This for me as well! I keep reading how expensive Shoppers is (same as Rexall really) and I agree. BUT I hit my Spend minimums with food stuff that's at the same price as everywhere else or on sale. If we don't need the food, I skip my offer. The other day when I spent $20.92 and received 8,100 points, the only item on my receipt that was high in price was the D'italiano bread at $2.99 each while No Frills had it this week for $2.47 each. But, for me, it was worth the extra $1.02 at Shoppers considering I was getting $8 back. It would have cost me at least that $1 in gas just to drive 10-15 minutes to No Frills in back.
Does anyone else spend at least an hour pouring through the flyers each week to see where to get the best bang for your buck? Man, the hours add up. I make up a list of what we need. Then a list of all the Air Miles stores. Then the PC Points stores. Then decide which stores to go to and what to purchase and how much I'll get back.