I'd save all of my receipts for a month from all the grocery stores you buy groceries from. I'd then send a letter to the CEO of Kroger along with the receipts and the evidence you're limited to $300.00 a week. In my letter I'd tell Kroger I choose to no longer do business with a company who limits me.
I write checks in my local grocers because it's easier than using my debit card. Of course it's a small town grocer and they have to leave the register to go to the one machine they have to run it through. When I go to WalMart I still write checks because if I forget to write the details down in my check register I can contact the bank in a few days to find out the details.
These are two different things here -- one is them only allowing $25 a week in cash back; the other is a $300 spending limit per week. The former is very common at groceries now (Pathmark limits it to $20 a week); the latter I've never heard of before.
you need to find out why your bankaccount number is on that slip
Debit card. 'Nuff said.
You should boycott Kroger anyway, until they lift the ban on CCW in their Ohio stores.
We will find more and more of this. When they stop accepting cash, then we will finally have arrived at the much-anticipated time of the mark.
You would think that those "U-scan" machines would cut down on jobs, and allow Kroger to lower prices, right? Wrong. According to people I still know in management with the Kroger Company, when the U-scan's came in, part of the deal with the union was that Kroger had to find other work for those employees to do.
Back when I was there (keep in mind, this was 1989-1991), I saw one employee who got into physical fights with customers and another who would clock in for the day and immediately walk to the restroom to start reading newspapers. But thanks to the union, neither was terminated.
And back to "tracking" customers: I loathe those "shopping cards." And other local grocery stores, like Winn Dixie (who is going out of business, ironically), also offer these cards. But my favorite is this: if you want to cash your payroll check at Kroger in Louisville, they require you show 2 forms of photo ID, pay a fee, and give a thumbprint.
I got stuck behind a woman the other day who wanted $40 cash back on her check but refused to give the cashier her 'phone number, license, yes, but no 'phone number. Called a supervisor over, etc., etc. Sure looked like a bouncer to me.
So, you take my time doing your banking transaction on the supermarket express lane and my prices for goods purchased includes a factor to cover bounced and bad checks. Golly, can you swear you'll never go back to Kroegers?
We don't have Kroger's here, but so far I have not had this experience anywhere! Wow! They don't want your money it seems to me!
If you don't like the way you're treated, take your business where they will treat you more to your liking.
Who writes a check at a grocery store any more? Who writes checks anywhere beside to bills through the mail and that's only if you cant pay them online?
Ok, that is weird. Are you limited to spending $300.00 a week no matter if you use cash, credit or check or will they not accept more then $300.00 a week in checks from you?
You know what that card is for? It's for the employees enjoyment as they laugh at your comment and make derisive remarks at your expense before tearing it up and throwing it away.
I worked in the food service industry too.
Much more severe rationing is headed our way. I only hope it's many years off, still.
Sometimes, I think the Amish are way ahead of the rest of us in survivability.
Except for keeping their youth!
Ummm...............I spend about a grand a month at Kroger (hey......have a large household)..........and they have no such thing as a spending limit. Trust me.
Yep. Some of them are starting to fingerprint too.
You might consider a debit cart. I have one and it's very convenient
Likely a policy to stop someone fraudulent check writing. Don't blame Kroger. They would not put the policy in effect if they were not having a problem.
It is like some small towns where you can pay by check without showing ID - even an out of state check. They simply don't have a problem with people writing bad checks.
It is your neighborhood, not the store.
Just as an aside Kroger is ANTI-GUN
Dillons in Kansas has the same policy (same owners)