How should you spend your Stop and Shop GO points?

You earn GO points for every dollar that you spend at our Stop and Shop grocery store. There are also weekly specials. For instance, this week, if you spend $6.00 on produce, you will earn 300 extra GO points. Points can add up really fast. I had 2,000 points before I even knew what they were!

When you are ready to use your points, you go to the Stop and Shop website, sign in, and choose to Redeem your GO Points. You have to choose how you want to redeem them. There are two choices for saving money.

] For 100 GO points you can get $0.10 off for every gallon of gasoline that you buy at a Shell station. There is a limit. You can't redeem more than 1,500 points on a gasoline fill-up. That would get you $1.50 off for each gallon of gas that you put in your car. You can only spend your redeemed gasoline discount for at most 20 gallons of gasoline.

• Or you could redeem your GO points for a savings at the grocery store. Every 100 GO points earns you a $1.00 of savings on your groceries. There are limits on this savings as well. You can't redeem more than 2,000 points for groceries.

1. How much would you save using on gas using 1,500 points in a typical 14-gallon car? Or a bigger 20 gallon truck?

2. How much money would you save at the grocery store if you redeemed 2,000 points?

3. So, which is the better deal and what do I have to consider in making my judgement on how to redeem my points? Make sure to use math in your explanation!

Stop and Shop is a grocery store that is part of an International conglomerate, . This is a Netherlands based conglomerate that includes Giant Foods, Martin's, Hannaford, , and . All of these stores seem to have the same rewards programs.

Enjoy your grocery shopping and savings!

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