At Fred Meyer, now cash back will cost you

There’s a new policy in place at Fred Meyer that could affect the way you shop.

Parent company Kroger started rolling out a new cash back fee in select stores back East this summer. It reached areas of Oregon, including the Bend and Redmond locations, this week.

Here’s how it breaks down:

If you take out up to $100 in cash at the register, you will pay a 50-cent fee. If you withdraw anywhere between $100 and $300, you’ll be charged $3.50.

NewsChannel 21 spoke with several Fred Meyer shoppers on Thursday who were frustrated by the change.

” I think it’s ridiculous, ” said Marcee Talbot. ” I think Kroger’s floundering, so they’re trying to find ways to make money. ”

” I will go somewhere where I won’t have to pay to have cash back, ” said Darcey Byers.

” I would just have to find a new way, somewhere to get cash back, ” said Shannon Cervantes. ” I’m not really sure how that would look and I do like to have cash on me. So, just another thing I’d have to think about, which normally I just get cash back at the store and it’s no problem. ”

Fred Meyer sent NewsChannel 21 a statement on Thursday that read, ” Fred Meyer makes life easier for our customers by providing a quicker and more convenient way for shoppers to withdraw cash from their bank account. Our customers can receive up to $300 through the PIN pad cash back process at the checkstand anytime they use their debit card in our stores. ”

KTVZ 2019