My Freebie From the Grocery Store
By Kareng
@kareng (80243)
United States
January 29, 2025 10:45pm CST
So if you read my previous discussion tonight, you know that I had to run to the grocery store for something for dinner. I also wanted to use some of my points for a free item before they expired. Last week none of the free items were appealing, so I waited.
I ended up getting a box of pancake mix. I had planned on maybe getting a Tostino's Pizza, but they are small and only priced at $2.39. I then turned to the pancake mix and syrup and decided to get the pancake mix since we like a specific brand of syrup. Now we need to make pancakes!! Or waffles or both!!
Does your grocery store have a point system where you earn points according to the amount you spend on groceries and lets you exchange points for a free item on their list? How do you like it!
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
30 Jan 25
No where we shop does not have a point system we shop at Walmart and things are pretty much always cheap there. Glad you got to get what you wanted with your points now you can make some pancakes and waffles.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
30 Jan 25
It was the best alternative of products offered. I didn't really need it, because I just bought a big 5# box a couple of weeks ago. But it was something that we use. I'd rather get something than lose my points since they expire after so many months.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
31 Jan 25
@Tina30219 A long time! I need to get on the menu and be plugging in waffles and pancakes 1 x a week!
@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
30 Jan 25
@kareng Yeah it is best to use them so you do not lose them. Now you will not need pancake mix for a while.
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@FourWalls (86619)
• United States
30 Jan 25
No, we don’t have those. What Meijer (a Walmart-like chain in the upper Midwest) has is a point system that you can trade for money off the order, or as much as a dollar off gasoline at their stations.
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@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
30 Jan 25
Nope. Consumers used to be in our city but they closed when I was in my twenties. Mom saved up points and got glassware or fancy dishes with her points.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
30 Jan 25
@DaddyEvil They were pretty cool. I remember how excited both of my grandmothers would be to go cash them in for their prize. My mom always took them since neither one drove.
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@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
30 Jan 25
@kareng Yes, green stamps! That's right! I saved them for a few years after I moved out of mom's house. I think I eventually gave all I'd saved to her.
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@MarieCoyle (59152)
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30 Jan 25
Pretty much all the grocery stores have some sort of point/loyalty programs. One store is the best for this, you use your Max card and get a discount on certain items, those change every week. You might get $1 off your butter, or package of ground beef, or produce, or whatever, so it's always good for something. But free food is good, too, like you got, same concept, a form of discount.
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@kaylachan (84740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Jan 25
Yeah we have one of those but we can exchange the points to whatever we want.
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@kaylachan (84740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Jan 25
@kareng Yeah. You apply them at the end of a transaction, and you can possibly get your cart freee. One time they actually owed us money.
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@luisadannointed (11842)
• Philippines
1 Feb 25
I love pancakes! That's so nice you got a freebie. We also use our points and it is a real great help.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
30 Jan 25
Isn't that nice..no nothing free here.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
31 Jan 25
@RebeccasFarm It's a great way to bring in more business too. Although, there is not much other competition in this little town other than Dollar General and Family Dollar.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
31 Jan 25
@kareng It is very nice of them for sure.
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@wolfgirl569 (135676)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Jan 25
@kareng They are not up here for sure
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@RasmaSandra (97994)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Jan 25
I order everything online, I enjoy pancakes now and then and keep a mix around, I once tried the ready frozen pancakes and did not like them,
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@porwest (112811)
• United States
2 Feb 25
Ours is called Schnuck's Rewards and is a decent point system. I have a lot of points accumulated which have accumulated over at least 10 years and have never used them. That being said, Schnuck's is also rather expensive, so very little is ever spent there. Nonetheless, one of these days I will bring a giant U-Haul box truck and give them a good opportunity to dust some shelves.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
2 Feb 25
Wow, you are lucky the points do not expire. Ours do. And that sucks! I try to keep the points down, but sometimes there is just nothing we want or use on their freebie list. They did a case of free bottled water once last summer and customers wiped them out. I bet they will never do that one again!!
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@porwest (112811)
• United States
5 Feb 25
@kareng Yep. Ours don't expire, and you don't have to use them the way the store wants. They are awarded in dollars you can spend toward your bill at the register. If you have $50 in rewards and your bill is $100, you only pay $50 out of pocket.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
30 Jan 25
We collect points here on the purchase. And during Diwali, the store gives us some gift worth of those points. Once I got a electric rice which I have been using for few years now. Last year, I got a set of Borosil bowls from them. We don't get to choose.
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@GardenGerty (169450)
• United States
30 Jan 25
We get points to apply either to fuel purchases or they say we can use it on our purchases as well. We just always apply it to fuel.
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@snowy22315 (208837)
• United States
30 Jan 25
We get rewqrds points for buying certain types of items. That works out pretty well, and sometimes I have gotten groceries for free by using reward points. Once in a while they will have a free item too.
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