On Apr 5, 8:37*am, Silvar Beitel > wrote:
> A blurb in the April 2013 AARP Bulletin:
>
> "Many supermarkets offer discounts - typically 5 to 10 percent off
> your grocery tab - for customers 55-plus who shop on a specific day of
> the week, often Tuesday or Wednesday. *Promotions vary, so ask ahead.
> Participating chains include Albertson's, Bashas', HI-LO, Food Lion,
> Fred Meyer, Fry's, Hy-Vee, Kroger, Meijer, Pathmark, Piggly Wiggly and
> Publix."
>
> Never heard of that before. *(None of those stores are around here (MA/
> NH border), and none of the stores that *are* around here have a
> senior discount. *(I think, but I'll ask next time!) )
>
> Do any of you geezers get a senior discount where you shop?

I get the "grey hair" discount. Shopping on a Tuesday last year at a
local chain, when the cashier said the total I didn't hear him quite
right, and gave him a questioning look. He immediately gave me a
discount.