Albertsons Avenu

[Cadaverous Pallor]

If you shop at Albertsons you may have noticed a new Avenu kiosk at the entrance. Scan your Albertsons card there and it will print out a paper showing deals set up just for you that you can only get today.

When I first saw this I was like "whatever" and scanned the barcode because I'm a barcode-scanner by nature. The print out lists about 12 things to buy at pretty deep discounts - a buck off here and there adds up. A quick perusal of the list and I realized these were all items similar to ones we had purchased lately. The only difference - they were all Albertsons brand items. So the discounts were even deeper than they looked, due to lower pricing to begin with.

I'm a brand whore on most things but when you can get something for super cheap it's worth a shot. I think I've bought something every time I've printed up the list, and every time the quality has been great. Color me impressed.

Has anyone else tried this out?

[CoasterMatt]

I wonder what kind of results my friends barcode tattoos would get with that?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Albertson's has the best grocery store fried chicken. And its cheap!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Albertson's has the best grocery store fried chicken. And its cheap!

And it gave both CP and I food poisoning!

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And it gave both CP and I food poisoning!

I guess depends on what you're eating for...

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And it gave both CP and I food poisoning!

But it was cheep food poisoning! Try eating at a $50 a plate dinner and getting sick. That really blows! (Literally)

I've used it, CP. And it's a nice idea, but I didn't get the discount price on the item I purchased (you don't have to use a coupon, just scan your card). And while I have no problem with anyone seeing what I buy, I wonder about how for this is going to go to intrude into our privacy.

[Alex]

Go sign up for a new card. Give completely bogus information (the nice thing about Ralph's was they'd give you the card without requring you fill in the information and just ask you to bring it back or mail it in; I never did).

Then they are tracking the cohort of your purchases but can't easily tie it to you specifically.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Go sign up for a new card. Give completely bogus information (the nice thing about Ralph's was they'd give you the card without requring you fill in the information and just ask you to bring it back or mail it in; I never did).

Then they are tracking the cohort of your purchases but can't easily tie it to you specifically.

Great idea, Alex. You are so devious.

(Sorry, I know you think the smilies mundane, but I couldn't help it!)

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Has anyone else tried this out?

no, but I will now. Im there every* sunday like clockwork, so yeah, I'll be looking for this. however I regularly buy the 'generics' anyway but I'll be looking for it none the less.


* every sunday, except days Im just too farging lazy...which is more often than I care to admit.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Capt Jack

no, but I will now. Im there every* sunday like clockwork, so yeah, I'll be looking for this. however I regularly buy the 'generics' anyway but I'll be looking for it none the less.


* every sunday, except days Im just too farging lazy...which is more often than I care to admit.

Hmm, that gets me thinking about how the system works...

What it prints out aren't coupons, per se. Just a list of items and the discount. You get the discount automatically just by scanning your club card when you check out.

So I wonder, do you have to scan your card at the kiosk FIRST to activate the discount? Or, if you by chance grabbed one of the products without first scanning your card, would you get the discount anyway. Hmmmm....