one out sometimes...

Rob

I just signed up for the Hess (Chase) Visa for my business. Our fuel
bills are over $5,000 per month. Their gas and diesel is cheaper than
the local BP and Mobil before the discounts. There is no cap and the
rebate is credited to the next bill. We'll see if that is really the
case...

Dan

I have the Citi Cash Dividend and Capitol One Hassel Free, both of them pay
5% on gas and groceries. Definitely a nice perk if you pay the account off
each month. The Citi Card is $150 annually, and 120,000 miles on Capitol
One.


"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
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trainfan1 wrote:

*JimH* wrote:

Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a
similar program?


Not a store, but I got Discover Card Platinum to give me a 5% cash back
award for gasoline purchases... or about .14/gallon currently. It's
capped at $1500.00(3-4 months for me) annually, or $75.00/yr cash back.

Amerada Hess has a similar 5% program on their Hess Visa used at Hess...
10% for the first 90 days, awards are good toward gas or merchandise @
Hess. No cap as far as I can tell.

Another bank card(Capital One or Bank One or something like that) has a
5% gas & grocery card w/o caps. If you figure out how to do it right,
you can get the discount/credit applied on any merchandise purchased at a
WalMart supercenter... you have to be sure to check out at a "grocery"
cashier. It takes some trial & error to figure this one out sometimes...

Rob

I just signed up for the Hess (Chase) Visa for my business. Our fuel
bills are over $5,000 per month. Their gas and diesel is cheaper than the
local BP and Mobil before the discounts. There is no cap and the rebate
is credited to the next bill. We'll see if that is really the case...

Dan

Yes, we do... but it's a gimmick versus a savings for gas. Everything in the
store is priced higher than the other local stores.



" *JimH*" wrote in message
...
Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a similar
program?

Details: http://tinyurl.com/85lgc

Summary of program: For every $50 in groceries you get $0.10 off a gallon
of gas. You can use it incrementally (the slate starts at zero every time
you use it) or wait till it reaches the value of the current price of
gas/gallon at their pump, effectively receiving a free full tank of gas,
up to 30 gallons.

Our Giant Eagle recently started the program this summer. We have filled
up my wife's Highlander once (along with three 5 gallon gas cans) and we
are once again at the free gas status. ;-)

Quite a money saver, especially if one trailers a boat or has a gas
guzzling SUV/Pickup that pulls a boat.

*JimH* wrote:
Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a similar
program?

Details: http://tinyurl.com/85lgc

Summary of program: For every $50 in groceries you get $0.10 off a gallon
of gas. You can use it incrementally (the slate starts at zero every time
you use it) or wait till it reaches the value of the current price of
gas/gallon at their pump, effectively receiving a free full tank of gas, up
to 30 gallons.

Our Giant Eagle recently started the program this summer. We have filled
up my wife's Highlander once (along with three 5 gallon gas cans) and we are
once again at the free gas status. ;-)

Quite a money saver, especially if one trailers a boat or has a gas guzzling
SUV/Pickup that pulls a boat.

In these parts, Kroger does exactly the same thing. Wonder if they're
related?

Kroger/Payless groceries have a similar thing here also.
Also Marsh stores have the same thing offered in conjunction with their
Village Pantry convenience stores.

Fredo


" *JimH*" wrote in message
...
Does anyone else have a Giant Eagle grocery store by them with a "Fuel
Perks" program? If not, does any other store in your area offer a similar
program?

Details: http://tinyurl.com/85lgc

Summary of program: For every $50 in groceries you get $0.10 off a gallon
of gas. You can use it incrementally (the slate starts at zero every time
you use it) or wait till it reaches the value of the current price of
gas/gallon at their pump, effectively receiving a free full tank of gas,
up to 30 gallons.

Our Giant Eagle recently started the program this summer. We have filled
up my wife's Highlander once (along with three 5 gallon gas cans) and we
are once again at the free gas status. ;-)

Quite a money saver, especially if one trailers a boat or has a gas
guzzling SUV/Pickup that pulls a boat.