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Any easy way to save on gas! |
With the price of gas going through the roof, anything a person can do to save on gas means more camping enjoyment for less money.
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Yep, $1.67 per gallon! |
Within the last year or so, the HyVee grocery store chain (headquartered in Iowa) started a “Fuel Saver” program. Simply put, if you buy certain products, you get discounts. The products that carry the specials are varied. Some are in weekly ads; there are also “in store specials” that vary from location to location.
During each transaction, the red card is loaded with your discount amount. If you earn 5 cents, that means 5 cents off per gallon of gas. Don’t save them up too long… You will want to use the rebates before they roll off in thirty days.
Some of the products I bought included several 12″ single topping, store made pizzas which I doctored up (as in the last post). The cats like the store brand cat food which carried a penny Fuel Saver rebate per can. I now drink moderate amounts of the healthier “Ice” type soda (fruit juice, Splenda, green tea extract, and vitamins). I bought a bunch when they had the Fuel Saver and cashed in.
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Cheap Gas = Cheaper Fun! |
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“A helpful smile in every aisle”… and at the gas pump! |
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Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be posting some cool pics later in the week (Saturday) during a fun (and gas subsidized) camping trip. If Mother Nature is willing, there will be a fresh raspberry mini-pie recipe in the sister blog by the weekend.
Take care! Have a great upcoming weekend!
Bradford the “Van Trekker”
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Good tips on saving. I’ve been using my cash-back credit card for most of my purchases. I get 3% back on fuel and groceries, and 2% on everything else. I pay the balance in full every month so I’m not paying any interest to use it. The savings really add up over a year.
Kroger and shell doing it here…
Giant here on the East Coast does something similar – for each $100 you spend you get $.10 off per gallon. You have to use a card and there are defined periods of time after which these “points” expire, but there’s no restriction on what you buy, which is nice. I don’t currently have a car but my brother lets me borrow his occasionally (ie to go grocery shopping at Giant 🙂 ) so I give him my points to help pay him back.