More than half a million people used the 50% discount in supermarkets

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Retired, teachers , Municipal, Police and health workers were the most used the 50% discount in the supermarkets offered by the Banco Provincia in July, and in its new season and mobilized half a million people in Buenos Aires, according to the data published yesterday by the banking entity.

La Plata is among the cities with the largest number of customers, with the districts of Conurbano, Mar del Plata, Bahía Blanca and the city of Buenos Aires.

According to Bapro figures, in some supermarkets doubled or tripled the influx of people compared to a day without discount.

Like last year, the average ticket for transactions was 2093 pesos, with 60% of transactions done by means of a debit card and the remaining 40% with credit cards it has been indicated.

60% of those who had access to the benefit have incomes below 30,000 pesos. "These are similar percentages to those recorded last year," they said of the entity.

Of the total, nearly 70% of people who benefited from the benefit on the first day are retired (they increased over last year) and public employees. "In this group, the teachers stand out, followed by municipal employees, provincial workers, police, health care workers and judicial workers," it was reported.

One of the aspects that they appreciate in Bapro is that increased use of Banco Provincia debit and credit cards. And they support it with an information: only on the first date of the promotion were activated more than 50,000 cards that had at least 30 days of inactivity.

La Plata, as it is said, is among the cities with the greatest influx, although behind matches of the first cord of the conurbano porteño like Morón, Avellaneda and Olivos, were where they recorded the greatest number of votes. ; operations. Then, appear Mar del Plata, the city of Buenos Aires, Bahía Blanca, our city, Junín, Tandil, Pehuajó, Chivilcoy and Campana.

As is known, the province Bank has revived the profit of 50% discount in supermarkets, it was the promotion that generated mbadive influxes in supermarkets in 2017.

In this new stage , the program focuses on food, non-alcoholic beverages and cleaning products, with the added feature that the products in the Care program fall into these categories.

"The goal is to concentrate the profit on the necessities," they say

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS

This rebate program will be realized, as announced, the third and fourth Wednesday of the month until September and the same as last year, the 50% discount – which is obtained through a refund from the bank – is up to $ 1,500 per month, So it takes place on a single Wednesday if the consumer spends $ 3,000 on products. On the other hand, if it does not reach the top of $ 1500, it will have the rest that will be advantageous for the following Wednesday

With all the brands adhering to the initiative, there is a total of 390 mouths in the province of Buenos Aires. In our city, the branches involved in the program are Disco, Coto, Vea and La Amistad.

Due to the promotion, in 2017, Banco Provincia debit card purchases increased by 50%, while the credit was 35.6% higher than in 2016.