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Store Discount Card Offers Gas Savings

Store Discount Card Offers Gas Savings - Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 9:55PM EST

Reported by: Jeff Chirico
Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 09:55pm EST
DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY-- With rising gas prices we're all looking for ways to save money. Thursday a grocery store chain kicked off a new promotion designed to help you pinch pennies at the pump. Consumer reporter Jeff Chirico shows us how it works.

Buy a gallon of milk and save on a gallon of high-priced gas.

Brittani Ptasinski/Cashier "It's insane. They need to go down.
Ione Mroczka/Customer "Everyday I go to work I come home it's a new price.

So to help relieve the pain, Price Chopper is helping you fill your tank. The more you buy here, the more you save at certain Sunocos.

"Once you hit 50 dollars you get ten cents off a gallon of gas."

Diane Prislupsky/Price Chopper

"So if you spend 100 dollars it's 20 cents. If it's 150 dollars, it's 30 cents.

When you shop at Price Chopper make sure they scan your discount Advantage card. When you come to get gas simply stick it in there and it'll automatically deduct the amount you saved. The Emersons shelled out a c-note at the Price Chopper in Dunmore. With a slide of his discount card, the $3.65 gas instantly drops to $3.45.

Ron Emerson/ Greentown

"So figure it's going to take 20 gallons at 20 cents. It's four bucks. Why not? Take my wife out to dinner tonight."

It may get him an extra gallon of gas. Maybe more if she shops a lot.

"Your points rack up so you can get gas down to as low as 99 cents."

It's only good for one tank then you start accumulating again to chop a few bucks off your gas bill.

To find a Price Chopper near you

The Giant Food Store chain also offers a similar promotion at some locations. To find those locations