The company suggested that customers use it to keep on a budget, cut down on carrying change, to give to their children or employees as a reward "for a job well done" or as a gift card. It also asked customers to send other suggestions for using My Money Card to mymoneycard@stewartsshops.com.
The retailer added that there will be a gasoline-only version of the My Money Card.
Stewart's Shops is an employee and family-owned dairy and c-store chain based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Stewart's offers milk, ice cream, coffee, food to go, gasoline and other convenience items. The company said that it makes and distributes three-quarters of what it sells in its shops at its plant in Greenfield, N.Y. Currently, there are 327 Stewart's Shops located in more than 30 counties across upstate New York and southern Vermont.
The company employs approximately 4,000 people in its shops, dairy, ice cream plant, distribution center and offices. Stewart's realizes more than $1 billion in annual sales, more than $30 million in profits, and contributed nearly $15 million to our employee profit sharing plan last year. The company said that it believes in giving back to the communities where it has shops and donates a portion of its annual profits to charity: $2 million in 2008 and a budget of $2.25 million in 2009.
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