Harris Teeter No Longer Selling St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital eGift Cards Online

Per Kroger website, The Kroger Co. Family of Stores includes: Baker’s, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Foods Co, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Gerbes, Jay C Food Store, King Soopers, Kroger, Mariano’s, Metro Market, Pay-Less Super Markets, Pick’n Save, QFC, Ralphs, Ruler, Smith’s Food and Drug. Notably absent from this list is Harris Teeter, even though it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kroger since 2013.

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Kroger: Fuel Points Program Explained

Kroger is the second largest grocer in the United States and the largest supermarket operator by revenue. Kroger Co. Family of Stores operates in 35 states and the District of Columbia: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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Open Loop vs Closed Loop

Prepaid cards operate within either an “open” or “closed” loop system. It is an important distinction, as different compliance and reporting regulations apply to sellers of prepaid access, and different thresholds are in effect, abiding by which exempts the sellers from the requirements to collect purchasers’ data, file suspicious activity reports (SAR), and so on.

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What is a Gift Card?

While the question may seem trivial, a nuanced answer may contain some important implications.

First of all, we are probably not discussing rectangular pieces of plastic as collectible items (yeah, it is a thing). Nor are we talking about paper gift certificates, usually signed by a business owner or authorized employee, but lacking any serial numbers. The rise of consumer-grade printers — and advances in technology, of course — has made them practically obsolete.

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Inaugural Post

Once upon a time, over eighteen years ago to be more specific, it occurred to me that it would be great to start a blog that would publicize and review gift card deals, promotions, strategies and the industry around it at large. But as time went on, I was busy with other projects, procrastinating – until someone else had implemented this idea magnificently. I’ve come to rely on Stephen Pepper’s Gift Card Galore, and it is only due to his recent decision to stop updating it that I was prompted to step in. Stephen has certainly set a high bar.

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