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>>> "Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
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>>>>A blurb in the April 2013 AARP Bulletin:
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>>>> "Many supermarkets offer discounts - typically 5 to 10 percent off
>>>> your grocery tab - for customers 55-plus who shop on a specific day of
>>>> the week, often Tuesday or Wednesday. Promotions vary, so ask ahead.
>>>> Participating chains include Albertson's, Bashas', HI-LO, Food Lion,
>>>> Fred Meyer, Fry's, Hy-Vee, Kroger, Meijer, Pathmark, Piggly Wiggly and
>>>> Publix."
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>>>> Never heard of that before. (None of those stores are around here (MA/
>>>> NH border), and none of the stores that *are* around here have a
>>>> senior discount. (I think, but I'll ask next time!) )
>>>>
>>>> Do any of you geezers get a senior discount where you shop?
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>>> A friend of mine, before he officially became a senior, would just say:
>>> "Senile"!
>>> He always got a discount.
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>> The only place here I know about here that gives senior discounts is B&Q
>> (hardware) and we don't buy much from there. I don't know any grocery
>> stores that give any discounts.
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> One of the major department store chains here (Sears Canada) gives a
> seniors' discount to over 55s. I understand that they may have dropped
> that limit a bit.
> Drugstore chains usually have a seniors' day once per month when they give
> us a 10% discount. Some supermarkets also have a monthly seniors' day but
> only give a discount if you buy over a certain amount.

Nice!!! Have you seen that here at all?

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