Forget to bring your Co-op Connections Card with you, but still want the prescription drug discount? No problem, just whip out your phone.
The new, free, Co-op Connections app is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Once downloaded, the program prompts you to select your co-op, a choice that becomes locked in place.
“The opening screen will have the card front with the option of going to the co-op’s own Co-op Connections website,” explained Jason McGrade, Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives senior Web development and social media specialist.
“If you select the card, the back of the card will display, showcasing the pharmacy discount information. That can be presented to a pharmacist who can use that information to give the discount if you don’t have your physical card in hand.”
The app features an alphabetized list of the more than 100 national deals the Co-op Connections Card currently offers. “You can select each one and that, in turn, takes you to the deal,” McGrade said. “If it’s an e-commerce deal you click the link provided, or if it’s a coupon code that information is available.”
You can also click to call merchants, as well as the local co-op employee who handles the Connections Card. Another option allows you to save the deal, archiving it to the device.
Among the first to download the app to his iPhone was Steve Rhodes, CEO of Kosciusko REMC. He’s still experimenting with it, but is impressed with what he’s seen so far.
“The convenience of having information about the Co-op Connections Card deals with me and easily accessible via the app is wonderful,” Rhodes told ECT.coop. “I think this will be a very useful tool for electric co-op employees and members.”
Warsaw, Ind.-based Kosciusko plans to promote the app at the Co-op Connections Card booth it will have at its April 16 annual meeting, as well as in its newsletter.
In phase two, now under development, the app will include local deals, a search feature and a category setup. The app will also be expanded to other platforms such as Droid.
To download the app, go to the iTunes Store and in the search box type “Co-op Connections.”
From ECT.coop