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It’s kind of annoying since I live in a smaller area where my grocery options are Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Publix (which is 10-20% more expensive than Walmart).
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It’s kind of annoying since I live in a smaller area where my grocery options are Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Publix (which is 10-20% more expensive than Walmart).
On a side note, if you go to Publix and pay in-store using the Publix app, it counts as online groceries for 3x on CSP.
Vey said:
On a side note, if you go to Publix and pay in-store using the Publix app, it counts as online groceries for 3x on CSP.
Hmmm, now that’s a hack, thanks! I live next to Publix, so I go there for small things, but I can’t justify getting all of my groceries there.
@Zyan
If you have Walmart+, you can use scan and go to get 3% that way. Just note it doesn’t work in Neighborhood Markets. I’m really liking Amex; I just got the Everyday card and have been using Walmart Pay with it. It would be nice if Chase worked with Walmart Pay too
Vey said:
On a side note, if you go to Publix and pay in-store using the Publix app, it counts as online groceries for 3x on CSP.
This also works for Kroger / Harris Teeter, at least. Add the card as a payment method in the app, then do the “Pay in store” from the app; it will code as 3x online groceries.
I have heard some people say if you use scan-and-go through Walmart+, that works too, but at least one person said they got no points (not even 1x), which is puzzling. I have no desire to shop at Walmart, so I haven’t tried it myself.
Vey said:
On a side note, if you go to Publix and pay in-store using the Publix app, it counts as online groceries for 3x on CSP.
Wow, I had no idea you could do that!
Yep. My personal experience confirms that AMEX counts Walmart Neighborhood Markets as grocery. Chase and Citi do not. I’m not sure about Capital One.
Frances said:
Yep. My personal experience confirms that AMEX counts Walmart Neighborhood Markets as grocery. Chase and Citi do not. I’m not sure about Capital One.
Citi SYW card counts it as grocery.
@LizCampbell
Interesting. I experimented with the Custom Cash, which did not.
@LizCampbell
Citi Sears also counts it.
Frances said:
Yep. My personal experience confirms that AMEX counts Walmart Neighborhood Markets as grocery. Chase and Citi do not. I’m not sure about Capital One.
It’s less about what the credit card company counts it as and more about how it codes for Visa/MC. It also depends on what the individual business decides to use, so you may see varying results across different stores.
Frances said:
Yep. My personal experience confirms that AMEX counts Walmart Neighborhood Markets as grocery. Chase and Citi do not. I’m not sure about Capital One.
Synchrony Venmo counts Walmart and Sam’s Club as grocery.
As far as I know, Chase states that Walmart & Target count as superstores and not groceries.
JakeFinancePro said:
As far as I know, Chase states that Walmart & Target count as superstores and not groceries.
It’s unfortunate that it’s based on vendor name since both Target and Walmart have grocery-focused stores (like the OP’s Walmart Neighborhood Market).
Venmo counts all three (Publix, Sam’s Club, & Walmart) as groceries. You would earn 3% cash back if that is your top spend category.
North said:
Venmo counts all three (Publix, Sam’s Club, & Walmart) as groceries. You would earn 3% cash back if that is your top spend category.
To be honest, it probably is, but since I get 3% cash back with my BCE, it’s not worth it.
I’m surprised Amex still does this given they cracked down on what they deem ‘online retail’ about 6 months ago. Good to know, though.
Vernon said:
I’m surprised Amex still does this given they cracked down on what they deem ‘online retail’ about 6 months ago. Good to know, though.
I think it’s because, outside of this relatively small amount of users on this sub, no one really knows about it.
Vernon said:
I’m surprised Amex still does this given they cracked down on what they deem ‘online retail’ about 6 months ago. Good to know, though.
I think you’re confusing what I’m talking about. If you use Walmart Pay at any Walmart, it codes as online retail and you get 3% back on the BCE. But Neighborhood Markets code as grocery, and you get 3% even with the physical card, which is what I was referring to.
@Zyan
Oh no, I wasn’t sorry. I thought I replied to another comment that said Amex codes Walmart Neighborhood Market as grocery. This was shocking to me because I’ve seen that Amex doesn’t usually code things favorably, lol.