Monday is a little more stress than usual. As the cupboard is bare I must refurbish food supplies in the morning at the store and clean away the bits and pieces from the week-end. This means that lunch is later and so is my after dinner sleep, leading to the result that I only rise from hugging the bed some time between 2 and 3 in the afternoon. This is no problem really but whilst finishing my golden oldie sleep I was speculating on the remainders of yesterday’s Swiss Apple tart with some whipped cream.
This was the proverbial carrot dangling in front of my nose when I decided to leave my bed. Although someone had also taken a piece of the tart, there was still enough left for an afternoon refreshment.
I also noticed that my local supermarket was also speculating with further business when I received their monthly letter today. For every rappen (cent) I spend in the store I get accumulated money tokens which I can exchange for their value in the store. I suppose it is all psychological to keep my custom as I cannot imagine a business gifting us with their products, but this month I received 84 Swiss francs worth of tokens which I will exchange with my next big week-end buys. The crafty bit is when I exchange them I no longer get an accumulated value for the money I spend at the time. They give with the one hand and take with the other I suppose. However, this is not all. In this information I also received 2 monthly 3x points which means more points at the end of the day, and if I tank up at their petrol station, which I probably will this month, I also get a 5 rappen (cent) advantage, although I am not quite sure how that one works.
If I decide to shop on line for a value over 100 Swiss francs I will not have to pay delivery charges. I am still thinking about that one. The last time I shopped online was because we had a snow storm and I could not get to the store. I actually like shopping and meeting other people and seeing other places.
This month seems to be full of speculations. Shopping is becoming a logistical training and I have special places in my purse for keeping all the various documents. I do not believe for one moment that my supermarket is being kind and benevolent. They look after themselves first of all, but I just go with the stream of other shoppers.
Around Christmas my store does something similar, but so far I’ve never spent enough at one time to reap the discount (which is a lot). I try but… I suppose I could just buy enough dog food for the YEAR. 😀
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It is a regular thing here at this certain store chain (Migros). It is called “Cumulus” because the points accumulate. It is not really a discount, just a monthly rebate of a percentage of what you have spent, issued in their own notes.
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We now get all that stuff from the grocery store online. I clip the coupons electronically and they automatically show up on the bill. AND … eventually … we get a discount. It’s not a lot, but it beats nothing by a considerable amount.
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I can also clip the coupons electronically. It is a Swiss national store with braches in most towns and villages
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Some of my coworkers order all their groceries online, pay for them with a credit card and then drive to the store to have them loaded into their car. I do prefer to do my own shopping…seeing something that I haven’t tried before and adding it to the cart. But I enjoy talking with the people there, also…and trying out the free food sample they sometimes have.
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I agree. I would miss seeing the people, having daily conversations with the sales people and of course trying the food samples. I also like to choose what I buy, especially the meat. I agree entirely with your point of view
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