In May Kroger announced that up to 2,000 points can be redeemed for up to $2.00 in savings - at Kroger fuel centers in one fill-up.
2,000 points -- that you have to earn in ONE month. The program ends September 30. If you tried to earn 2,000 simply by buying groceries, that would be $2,000.00 worth of groceries. When chow.com asked what the average couple spent on groceries, most replies came in between $50 and $100 a week. Even a family with three children is going to get nowhere near $2,000.00 in one month.
Every qualifying prescription earns customers 50 fuel points.
Purchase of gift cards earn two times the points, but through June 16 in honor of "grads and dads," gift cards earn FOUR times the points. While I am going to purchase some Bed, Bath and Beyond as we have more weddings to attend this summer, I am considering buying Lowe's cards. So if I purchase $500 worth of gift cards, I'll get the $2 off per gallon. My husband's car holds 20 gallons, so we would save $40.
$40 off $500 worth of gift cards would mean an eight percent savings.
Caution: You have to use the points in one fill-up. You have to use last month's points this month or they will expire, so that means I would have to use these points up by the end of July.
But I do have to have a chuckle reading the press release from May 24, which was headlined:
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