Update 9/9/24: S&S, Food Lion, Lowe’s are showing 1%. CVS showing 5% now.
Update 3/4/24: Stop&Shop and Food Lion are again showing 1%
Update 2/13/24: Deal is back for 1% at Food Lion. Same for Shop&Shop (ht MEAB)
The Offer
- Rakuten is offering
3% back / 3x points1x at Food Lion when saving the offer and using a linked card.
The Fine Print
- Earn Cash Back when you shop with your linked card at all participating Food Lion stores. Debit card purchases must be processed as credit to be eligible for Cash Back. When using your debit card, do not enter your PIN. Only US-issued payment cards are eligible to enroll and earn Cash Back. Offer not valid for gift card purchases. In-Store offers not valid for online purchases and may not be combined with other Rakuten rewards. US stores only. Offer not valid at locations in US territories. Offer may be displayed on multiple websites but is redeemable only once per qualifying transaction. If you link to the same offer on more than one site, your qualifying transaction will only be eligible for rewards or benefits associated with the offer through the most recently linked site. A linked offer is good for 1 hour after initial redemption. After such time the offer must be re-linked prior to your next purchase. A linked offer that has not been redeemed will automatically expire 45 days after it is linked or on the date the offer itself ends, whichever is sooner. Cash Back earned will be paid with your next eligible Rakuten Big Fat Check!
Our Verdict
Grocery store offers are always nice.
Deal History:
- Update 1/4/24: Deal is back now, this time it’s lower at 1%/1x (ht MEAB)
There’s also an offer for Giant (PA). Stop & Shop is known as Giant in 156 stores.
I’m planning to stack this 5% CVS offer with 5% Citi offer on my Custom Cash. They both exclude gift cards, but I’m going to try it anyway,
Gerald,
I added the Rakuten offer for S&S offer earlier this morning when I alerted Chuck about this. Later on, I made a small purchase (not a gc) in S&S and it DID NOT track. I used an Amex credit card.
When this offer was around last time, I purchased a gc using my Amex credit card and a non-Amex card. Only the non-Amex card tracked.
I am just curious if something is wrong with my Amex link or if Amex just doesn’t work properly for Rakuten. Any idea?
barrytuneup nes
Do either of you know the answer to what I asked Gerald?
all I know is I added a Chase Freedom (3% at drug stores) and an OBC from Amex (5% on G/G/D)on Mon. Used them both for separate xactions at CVS on Tues. Bought a cheap item with each trans. No tracking yet. probably won’t works. Had no trouble adding the cards tho.
That’s interesting. All of my Chase purchases in CVS have tracked IIRC.
BTW, I have had success with Rakuten tracking at CVS buying gc. That was with a non-Amex card.
Gerald, just buy a candy bar or cheap pack of nuts that hang on a small display in front of the store for 1.19 or 1.79. Hopefully it will not set off alarms at Rakuten for 505.95. I’m trying that on Tues. I’ve done it before at CVS and it tracked on Rak.
I did bunch of cvs gc’s the past 3 weeks, in TC had no cap on CB. Racked up 200k in MR’s… rakuten clawed back every single point day by day. every purchase w different candy. 2,5% and 5% cap was working before.
Does “MR” stand for Membership Rewards? If so, what would that have to do with Rakuten?
How long after your purchases did Rakuten claw it back?
The issue is that you probably took the expression “go big or go home” too far. 😉
You got it. Theres option to choose to get mr’s back instead of cash on rakuten. you got the info now go crazy 😉
I have no interest in getting MR points. They have < $.01/point value to me.
Website is broken and infinite loading when attempting to add offers
It has taken longer to add the offers for me but it hasn’t been longer than 1-2 minutes of loading.
Chuck,
The 1% offer (up to $10 per transaction) offer has returned to Rakuten for S&S.
Food Lion (yesterday) and now CVS (today) are no longer showing for in-store. Is that happening for anyone else?
I used the S&S offer today and received the normal email from Rakuten that it tracked but I then went to re-add the offer and it’s gone. Do any of you still show it available?
Check your Chase Offer, I have both Food Lion and Giant Offer now available.
Bought a $500 VVGC at FL and stacked this Rakuten 1% + CF 5% grocery cat + Chase Food Lion Offer for 7% ($5.50 max). About $30 cashback after fees.
My Chase CCs show coupons for Misfits Market and Nuts.com.
Is the gift card exception enforced?
I got Rakuten CB for an in-store GC purchase at Food Lion
Also works at Giant Food in Maryland, DC and Virginia, another Ahold Delhaize brand
It never went away. Been getting this for months now.