Good news for anyone who buys petrol from Astron

Astron Energy has joined Shoprite and Checkers’ Xtra Savings rewards initiative to reward motorists for refuelling ahead of the coming festive season.

The incentive will let motorists earn between 25c per litre and 50c per litre in rewards on qualifying fuel purchases when they fill up at participating service stations in Astron’s national network.

Rewards will be allocated to customers within 24 hours of their fuel purchase and can be redeemed at Shoprite Group stores.

Hayden Scholtz, Head of Partnerships for Shoprite, said the group is building rewards partnerships to help customers get more value in a simple, transparent way.

“Through our partnership with Astron Energy, customers now have another effortless way to earn cashback on everyday spending and put that value towards the things they need most,” he said.

Thayuri Moodley, Head of Marketing at Astron Energy, added that South Africans are asking more of the brands they choose.

“In the current economic environment, value needs to be real, relevant and easy to access,” she added.

“By bringing together fuel and grocery rewards, we are connecting two important parts of customers’ everyday lives.”

Moodley noted that the partnership uses the combined strength of the two brands to help make their customers’ money work harder.

Shoprite announced that the partnership will launch at participating Astron Energy service stations from today, Tuesday, 10 November.

Astron added that the partnership with Shoprite marks another step in the petrol station group’s ongoing retail customer experience transformation.

It added that since beginning the transition of its service station network to Astron Energy in 2022, the company has continued to invest in developing more relevant retail offerings.

Getting back 50c per litre refuelling at Astron

With the festive season on the horizon and fuel prices reaching record highs, South African consumers are looking for ways to stretch their budgets.

It is against this backdrop that Astron and Shoprite have introduced their proposition, which the companies explained was designed to be deliberately simple.

They explained that you fill up your tank, swipe your Xtra Savings card, and earn rewards towards your next shop.

“Xtra Savings members earn 25c per litre in rewards on qualifying fuel purchases when filling up at participating Astron Energy service stations and swiping or scanning their Xtra Savings card,” Shoprite explained.

“In each calendar month, all Xtra Savings members can earn rewards on purchases of qualifying fuel equal to R4,000 or 190 litres, whichever occurs first within the month.”

Those Xtra Savings members who spend more than R3,000 per month on qualifying fuel purchases automatically double their monthly rewards to 50 cents per litre, including on litres already purchased. 

There is also an additional incentive for Xtra Savings Plus members, who earn 50c per litre from their first litre on every litre of qualifying fuel purchased in a month, up to the monthly cap of R4,000 or 190 litres.

At 25 cents per litre, the reward incentive works out to R47.5 for 190 litres, or R33 for the R4,000 cap when filling up with 95 unleaded.

This would add up to a maximum reward of R95 per month under the 190-litre cap, and R66 per month under the R4,000 limit when filling up with 95 unleaded.

For those refuelling with 0.005% diesel, the R4,000 rewards cap would amount to R63.29 in monthly rewards, still below the 190-litre limit.

These rewards will be allocated to customers within 24 hours and can be redeemed at any qualifying Shoprite Group store.

Stores include Checkers, Checkers Hyper, Checkers Outdoor, Shoprite, Usave, Petshop Science and Medirite, or Sixty60.