BJs Review and Giveaway

We all need groceries!!! During the holidays with parties and visits with family, it seems like we go through more groceries than normal:)

To help with the holiday season, I was offered an opportunity to shop at BJs Wholesale Club and a $25 gift card* to get me started!!! I was excited about the task since I LOVE sales, good deals and coupons. And I was very interested in learning more about BJs!

I begin my adventure I started by getting a 60-day free membership. Since we live at least 1.5 hours from a BJs, I didn’t participate in their special new-member paid offer for $45, which included a $10 coupon, an extra two months of membership, 2 books full of coupons off everyday items and 2 membership cards. What I did like about the offer was that it was completely refundable, if you were not satisfied with your experience at anytime you could cancel and get the full $45 back!! That is IMPRESSIVE!

Did I mention BJs likes coupons!! Besides offering their own coupons regularly through mailings, at customer service and when you become a member, BJs also accepts manufacturer’s coupons (like the ones in the newspaper)!! And you can use both types on the same item (AKA… stack them)!! And BJs also has items that offer rebates! So there are many ways to save at BJs!

Let me share my experience….. I am planning to do A LOT of baking this Christmas, so I went into BJs looking for some basic ingredients. If I had been looking for treats and party foods already made I would have been in party-host heaven….. but since I was looking for the basics (like flour and sugar) I was disappointed!!

I also had trouble comparing prices because of the bigger sizes:) I did find some items (like soymilk and some electronics) very competivitely priced compared to the local stores I shop. Other items seemed overpriced to me… it wasn’t until I was walking out that I remembered that on most of the items that I would purchase at BJs I would have manuacturer’s coupons and maybe even a BJs coupon. So the Cheerios that I saw would have actually only been a little over a $1 with the newspaper coupon and the BJs member coupon (which was $3 off…. wow)!!

I did walk out with a Christmas present for my parents! The item was a brand-name that we trust and BJs was offering a good price for it plus a rebate. When leaving I realized that I didn’t receive information about the rebate and I went to the customer service desk. They also couldn’t find the information I needed!! So they immediately gave me the rebate in cash… so BJs got an “A +” for the customer service I received!!!!

Get your Own!! You can get your own 60-day Free Trial Membership at BJs. But you’ll have to choose whether you’ll take the free membership or paid-special. Click here to locate your nearest club – http://www.bjs.com/general/locator/index.

Win your Own!! MyBlogSpark is giving a SIMPLE reader a BJs Saving Soultions pack which includes a $25 gift card, coupons, and special BJs offers from the BJs Journal:) To enter, answer this question as a comment, “What items would you love to stock-up on at BJ’s?”

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Giveaway ends December 18th with a winner randomly chosen!! Good Luck

* BJ´s Wholesale Club and General Mills provided me with the free trial membership, complimentary gift card, coupons and information through MyBlogSpark.