gift cards at walmart
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WD40
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Not all of them do, but more are doing it around here. Haven't seen a Sam's selling Diesel yet. Some Sam's give 5 cents off per gal. My Kroger don't sell any gas or diesel.
Scooter
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As for the gift cards, statistics show that 30% of them, and gift certificates are never used. Just a thought.
i think EVENTUALLY youll see your kroger selling fuel...weve got one
that only does gasoline...and even IT was added a couple years after
the store was built.
i think they have been test marketing it in a few places and now i see
most of 'em selling at least gasoline.
kroger used to be one of my customers (when i was w/ ibm)...houston
is a big "test market" for all their "new" ideas....theyre bigger than
most people realize The Kroger Companies
weve got one walmart/murphy that doesnt sell diesel (closet one to
me, wouldnt you know)....the walmart near us is not usually the
cheapest for gas either
threejacks
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If you are concerned about Wal-Mart having your money on a gift card you can use their money for two or three days. I can buy something for 5 or 10 bucks on a Friday night in the store and charge it on my debit card and get $90 to $100 cash back; then put that $90 to $100 on my Wal-mart gift card, drive across the parking lot and put $90 to $100 fuel in my truck and my bank account is not debited until Monday and sometimes as late as Tuesday.
DragonSlayer
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I didn't know Kroger owned Tom Thumb. Can I get the Kroger thing at Tom Thumb?
dont know...since we dont have TT's, only thing i can recommend
is that you visit one and see.
i cant stand these frequent shopper cards, personally...its a way
of someone to track my spending & buying habits...so i always
fill 'em out w/ bogus info (i use a virginia zip code...or i dont fill
'em out at all (i take one and say ill bring it back later completed...
02SilverStroke
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Kroger doesn't own Tom Thumb. They just have similar discounts, except Tom Thumb gives a 10 cent per gallon discount for each purchase over $50.00, but Kroger offers a 1o cent discount for each $100.00 purchase. Tom Thumb is owned by Safeway.
02SilverStroke
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The Sam's in McKinney, TX sells diesel.
bling821
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The only Wal-Mart here that sells gas doesn't have diesel on the menu. I could fill the boat up there but it's not on the way to the boat ramp. There is a gas station on the Navy base so I get unleaded there. Its usually three or four cents cheaper there. Too bad there are no Kroger stores this far east. I've still got my old Kroger card from 6 years ago.
Speaking of, last time I filled up at Kroger was about the summer of '02 time frame. I filled up my 27 gallon tank on my '99 GMC Sierra 2500(6.0 gasser) for less than $20. It had some fuel in it but the regular was $0.90 and the Kroger card used to get you 5 cents off a gallon. Can't beat $0.85 a gallon. I'll be telling my kids about how gas used to cost less than a dollar a gallon just like you guys tell yours about how you could go to the movies and get popcorn for a nickel way back in the fifties. -popcorn
Speaking of, last time I filled up at Kroger was about the summer of '02 time frame. I filled up my 27 gallon tank on my '99 GMC Sierra 2500(6.0 gasser) for less than $20. It had some fuel in it but the regular was $0.90 and the Kroger card used to get you 5 cents off a gallon. Can't beat $0.85 a gallon. I'll be telling my kids about how gas used to cost less than a dollar a gallon just like you guys tell yours about how you could go to the movies and get popcorn for a nickel way back in the fifties. -popcorn