Aisle 50 Teams Up with Shop N' Save

Are you a Groupon and/or Living Social Junkie, but you wish they were grocery store focused?  Do you love purchasing products that are reduced in price but high in quality?  Do you have a Shop n' Save PERKS Card?  Well, today is YOUR lucky day.

Do you have a Perks Card?

Then today is your lucky day.

Shop n' Save has teamed up  with Aisle 50 to provide you with Groupon-like coupons that are loaded  onto your Perks card. The deals are only for groceries. The answer to your wish is here and it has started at your local Shop n' Save. The nearest is in Ambridge.

OUTSTANDING!!! So Pittsburgh Frugal.

Shop n' Save is launching  a new way to grocery shop, where you get  products at a reduced rate,  pay for them before you ever get to the   store and the whole  transaction is on your PERKS card.

You are not hauling in papers to redeem and you are not waiting in a line to get something special. You just shop the way you usually do and check out using your Shop n' Save Perks card.

Here is How This Works:

SHOP ‘n SAVE and start-up Aisle50 have teamed together to offer Pittsburghers savings on something they use everyday—groceries.

Using Aisle50 is simple:

1. Sign up for deals at www.aisle50.com/shop
2. Receive an email offer for 30-60 percent off a frequently-used grocery item
3. Purchase the deal online. It is automatically loaded to your Perks Card
4. Redeem the deal at SHOP ‘n SAVE – nothing to print, nothing to pay – just swipe your Perks Card

I got to speak with Chris Steiner, co-founder of Aisle50, and here are a  few questions I   asked him. I had a lot of things to ask Chris so I could really find out the   benefits of the program. Thank you, Chris for your patience with my   inquisitive nature!

DANA (PFM): What traits make Pittsburgh the perfect launch market?

CHRIS: Pittsburgh is a city trending up. It has a very tech savvy population,  thanks in part to hosting two great universities. And it has a great retailer in Shop 'n Save, who is one of the progressive thinkers in the space.

DANA (PFM): Can I use this from my cell phone?

CHRIS: Yes, you can by using the browser on your phone. By early April, there  will be free Aisle50 apps available for both Android and iPhones.

DANA(PFM): Is there anything to print out?

CHRIS: It is not necessary to print anything, no. But you can print out the  confirmation page if you wish. The deal is loaded straight to your Perks card, so there's no paper to worry about.

DANA(PFM): What will be the hardest thing I have to learn using Aisle50?

CHRIS: There's nothing hard about it! Buy the deal at Aisle50 and we load  it to your Perks card. Head to your closest Shop 'n Save to redeem the deal. When  you swipe your Perks card at checkout, the product's price will be zeroed out because you already paid us and you got a bargain. You pay only sales tax at the store.

DANA(PFM): Will there eventually be computer terminals in every   store that allow  me to capitalize on the deal IN STORE if I forgot to   at home?

CHRIS: We don't plan on that for now and we think most   consumers will  prefer to use their smart phones paired with the Aisle50   apps that will  make buying deals a 15-second process.

DANA(PFM): Will there be receipt incentives to apply codes to what I have purchased? Like COME BACK deals?

CHRIS: We won't offer codes on our receipts, but for some deals,   we will offer  consumers the chance to cash in on even bigger deals from   the same  brand or food manufacturer.  

DANA(PFM): If I am a loyal AISLE50 user, outside of the saving I am receiving on those items featured, is there any other incentive to use AISLE50? Ogo's after so many purchases, a free one for referring so many to your site, etc?

CHRIS: We offer our best consumers the first chance at our biggest   deals as  well as periodic opportunities to answer very short surveys   for free  products at the grocery store.  

DANA(PFM): What makes you different from a Groupon, Living Social, etc?

CHRIS: Simple difference: we're all about products that you use   every day. This isn't about pony rides or helicopter lessons, this   is about  getting great deals on great brands at the grocery store. 

I hope you have a great chance trying your First Deal with AISLE 50 and Shop n' Save! Get Pittsburgh Frugal and try it out!