The Offer
- Purchase a $50 Meijer gift card and receive a $5 coupon to use for future purchases at the store. Offer valid December 20 – December 24.
- $5 coupon will be valid from December 27th until January 2nd.
The Fine Print
- Limit ten coupons per offer
- Valid on Meijer brand gift cards only, not third-party cards
- In-store only
Our Verdict
The offer is targeting the holiday gifting season, but if I were a Meijer shopper, I’d just buy $500 in gift cards and net the $50 in coupons, for a ~9% discount on groceries.
It’s a little unclear exactly how doing multiples work. Sounds like you can buy all ten $50 gift cards in one transaction (and maybe even buy a single $500 gift card), but it may need to be ten separate transactions of $50 each. There’s also a chance that the $5 coupons will need to be used in separate transactions. Let us know your experiences in the comments below.
HT: Slickdeals
Although coupon say it is valid from December 27th until January 2nd, it is valid immediately. The start date is not enforced, only expiry is enforced.
I tried to apply to groceries day of and did not work.
Sorry to hear that. Mine was applied by agent. Probably it will not work in self check out before Sunday. Better to wait till Sunday.
It is disappointing that only one promotional $5 GCs can be used per transaction. However, it may be possible to use up multiple promotional $5 GCs by going to the self-checkout line, and paying for just a couple of items at a time. Still a bit of a pain, but the return on time spent would probably be good.
Thanks for pointing out that the (non-promotional) gift cards are churn able to generate multiple $5 promotional GCs!
I can confirm this is churnable, in that a) GCs are activated immediately, b) you can buy a GC with another GC and c) you will get a coupon per $50 GC purchased, up to 10 per transaction.
Also worth noting that the purchase of a 100 GC resulted in two coupons, so one does not have to buy 10 $50 GCs, but rather can just purchase a single $500 GC and get the 10x $5 coupons.
None of this changes the fact that actually using those coupons would be an incredible pain, as only one can be used per transaction, and they are only active for a week.
You can buy 10 Gift Cards in one transaction at $50 per. You receive 10 $5 coupons good in 10 separate transactions valid next week only. This can be repeated multiple times. Of course, you need to check out that many times.
I use this to stock up on cat litter and other items that will store.
Thanks for the details, Mel.
Thanks Mel!
Mel, is it a maximum of 10 gift cards per transaction?
Nevermind, reread your comment. You can deleted these Doc!