Yep, I use it all the time at the area supermarkets (works with no less than four different chains).

I predict that someday soon, supermarkets will sell my food purchase history to insurance companies, so when I buy loads of vegetables and such, I use my real number. When I buy wine & bacon -- you guessed it: 867-5309.

Tip #2: They also link purchase records based on debit card account numbers. So pay cash.

Tip #3: if the number doesn't work for your area code, try it with a different area code. (the sysadmins sometime purge a number that is being used by loads of people.) Also, if you need to provide a zip code, Beverly Hills 90210 works just fine.

> I predict that someday soon, supermarkets will sell my food purchase history to insurance companies, so when I buy loads of vegetables and such, I use my real number. When I buy wine & bacon -- you guessed it: 867-5309.

That won't help, your purchases can still be linked to yourself with your credit card.

With Apple/Google Pay isn't this information NOT shared with merchant, but only a transaction token ?

so they say. but the data lives somewhere, and when it has enough value it will be a commodity.

> That won't help, your purchases can still be linked to yourself with your credit card.

This doesn't seem to add much value on top of

>> Tip #2: They also link purchase records based on debit card account numbers. So pay cash.

I've used it at CVS with area code 213. I usually got a very large printout about all the beauty care products Jenny was using.

Used this at a Food Lion once and the savings to date was like $10k+ or something outrageous, we all had a good laugh.

I've had it work sometimes, but also ran into times where it must've been overused.