07-21-2014, 01:42 PM
Before Safeway, I used to get gas at the Aloha stations and enjoy the 8 cent per gallon discount using their Aloha gas card. When Safeway gas opened and was a lot cheaper than that, I started getting gas at Safeway instead. Then at end of June, Aloha sent me a letter saying that for the next 3 months, the discount would be 18 cents per gallon! BUT ONLY AT THEIR STATIONS AROUND HILO (aka Safeway).
It looks like the free market system is (eventually) working.
The price at the Hilo Aloha station, after their (now) .18 discount, is $3.91... exactly the same price as Safeway users paying with cash but without any extra discounts for shopping at Safeway. (My contact lens solution at Safeway is $18. It's $8.00 at Target, or $10 less... just an example of one item price difference... generally the gas discounts are not worth paying their inflated prices unless you are going there for $5 Friday items only)
It looks like the free market system is (eventually) working.
The price at the Hilo Aloha station, after their (now) .18 discount, is $3.91... exactly the same price as Safeway users paying with cash but without any extra discounts for shopping at Safeway. (My contact lens solution at Safeway is $18. It's $8.00 at Target, or $10 less... just an example of one item price difference... generally the gas discounts are not worth paying their inflated prices unless you are going there for $5 Friday items only)