F... gas prices

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Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

This.

My family were trying to figure out which grocery store is best for us, and have stuck with Giant Food strictly for the Shell Gas Points. From our shopping, I save $1.20/gallon at Shell today, paying $2.69/gallon. Was able to fill up both cars for around $70 (around 26 gallons).

Luckily, my job is 3 miles from my house, so I fill up the minivan once every 10 days or so. My wife commutes to Rockville and back (70 miles round-trip) 3 days a week, so she's filling up once every 4 commuting days or so.

I remember in college being able to fill my 12 gallon gas tank for less than $10. And my 88 Accord got 30+ miles to the gallon. Damn, I wish I still had that car.

You might be saving in gas but you spent $1200 in groceries in 30 days!

I too use the gas points at Giant and the program works like this 1 point for every $1 spent. You need 100 points or $100 spent to save a .10 on a gallon of gas. You can use for one fill (one car) a max of 35 gallons and/or 2200 points. Points only last 30 days no roll over.

You can check the rules here under FAQ:

Gasoline*-* Giant

So your above scenario seems off how you got 1200 points and filled two cars doing that. Either your confused or did the math wrong. I just don't know how you got 1200 points in 30 days which would also mean you are filling up somewhere else because you be eating into your points and/or you literally had a one time $1200 shopping trip and in that case gas is not the drain on your budget it is your food bill. Plus how you got the discount on two cars is a head scratcher too me.

Honestly I use the programing but in no way do I think it is some super savings. I have too spend $100 (I realize not hard to do when you have a family) to save a .10 on a gallon gas which equates to me filling my 20 gallon tank and I save a whooping $2.