Does Anyone Know How The Following Merchants Are Categorized on Rewards Cards?

[sosabe77]

I know rewards cards use merchant code groups to categorize purchases in terms of rewards eligibility.  I'm guessing different cards may categorize the same merchant differently as well.  I was just wondering if anyone has had experience with the following merchants (particularly with Barclaycard Sallie Mae World Mastercard):

Walmart Supercenter (Retail not Online)

Shoprite.com (Shoprite From Home) - they actually use Paypal to process online payments.  Are all Paypal transactions categorized the same or do merchants choose the category of their goods?

These are where I primarily get all my groceries each month so I want to make sure they'll get categorized as grocery purchases. 

[djrez4]

Check merchant categories to your heart's content:

http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/usa/supplier/NewSearch.do

[webhopper]

Walmart is not coded as grocery unless you're shopping at one of the Wal Mart Neighborhood Supermarkets with the Green awning

[sosabe77]

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@djrez4 wrote:

Check merchant categories to your heart's content:

http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/usa/supplier/NewSearch.do

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Thanks!

[sosabe77]

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@webhopper wrote:

Walmart is not coded as grocery unless you're shopping at one of the Wal Mart Neighborhood Supermarkets with the Green awning

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According to that MCC link in the previous reply, the Walmart Supercenter is listed as "GROCERY STORES/SUPERMARKETS/BAKERIES-5411".  All of the other ones are "DISCOUNT STORES/WAREHOUSE/WHOLESALE-5310".

[Open123]

Also, with more restaurants using "square," they're no longer classified and qualify for the 2X or 5X restaurant bonus spending.

[sosabe77]

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@Open123 wrote:

Also, with more restaurants using "square," they're no longer classified and qualify for the 2X or 5X restaurant bonus spending.

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Ah, so all Square merchants fall under one category?  Is that the same for Paypal too?

[Open123]

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@sosabe77 wrote:

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@Open123 wrote:

Also, with more restaurants using "square," they're no longer classified and qualify for the 2X or 5X restaurant bonus spending.

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Ah, so all Square merchants fall under one category?  Is that the same for Paypal too?

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Not sure about Paypal, but I have noticed that I've never gotten the restaurant bonus whenever the establishment uses square for the transaction eventhough it's clearly a restaurant.