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What's the point of the grocery store card if they use it for everyone?

Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:49 pm
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:49 pm
3 different chains I go to. They have a store card that's pretty decent, 10-20% off sticker, BOGO deals etc.

But I don't have the cards. Here's what happens every single time.

"Do you have a Kroger/Publix/Winn-Dixie card?"
"No."
"Ok we'll use the store card."
*Beep*
10-20% off my total

Which is cool.

But what's the fricking point of the whole system?
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
118934 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:50 pm to
Cashier is sweet on you
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40417 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:51 pm to
Makes it much easier for them to track your purchases so they can use the data for whatever purpose they please.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120175 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:51 pm to
Cashier is using her card and getting free gas baw
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:52 pm to
quote:

Makes it much easier for them to track your purchases
They do it before I pay. What if I use cash?
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
18317 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:53 pm to
quote:

What's the point of the grocery store card if they use it for everyone?


Weird melt.
Posted by PipelineBaw
TX
Member since Jan 2019
1422 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:54 pm to
Gas points baw
Posted by Hogwall Jackson
Denver
Member since Feb 2013
5052 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:55 pm to
I use my Kroger one and got 35 cents per gallon off my gas last time i got gas.
Posted by HoustonChick86
Catalina Wine Mixer
Member since Dec 2009
57243 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:55 pm to
Brings you back because you are getting a "deal"
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
128950 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:55 pm to
Cause for many if you use your own card tied to your account....you also accumulate points that you can use for further discounts(like gas).

I've saved a dollar off per gallon of gas with my grocery points.
This post was edited on 2/2/19 at 7:56 pm
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:56 pm to
quote:

Cashier is using her card and getting free gas baw
That might be true. Publix I think the cashiers all have them around their necks. But at Kroger there's literally one in the store, glued to a clipboard they pass around
Posted by cssamerican
Member since Mar 2011
7106 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:56 pm to
Walmart doesn’t match membership discounts
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76182 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:56 pm to
Not every question is a melt
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120175 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:56 pm to
Did you go to the golf tournament nurse?
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40417 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:57 pm to
Um you’re not too bright are you?

You don’t count because you’re too lazy to get a card. But for people who actually have a card.

The card is tied to you individually. They scan the card and then all the items rung up in that transaction are tracked. Whether you use cash is irrelevant. In fact the store cards are really the only way they can track cash paying customers purchase histories.

But they accumulate this data and make all types of decisions based upon it. No different than Facebook.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32511 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:57 pm to
“I don’t have my card on me. Can I use the store card?”
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
128950 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:58 pm to
Nah. I've been a handful of times. I hate golf, my husband hates golf.

What's the point of going there if you hate golf and are not single?
Posted by PipelineBaw
TX
Member since Jan 2019
1422 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:58 pm to
quote:

That might be true. Publix I think the cashiers all have them around their necks. But at Kroger there's literally one in the store, glued to a clipboard they pass around


Ol boy at the Kroger uses the one off his keychain for the jagoffs that dont have their own. Probably fills his car with $5
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 8:02 pm to
So basically I should continue to not get a card. Because my gas is paid for, and I'm getting all the discounts anyways, and not being tracked, and not having data collected on me
This post was edited on 2/2/19 at 8:06 pm
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
20480 posts
Posted on 2/2/19 at 8:07 pm to
quote:

Cashier is using her card and getting free gas baw




Yep.
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