Update 1/29/25: Offer is back again. Expires Feb. 28, 2025. (ht atexit8)
Update 12/14/24: Offer is back through 1/4/25
Update 9/19/24: Deal is back and valid until November 18, 2024.
The Offer
- Check your Citi Offers for either 2.5% or 4% back at the Giant or Stop & Shop grocery chain. Offer can be used up to 12 times with max cashback total of $30.
The Fine Print
- May be redeemed 12 time(s) by the offer end date.
- Max award is a $30 statement credit.
- Offer is nontransferable and the enrolled card must be active and in good-standing in order to be eligible for an award. Offers cannot be combined or stacked with other offers. If a merchant processes your online order in separate transactions, you may only earn an award on the first processed transaction if it meets all other offer criteria. Other exclusions and restrictions may apply. We may determine that certain offers are ineligible for an award. We may, in our sole discretion, suspend or deny your eligibility for all or part of the merchant offers program at any time without advanced notice to you.
Our Verdict
Grocery deals are always nice. This one has a respectable $30 max cashback for some real savings.
Frequentmiler notes that there’s also a Rakuten in-store cashback offer for Stop & Shop, as well a SimplyMiles offer. Those two run on the same network so you’ll have to choose which one of those you want.
Stackable with Rakuten instore cb for 1-2% (when available), and also grocery store promotions on GCs (Stop&Shop often has 1-10x points on GCs)
Just need a quick sanity math check as I’m hopped up on day/nightquil
$750 spend for the full $30 cash back right?
I think we can double dip with the 5% Custom cash (e.g. 5% CB for CCC for the $500+ the 4% back with this offer? So $500 on the first statement and $250 charge on next statement cycle
Yes, you can double dip with the Custom Cash. If you spend, $750, you will get the $30 (Merchant Offer) + $25 (5% cashback) = $55.
Actually you can do $750 on both the first and second statements. That is what I did in October and November of 2024. I bought a $500 VISA gift card each time and nothing else. October statement had a $20.24 statement credit + the 5% cashback. The same for the November statement.
For me, I already took advantage of 5% Merchant Offer at CVS which expires 1/31. My statement closes 2/17. Drugstores becomes my top-spend category and I will get 5% + 5% = 10%. I can only do this offer once, but 10% is better than 9%. So all it not lost.
I should revise the math.
If you did $750 spend, you will get $30 + $25 (5% CB on up to $500 spend) + $7.50 (1% CB on the remaining $250 spend) twice if the offer spans 2 statement periods.
Basically, if you buy a 505.95 VGC at S&S with CCC, (when your statement closes) you get the automatic 5% for the statement period for grocery cat., Then you are saying spend another 750 and get 30.00 back using the CCC plus the 1%?
Actually based on the language of the offer, you may end up getting $20.24 + $30.
I haven’t been brave enough to test out that theory.
I believe that the DP that I posted here will be of interest to both of you: #1840300 .
thanks to both Eric and Atexit8 I’ll give it a shot with my CCC next week for the 500.00 spend, then again to see what happens with the offer. Appreciated.
I got the Stop n Shop and the Giant offers, but I live in the GIANT/Martin’s market and the Giant offer is for the MD/VA/DE brand.
I only got the Stop n Shop offer. I live three blocks from a Giant. The nearest Stop n Shop I know of is three states away.
Same repeat frustration. Why do we keep seing offers for stop ‘n shop, when we live nowhere near new england…… They did an offer for martin’s (virginia/MD) a year or so ago, but nothing since…. just multiple repeat offers for Stop ‘n Shop (which don’t work @ Martin’s)
I’m in Stop and Shop’s area and I got only Giant and Food Lion offers on my cards (Custom Cash and Premier, both good for groceries). My wife got Stop and Shop on her cards (Thank You Preferred and Dividend, both useless for groceries this quarter).
Offer is back again. Expires Feb. 28, 2025
On my Double Cash that was product changed to Custom Cash, the offer is only 2.5% at Stop & Shop, but the original Custom Cash and the Rewards+ both have the 4% offer.
Giant is 4% for all three credit cards.
For me, Stop & Shop is in the Dining & Entertainment section while Giant is in Shopping section.
Did you ask for the product change for your DC? I have no use for a Custom Cash.
I asked for the product change for my Double Cash to Custom Cash.
I already have the Wells Fargo Active Cash which also gives me 2%.
Because I also have the Citi Rewards+, I technically get 2.2% cashback on the Double Cash and 5.5% cashback on the Custom Cash.
But it is more worthwhile to me to have two Custom Cash.
I used the Stop & Shop offer last time on two cards, and with this round I only have Giant and Food Lion offers. Neither chain is anywhere near me. Has anyone been able to double dip?
I don’t think you can.
But I would make a small purchase just to test it out.
You won’t have to wait until the statement to get confirmation.
The Merchant Offer credit usually posts within 3-4 business days.
The Food Lion offer was there for me when I logged into my account today.
It is 1.5% and expires March 4.
The credit appears to $150 (= $1000 spend).
So, I have both the Food Lion and the Giant offers.
Based on this I would say the offer is specific to each chain.
I have 2 Citi cards that got the offer of 4% back on each card at S&S last month. Both got max of 12.50 back plus the 5% on he custom and 2% on the double cash.
The Giant offer this time is $5 maximum statement credit not $30 like it was for Stop & Shop.
The offer can be used 12 times just like the Stop & Shop offer.
$5 translates into $125 purchase.
Based on comment below https://www.doctorofcredit.com/citi-offers-get-4-back-at-giant-stop-30-max-cashback/#comment-1840300, it would seem you could make twelve (12) $125 purchases between now and Jan 4, 2024 and get 12 x $5 in statement credits.
I don’t have Giant Foods nearby unfortunately.
If you checked before and were disappointed, check again. I had 4% on my Premier and 2.5% on my Custom Cash. Now I have 4% on my Custom Cash, which is much more useful.
If this works like last time then this can be a bonanza
If you have the Custom Cash and bought a $500 VISA gift card, the cashback works out to $39.35 (7.87%) after the $5.95 activation fee.
Of course, Citi gives me Stop n Shop when Giant is my local store
Same, so stupid
Ummmm, not so “stupid.” Have seen promos like this in past vary between Stop & Shop then GIANT (which one?) and then Martin’s (not mentioned here) In the past, I’ve had these citi offers work very nicely with martin’s — but don’t recall if it was because Martin’s was specifically mentioned in the offer, if one of the partner brands (S&S or Giant) was indicated….? Anybody else try this yet?
I spend at Giant on it often, there isnt a Stop and Shop around, so I think it is ridiculous that they show me a store that isnt local. If it will rotate, sure, but ive never seen it.
I think only Giant Foods MD, no Giant Food Store PA.