How do I know what is "grocery"

Anonymous · ‎07-08-2015

i used my Amex BCP at Wegman's yesterday and at the liquor store attached to it that they had bought out. Checked the pending purchases when I got home. Both list groceries as the category. Winning!

icyhot · ‎07-08-2015

The Wallaby app is good for categorizing stores, they have Walmart as grocery but Target as retail

Anonymous · ‎07-08-2015

My walmart codes as grocery, my (former) regular gas station codes as some sort of weird retail. Must have been something else in a former life. Interestingly, if you are in the semirural midwest and you have a caseys general store you can get 5 percent back on your admittedly terrible pizza

Callandra · ‎07-08-2015

@jamesdwi wrote:
the best way to find out, is to go to the store and make a small purchase, wait for it to clear, in a few days Barclays Sallie Mae website will show the rewards you eaned, if its only a single point per dollar, its not a grocery...be sure and check your local stores, you may be surprised what is considered groceries, 2 of my local walmart's are considered grocery.

Same here -- both local Wal-Mart Super Centers and the Super Target all code as grocery for me. If it's a Wal-Mart Super Center, it's a good chance it'll code as grocery although I'm sure some do not.

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DaveInAZ · ‎07-08-2015

@jamesdwi wrote:
the best way to find out, is to go to the store and make a small purchase, wait for it to clear, in a few days Barclays Sallie Mae website will show the rewards you eaned, if its only a single point per dollar, its not a grocery...be sure and check your local stores, you may be surprised what is considered groceries, 2 of my local walmart's are considered grocery.

Yes, that's the way ^^^^^^. I don't have a SM (yet), but for both my Barclays Rewards & NFL when a transaction posts you just click "Transactions" and it shows you the amount of points awarded. Barclays is pretty loose on how they code into the high rewards categories - Walmart always codes as groceries whatever the purchase, as does Family Dollar. By checking the transactions online you can figure out what will code as a high rewards, I only use my Rewards card at places that earn me 2%.

Anonymous · ‎07-08-2015

@RBFool wrote:

Or is it something where you buy gum everywhere wait for a statement and then start shopping?

I like this idea, but only if you're going to be thorough about it. Something like: buy gum at every place that sells it within a 30 mile radius.

RBFool · ‎07-08-2015

@Anonymous wrote:
@RBFool wrote:

Or is it something where you buy gum everywhere wait for a statement and then start shopping?
I like this idea, but only if you're going to be thorough about it. Something like: buy gum at every place that sells it within a 30 mile radius.

Ha! Maybe if I was about to duplicate myself a thousand times like some people (movie reference based off of your name). I only shop at about 7 different stores, just going to do it there and "wing" the odd times I'm out and are unsure.