In 2016, I wrote a blog post called “With This Many Loyalty Cards, How Loyal Can You Be?”
The story was based on the plethora of cards and reward programs that we were offered to pledge our loyalty with a store chain in exchange for points and rewards.
Despite the freebies associated with the programs, don’t we all know that some of those perks come at a price? Homework!
When inflation started to rise, I admit I started watching flyers and offers even more carefully in order to try to stretch our food dollars, whether through sale prices or through bonus points which can later be redeemed like cash.
Fortunately, in retirement, I actually have time to read flyers carefully, cover to cover, rather than scan through them like a squirrel on a caffeine rush. Continue reading
It's the Journey 