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How A Cleveland Woman lowered her gas cost to 89 Cents A Gallon!

You can learn how consumers have cut the price of gas to unheard of levels. 89 cents was what one consumer paid, while $1.09 was what another paid. They applied to their gas purchases the same ideas they used when they purchased other items. This is how.

In Cleveland, Marion Charvat paid $1.09 a gallon when she filled up. She filled her Volkswagen Jetta for only $12.45. In that same time period Kellie Courtney paid only 89 cents per gallon of gas. How could they pay such a low price for gas? They were able to pay those low prices because they used the same principles that all smart consumers use.

The reason that those consumers, Marion and Kellie, could purchase gas at those prices is because they bought gas like they would buy any other item. They found a frequent buyer program that enabled them to lower their gas price. They shopped around and they found a way to buy gas at a place that had the absolute lowest price. They found it at Giant Eagle markets,a chain of supermarkets.

Giant Eagle does business in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. Recently Giant Eagle added a new component to their frequent shopper program. It is called Fuelperks. It is a program that offers discounts on gas at Giant Eagle's own stations for shopping at Giant Eagle using their frequent shopper card.

Shoppers get a 10 cent price reduction per gallon for one tank fill up for every $50.00 of purchases in Giant Eagle stores. If one purchases $100.00 of items a 20 cent reduction is earned. $500.00 of purchases gets $1.00 off a gallon. If a consumer spends enough in the stores it is possible to get gasoline for free.

A large family that may buy great amounts of food every week could find itself with big discounts in just a few weeks. The price of gas for them will be much lower because of the discount they earned. Giant Eagle grocery prices are competitive as are their gas prices so the savings are real.

What if you don't have a Giant Eagle store where you live? You can still apply the same principle to the way you approach buying gas and still find yourself with significant savings. You need to be a price conscious buyer. You need to do your research.

Gas is the same as anything else that you buy. Find the best prices like you would shop for the lowest prices like you would for other items. Find frequent buyer deals in your area that provide you with discounts on gas. Be on the look out for gasoline discounts and special programs where ever you see a pump. Many gas outlets now have frequent shopper programs that they didn't have before. Look for stores in your region that didn't used to sell gas but now does.

Many stores have started selling gas that never sold gas before. They need to do that in order to compete. Because of this new competition convenience stores that sell gas are beginning to use frequent buyer programs. Like Giant Eagle they realize that discounts on gasoline is an incentive to the consumer to shop in their stores. This helps you buy gas at a discount.

Last year, more than 60% of new stores included gas pumps. That is in contrast to only 18% the previous year based on information from the Food Marketing Institute. As they start offering gas to you as a loss leader to get you into their stores, you can get lower prices on gas.

The giant stores like Wal-Mart / Sam's Club are now a significant force in the fuel station industry. The VP in charge of fuel for Wal-Mart wants to create gas stations at every Sam's Club. That translates into lower fuel prices for you.

So how can you lower your gas costs? Treat gas like any other item you purchase. Look for deals, discounts and low prices. Comparison shop. Find the retailers that offer the best program for you. Look for gas bargains at some of the non traditional outlets like grocery stores or mega stores. Then maybe you will be able to buy that tank of gas for 89 cents a gallon like Kellie Courtney did.

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