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The Offer
Stop&Shop, Giant, Martin’s (not yet showing)
Giant/Stopandshop/Martin’s have two gift card offers showing in their circular for August 23 – 29 which can even stack together:
- Get 2x fuel points on the purchase Mastercard gift cards.
- Buy $150 in Visa and Mastercard gift cards and get $15 off your next shopping order.
Be sure to check your local circular for which promo(s) they are running as not all promos are found in all stores.
Gift cards generally don’t earn fuel points at all at Giant/S&S/Martin’s, but occasionally they release offers like this to get points on gift card purchases. You can view the ad here until it shows at the links above:
The Fine Print
- Valid 8/23/19 – 8/29/19 (starts Friday)
- Must use store card to get and use the points
- Be sure to double check that your local store is running this offer before buying
- “We now accept credit cards for the purchase of Visa, Mastercard, and American Express gift cards”
- $15 coupon will print out on the receipt (save the receipt!)
- $15 coupon expires 9/5/19
- Limit 1 offer per transaction
Gas Points Details
Every 100 points gets you 10¢ off per gallon at Shell, up to 20 gallons. If you have 1000 points, you’ll get $1 off. If you have 1500 points, you’ll get $1.50 off per gallon.
- Max discount in some areas is $1.50. In other areas, there might not be any max.
- You have 30 days to use the points. The day of purchase is Day #1. (Giant PA and Martins might expire at the end of the following month.)
- Points can only be used at partner Shell stations. You can redeem the points in a different area from where you got the points, but only if that Shell station is a partner. Check out the gas locator for Stop & Shop and for Giant for exact listings of which Shell stations are included. (Giant PA and Martins might only be valid at their own gas stations.)
- See the FAQ for more details. Some of the details vary by area and store.
- Points usually are available immediately, but I’ve had on occasion where it took a day until they showed up and were usable.
- Pro tip: Use a Shell gift card and you’ll usually get the cash price; it’s especially worthwhile to get the lower cash price when using fuel points.
Our Verdict
This is really terrific since you can get double fuel points on Mastercard gift cards, and at the same time get a $15 shopping credit toward your next purchase when you purchase at least $150. Some Giant/SS began allowing fuel points to be used on groceries which would potentially mean doubling up grocery discounts with the $15 coupon + points discounts.
You’ll probably only be able to use one $15 coupon per purchase, but it should be possible to buy multiple Mastercard (or Visa) gift cards in separate transaction to rack up more of those coupons, and then use up the coupons in separate transactions to buy groceries.
We’ve been seeing a heavy uptick in gas offers during the warmer months. Remember also to use a card that earns bonus rewards at the grocery. There’s a different gift card offer going until August 22nd.
Thanks to my friend Tom for the headsup on this
How long does it take for the points to post? Do I need to opt in to emails or something? Bought 1k on saturday in Frederick and nothing appears in the giant website or FR website… Thanks
Nevermind, got an error sorted out with CS.
How is this expired? It is still going on until 08/29/19???
Yeah, fixed it now
$15 grocery coupon promo is only available at stop and shop
Has anyone used the visa gift card to purchase another visa gift card? I have done that at Shoprite. But want to make sure it works at S&S as well.
you can buy a virtual one with them from giftcards.com
Let me give the context of my question. I wanted to buy several Visa GC from S&S to take advantage of this offer multiple times. Buy VGC1 with my CC. Then use VGC1 to buy VGC2, VGC2 to buy VGC3, and so on. This way I can get multiple grocery vouchers. That way I dont hold on to these VGCs. I will use the last VGC for another GC, etc.
My local giant (burbs of Philadelphia) did not know about the deal. I showed the manager the pic from here and she refunded $15 to the card I used! Got lucky…
Related question. Did Citi stop working for others in the past few weeks? Haven’t had problems in a long time and now have tried twice in the past week and it won’t work. Thx.
Can you clarify on what you are talking about related to Citi?
Doesnt work anymore
Hey Shawn. When did it die? @Eric I ask since it worked for me as of less than two week ago us MB MC to pay off a Citi Prestige card by phone (not online or automated phone system, that died a while ago, agreed).
MB MCGC seems to have stopped in the last week or two. US Bank still works.
Now to figure out new liquidation options for these and the ODOM ones.
This might be my cue to get into the MO game. My BB is getting “transcation not allowed” with MB VGC now.
What is “BB”
My guess is he is talking about Bluebird.
How much are you trying to load?
So something strange happened today at my friendly Walmart. I went and gave my ID, told the cashier the amounts, and waited for her to fill out the form. She looked up and told me that they could not process the transaction. She was cool, so she tried again. The second Time it worked just fine. We tried 2x after that, and both got denied. Anyone hear about this or know anything? Is this temporary? I haven’t bought money order for the past 2 months since there were no good gas point deals. Thanks for any help
I only see the 2x promo in the Alexandria, va circular. I don’t see any additional digital coupons.
Just went to Giant and no $15 credit. Must only be at Stop and Shops
Not at my Giant, either. Just 2x
works in CT. 15.00 voucher and 2x points. S&S Did 3 separate transactions and 3 15.00 vouchers plus Shell points. Was wary to try on first day of offer. Usually does not work the first day based on past experiences. Today was fine.
No joy in Arlington either. But my SnS buddy got one when they used my card in MA.
Thanks for posting. Two notes:
1) You have to factor in the fee for the Visa/MC card. If the fee is $4.95, you are only netting $10.05
2) Not available now, this starts next cycle Friday, Aug 23
There is a risk with these prepaid cards, especially from Vanilla/Incomm. You are not protected like a regular credit card. Plenty of horror stories online, check at consumeraffairs.com
If you do get one, drain it fast!
Fee is 5.95 in most areas.
Most people are doing this for MS so any cash “profit” is an added bonus.
Yes, one would be smart to liquidate these ASAP after purchase.
Looks like I will be grocery shopping a lot at S&S the next couple of weeks.
Ren.. MSers always use a 5% grocery card for 25.00 profit per 500.00 card minus the 5.95 fee. Plus the 15.00 off next grocery purchase is an added benefit as well as the Shell points. A 3% grocery card earns 15.00 minus the fee PLUS the 15.00 grocery coupon and the gas points. As you state..not in effect till Fri.
never had trouble with meta bank cards from S&S so far in 3 .5 years. For that matter same goes for the many MCGC bought in S&S and VV from CVS..so far.
and it is possible to get numerous 15.00 off vouchers. Buy the cards in separate xactions and 15.00 will print on receipt. Takes longer and is a pain.. but 15.00 free groceries. Dont lose receipt!! So start next weeks shopping list now folks!!
Do you know anyway to drain MB MCGC? The walmart MO does not work with it.
Sounds like you are not comfortable with this deal, so I’d suggest not doing it. Many others here are. And the gas points on a $500 card can be worth $1 off per gallon at Shell stations for up to 20 gallons, so another $20 there.