Facts about Fred Meyer from 2007

[beezus9]

I have a question on the Fred Meyer rewards program. When it started a couple of years ago I wasn't going to sign up because I don't do my weekly grocery shopping there so would probably never spend $500 in a quarter to get the rebate. The checker told me to sign up anyway, because I would still get good coupons in the mail. I have never received any mail from FM.

Today my mom was giving me FM coupons for $3 off a $3 purchase, $2 off a $2 purchase, etc. She said she gets them in the mail from FM. She also says she rarely spend the $500/qtr there either.

I went online with my rewards account and my address is correct. Does anyone else, who is on the Rewards program AND doesn't earn the 500 points per quarter, ever get these coupons?

Thank you

I rarely earn the 500 points - only once I think. I seem to recall getting coupons along with my Reward. I don't recall ever getting coupons just for being in the FM Rewards program.

HTH,

[beezus9]

confused newbie with question re: catalinas :-)

I see in the catalina subforum a link to Giant Eagle's list of monthly catalinas (in the thread "December Monthly OYNOs x12/26/09")

Does this mean Fred Meyer stores issue the same catalinas as Giant Eagle stores?

[iwik]

Many of them are the same from chain to chain but there are usually some differences. Since Fred Meyer doesn't put shelf tags up for these like some stores do (Safeway and QFC do), we have to guess and try them to confirm. The Giant Eagle list is a place to start, if they work, we can post that so other people can know that. Or if you see one tagged at Safeway and QFC, it might work at Fred Meyer. The Fred Meyer ones seem to be on a slightly different schedule than the ones at Safeway and Albertsons, probably because their ad periods are different.

[heatherd83]

How does the coupon exchange work? Mine has a basket right when you walk in full of catalinas people toss in. Should I just stand there and sort through or should I take a handful and just hope I got something good (it's usally pretty full)? Not sure what the correct "etiquette" is :)

[iwik]

I sort through them, some people throw their trash, receipts and lottery tickets in there too. I generally remove the obvious trash to reduce the clutter and add coupons I'm not going to use (for me that's pet and baby stuff). If it's usually full no one much is using it so there should be some good stuff in there :)

[Scrapping Mommy]

Bumping with updated information!