Waitrose new minimum spend for newspapers

3010

redagila wrote: »

Worked today on £5+ spend without a problem.


Has anyone worked out if it works when you include a free drink in the £5 total? Looks as though it might, as the drink & newspaper are taken off at the same point - would mean only making an actual £1.80 spend in real money.

Works on the hand scanner. Scan the card at the CS desk and then the paper. Paper and coffee and taken off on the SS.

The_Old_Bag

redagila wrote: »

Worked today on £5+ spend without a problem.


Has anyone worked out if it works when you include a free drink in the £5 total? Looks as though it might, as the drink & newspaper are taken off at the same point - would mean only making an actual £1.80 spend in real money.

This is exactly why Waitrose changed it to £10 spend before you got the free paper..... because if you were very MSE, you could spend less than £2, and get a free paper, free hot drink and free magazine etc..


To be honest I picked up the free paper - often just for the cross word etc, and my house is cluttered up with unread papers. I wasn't surprised when they increased the threshold to £10.
I certainly never complained to staff, or on-line. But I have witnessed customers getting VERY irate about it.
Just shows that some people are never grateful/satisfied.
You don't even have to spend a penny to get a free hot drink everyday, plus a free monthly magazine, plus a free weekly Waitrose mag/newsletter.
I don't know any other Supermarket chain who offers anywhere near this level of 'freebies' to customers.

For the record, I received an email yesterday from Waitrose which said:-


"Dear Mrs.....Old Bag.

We wanted to get in touch to share some good news.As you may be aware, we recently increased the minimum amount you needed to spend to save money with the myWaitrose newspaper offer.Over the past few weeks we've listened to feedback from our members, and as a result from Wednesday 28 May we're lowering the minimum spend to £5 from Monday to Friday. It will still be £10 on Saturday and Sunday when your newspaper is worth a little more.When you're next in store, don't forget to let us treat you to a free regular cup of tea or coffee, as well as receiving exclusive savings on hundreds of products.Thanks for shopping at Waitrose. We hope you enjoy everything myWaitrose has to offer.The myWaitrose Team discounts"


p.s Got my free Cappuccino and Daily Mail today.

Doc_N

redagila wrote: »

Has anyone worked out if it works when you include a free drink in the £5 total? Looks as though it might, as the drink & newspaper are taken off at the same point - would mean only making an actual £1.80 spend in real money.

I'm puzzled by that. How does the coffee get added to the total? Presumably it involves using a coffee machine?

Mee

redagila wrote: »

Worked today on £5+ spend without a problem.


Has anyone worked out if it works when you include a free drink in the £5 total? Looks as though it might, as the drink & newspaper are taken off at the same point - would mean only making an actual £1.80 spend in real money.

Thanks for sharing. It's made be feel really dumb for not realising this before. Fortunately, I tend to top-up my Saturday i with a visit to my local library, and/or read online.

jon81uk

Doc_N wrote: »

I'm puzzled by that. How does the coffee get added to the total? Presumably it involves using a coffee machine?

You have to get the coffee from a self-serve machine then pay for it at the till (similar to paying for a loose bread roll). Or at a few stores you get a receipt from the till then collect a coffee at the bakery counter (as they don't have a till at the counter).

antrobus

redagila wrote: »

.....Has anyone worked out if it works when you include a free drink in the £5 total? ...

yorks808 wrote: »

It works....

It does indeed work.

Certain other things work as well. (Believe me, I've tested them.:))

Multibuys, such as buy two £1.50 products for £2, counts as £3 towards your 'spend' rather than £2. And BOGOFs count double, if you see what I mean.

Every little helps, as the other lot put it.

surfsister

3010 wrote: »

Works on the hand scanner. Scan the card at the CS desk and then the paper. Paper and coffee and taken off on the SS.

how do you scan the coffee??

antrobus

surfsister wrote: »

how do you scan the coffee??

They have a sign above the coffee machines with the appopriate bar codes on display. At least that's the way it works at my local.

Not that I've ever bothered with the hand scanners myself.

redagila

surfsister wrote: »

how do you scan the coffee??

I always ask for it to be added to my bill through manned checkouts and pick up my capaccino on way out of shop.

redagila

antrobus wrote: »

It does indeed work.

Certain other things work as well. (Believe me, I've tested them.:))

Multibuys, such as buy two £1.50 products for £2, counts as £3 towards your 'spend' rather than £2. And BOGOFs count double, if you see what I mean.

Every little helps, as the other lot put it.

Discounts on multibuys also work on other shopping -
I have at times bought reduced packs of say chicken pieces when they are on 3 for £10 and the till takes off the discount on the full price e.g. 3 packs @£4 pack on 3 for £10 offer: buy 3 reduced packs @£2.50 per pack, less discount £2 so pay £5.50 for the 3 packs.