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I was just telling someone about how the loyalty plan for groceries was that you got the next letter's edition of the encyclopedia. (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I remember Funk and Wagnall’s at A&P but was that universal before we got computers?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Groceries were still doing this into the early ‘90s, but it wasn’t free anymore. It was just earning a discount on an encyclopedia volume every week.

They also used to give away silverware sets a piece at a time. You could also get dishrags or drinking glasses in boxes of powdered detergent. And then there were S&H green stamps.

We have similar freebies now, but it’s “join our loyalty points program and earn” or credit card points. Kohls cash, gas discounts, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I got a complete set of dishes, settin for six, from grocery rewards as recently as the early 2000's. It was from Safeway I think. Not long after that they did cookware, and I got a few pieces before they stopped the program.

I eventually gave away the dishes, but still have the cookware. It's pretty good stuff.