Online grocery minimum spend

jb66

Could you just add say... a £15 toaster to your £25 shop and refuse it when it arrives

bundly

jb66 wrote: »

Could you just add say... a £15 toaster to your £25 shop and refuse it when it arrives

Oooh lateral thinking! I LIKE that! On what grounds are we allowed to refuse an item that we bought online?

harz99

jb66 wrote: »

Could you just add say... a £15 toaster to your £25 shop and refuse it when it arrives

Doubt it as electrical is not normally part of a food shop.

harz99

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Hmmm, just checked mine, no way round it so a 39 spend will cost 43 still prefer online though.

Well no if your that close, you just stockpile on items you will use eventually to make up to £40, or treat yourself to some fresh cream cakes or whatever.


We have a weekly necessities shop that probably amounts to £18 maximum, the rest is made up from offers on long term items and the occasional goodies to just make the £25 - I'm sure we are the people they are trying to get rid of!

bundly

OK not a toaster, harz, but what about a whole side of salmon or a huge beef joint? They cost £15.

I used to do the "stockpiling" thing to bring my (single person-on-a-diet) shop up to £25! I now have enough washing up liquid, bleach, toilet roll, tins of food and dry goods to last me the rest of my life!

I also used to stockpile catfood to make up to the £25 and once I'd got 56 cans my cat died of old age, so that's not a brilliant idea, either.

oaprut

I used to have a large monthly order but when the pre paid delivery was offered I went for that and have a weekly delivery now. Will go back to monthly and book one of the £1 slots which will only cost me £12 per year. Aldi coming soon to Oakham, wasn't going to use it much as I like having things delivered but after this change will be. I will be able to get bus to Aldi's (have free bus pass so no cost). Can see me spending less and less in Tescos.

bundly

Oaprut... there are other benefits, too. I was recently taken to Aldi for the first time by a friend with a car.

When we tucked into the produce later -- wow! The cherries, raspberries and tomatoes were amazing. They were like the fruit we used to get 40/50 years ago, when they all really tasted like what they are (I find everything tastes of nothing - or water - these days.)

I regret not buying more of their tomatoes. I had to get a top up from the local Co Op, of cherry tomatoes and they literally taste of nowt.

KxMx

Check the variety that you brought from Aldi & Co-op.... do they match?

With fruit it can be the variety not the store.

Elsanta strawberries and flame grapes (red) I won't even consider for example because they are awful.

Gordon_the_Moron

I work for another supermarket and I'm not a fan of Tesco - don't normally shop their, online or otherwise.

However in their defence I think £25 was too low in the first place - how could the profit margin on a £25 order possibly be big enough to cover the cost of the fuel, wages of the picker and delivery driver? Those of you complaining I spend £1500 to £2000 a year there, think about what you're doing and you could avoid delivery costs. £2000 a year is nearly £40 a week, how often do you want them?

To the person saying "a £39 order will now cost £43" you are daft if you make a £39 order - order a Trek Wholefood Mixed Berry bar with your order - I highly recommend them as they're very tasty, low fat and filling, costing £1 each normally if you add one to a £39 order it will cost you £-3.

Former_MSE_Paloma

Morning all,

Asda's confirmed that there is a £25 minimum online grocery spend, but that it's trialling a minimum £40 online grocery spend for all stores in London and "a few more stores around the country". It says there's no end date for the trial just yet and I'm awaiting to hear which stores around the country also have the £40 min.spend. I've updated the story with this info.

Many thanks, MSE Paloma