Tanks A Lot, Safeway
Posted on | July 10, 2008 at 7:01 am | 2 Comments
Another way in which I’m trying to be more green is by driving less. I think I’m not alone there. The price of gas might have a little something to do with that. I am so thankful that I was able to buy my Dad’s Prius and ditch the Acura RSX, even though its gas mileage wasn’t that bad compared to most of what’s out on the road these days. Still, it costs me around $15-$20 a week to keep the Prius gassed up. I can’t imagine how people with gas-guzzling SUVs survive, although some of my co-workers who own them are taking the bus whenever they can.
Pet Peeve of the Day: I’ve been buying my gas at Safeway because Club members get a 3 cent discount per gallon when they use their card. And for a long time, if you bought $50 worth of groceries in a single transaction, you would get a 10 cent per gallon discount on your next fuel stop. But now they’ve changed all that. It appears that you have to now spend $100 to get the discount, although that can be spread over multiple transactions. And the gas rewards expire and reset at the end of the calendar quarter. Here’s the rules according to the sign on the pump (click to enlarge):
The wording is very confusing. It’s even confusing on the pamphlets they hand out at the store that contain a FAQ and everything. It almost makes it look like you only get 10 cents off per single gallon for every $100 you spend. That can’t be right, since it means spending $100 saves you only 10 cents total (well, 7 cents actually). They really should put something in the explanation about how the discount applies to the entire fuel transaction. Maybe I’m just easily confused. I couldn’t test it just yet because I only spent $50 at Safeway this week, so I only got the standard 3 cents off per gallon when I filled up yesterday.
I can’t really get too mad at Safeway, since the $50/10 cent thing was a pretty good deal and I knew it wouldn’t last forever. Their gas prices are usually pretty reasonable even before the discount. But I do hate change! And I always complain.
Latre.
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2 Responses to “Tanks A Lot, Safeway”
July 10th, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
This way actually would work better for me, I pull into the grocery store every day on the way home from work and pick up what I need that night, and I don’t remember the last time I spent $50 at once. But I wouldn’t use it anyway, I go to Shell because I get noticably better gas mileage there.
July 10th, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
Safeways offer fuel discounts here too, but they call it “petrol” for some reason. Maybe someone should tell them the right word?