Do Butchers and Meat Markets Earn a Grocery Bonus?
Specialty food stores code inconsistently
A butcher, meat market, or fishmonger can carry a grocery-store category code, which earns a grocery bonus, or a separate specialty-food-store code, which usually does not. Larger shops that function like a small grocer are more likely to code as grocery; a tiny specialty counter may not. This mirrors the coding uncertainty at other food stores, as in Target and Walmart grocery coding.
How to find out
The only reliable way to know is to make a small purchase and see whether it earns your grocery rate. Because supermarket coding is not guaranteed, do not assume a butcher counts as groceries for your card until you have confirmed it. The framework is in what is a bonus category.
The best card for a butcher
If your butcher codes as grocery, use your best grocery card there; if it does not, a strong flat-rate card earns the most. Run your spending through the rewards calculator to weigh a grocery card against a flat one, and see the options in best cash back cards.
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