Deal has ended, view more Safeway deals by clicking here.
Update 11/20/24: Deal is back for 2024, from 11/13 – 12/10. Many of the same gift card brands with some changes. Notably Zift Zillions was added. Image below. (ht reader RM)
The Offer
- Safeway is offering $25 off your next shopping order when you purchase $150 on the following gift card brands:
- Ace Hardware
- Adidas
- Applebee’s
- Fanatics
- Mix It Up
- GameStop
- Panda Express
- PlayStation Store
- Regal Cinemas
- Bass Pro Shops
- The Cheesecake Factory
- Gap Options
- Instacart
- REI
- Subway
- Texas Roadhouse
- Chewy
- Chipotle
- DoorDash
- Lowe’s
- Macy’s
- Nordstrom
- Uber
- Xbox
The Fine Print
- Valid until 12/12/23
Our Verdict
Could be useful offer if you can use the discount on Safeway, especially on Lowe’s.
I was at Randalls today and there was a sign with an image of the offer saying it was no longer valid. I did not see the sign at the store so this must be an Albertson system message.
Purchased a $150 Zift Zillions at an Albertson’s very early today with this exact signage. No $25 coupon printed and no $25 credit is showing in my account. “Customer Service” was useless. I’m getting sick and tired of these not working how they’re supposed to.
It took two 30 minute phone calls to finally get a $25 credit added to my account, which did show up at the register automatically during my next successive checkout. Such a PITA!
Has anyone had success getting the $25 coupon to work recently? When I tried on Friday, it didn’t work.
Answering my own question: yes, it’s working now.
Anybody know if the $150 can be spread over several different card brands, or does it have to be $150 on one card.
Also, sometime in late October/early November, they removed Home Depot from the blue Zillions cards.
It might be regional. Coincidentally, I bought GC at Albertson’s in SoCal today and I didn’t notice any signage and — at least at self-checkout — no coupon was printed.
Photo was taken at a Vons in SoCal.
Signage is up at Albertsons in inland empire/socal and coupon is printing.
Went to my local Vons (SoCal) got 3x$50 gift cards, sign was posted. Got nothing at checkout, asked cashier, she went to check and said $25 would be applied at my next visit (if I enter phone num at terminal, that is).
That’s BS. They want breakage on this deal and that makes it easier to use
Interesting.
If you are looking to get a Zillions card, and depending on how you value Safeway points, this return is almost identical to the 10x promo. I value 4U points at 1.67%/pt, so 10x is 16.7%. Likewise, this offer of $25 off $150 is 16.7%.
I prefer the 10x promo as I’m a Freshpass member and the points never expire, while the $25 coupon will expire, and the 10x offer is flexible on purchase amount (i.e., it doesn’t require a $150 purchase).
…Just realized you would get the 2x points on the $150, so it is a slightly better return than the 10x promo, but I’m still in favor of the 10x offer.
4x on GCs over the weekend seems to have become a new normal so if that shows up in the coming weekend, it will become even better.
Points didn’t get properly credited for me for weeks on the stacked or the 10x promos. Usually, I only got 8x instead of e.g. 12x — some folks had luck with calling to beg for adjustment.
Personally, I’ve never tried nor do I find it worth my time. But YMMW
I called but they only honored the 10x. They said something about the 4x (+2x) not applying to these cards. I escalated. Nothing happened
Smart and Final is running something similar this week, but the selection is even more limited, no Amazon and such.
I forgot does Safeway give its own points for GC ?
Yes. 2x baseline points. Additional 2x most weekends (clip J4U coupon). More if GC you want is on sale (Zillions is frequently on sale for 10x).
By the way, some Zillions variants have Amazon, although it’s unclear whether those are included in this sale.
Tested yesterday – $150 of Zillions card that has Amazon didn’t generate the $25 coupon
Can the $25 off coupon be used online or in-store only?
In-store only.
Sign also says Zift Zillions, no?
Yes. The question is whether it’s just the light blue Zillions or all of them, including the ones with Amazon.
I bought one Zift Zillion but it was tempered. There’re no card number or CVV number on the card. Be very cautious when you want to buy them. Fortunately I called CS for a replacement.