MSE News: Shopping at Tesco this month? Your bill may be rounded up for charity

Former_MSE_Callum

If you shop at Tesco over the next month, you may be asked if you want to round up your bill to the nearest 10p to raise money for Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation...

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jon81uk

The self checkout clearly asked if I wanted to round my total up.

Caddyman

Not had this issue with Tesco myself and I only visited my local Tesco Extra yesterday where I spent £26.44 on general guff. Looking at my receipt as I type, nothing on there anywhere indicating anything to do with charitable donations. I certainly wasn't 'Urged' by any Tesco staff to contribute anything, so this is all news to me.

On a similar theme, I have recently bought several items from Screwfix, selected and paid for online prior to collection from my local store. During the checkout process, there is a clear option to 'round up' to the nearest pound or whatever for donation to charity. I have quite gladly done so the last couple of times.

Ken68

Tesco would do well to stop selling foodstuffs that lead to Diabetes and Heart trouble.

Gryphon005

Whilst I admire the efforts of the Tesco staff members in their bid to raise money for what they believe are good causes, I question whether Diabetes UK and the BHF are appropriate choices.

Both charities are dominated by representation from the large pharmaceutical companies and their tame lapdogs from the medical establishment, both academic and practising.

The charities are used as a money-laundering operation to disguise funding for research that is sympathetic to Big Pharma's commercial aims, so that it's not explicit which company actually paid for the study.

Neither of these charities has the health of their individual (patient) members at heart (!), but their agenda is to keep the patients "ill but well enough to take ever increasing amounts of medication".

Sorry, Tesco staff, but you've been had, as have all those who have donated, for the greater good of the greedy pharmaceutical industry.

mjm3346

They should concentrate on lowering prices and not trying to use customers money to fund their PR stunts.

Paul_Herring

Tesco says you should take your receipt back to the store and they'll refund you.

Presuming you have a receipt. The staff in my local Tesco ask you if you want a receipt.

System

Sainsburys has the option for customers to round up or donate a straight.£1, £5 for Comic/Sports Relief and Royal British Legion.
The staff don't ask the customers.

I think Tesco staff have to ask

PasturesNew

I always say no to any such request.... I don't wish to be mugged by the middle classes so they can be seen to have made a large donation to a charity. I'd rather slide £5 in the collecting box of my choice, when I choose, than to round up 10p in an automated "lip service" charity giving promotional exercise by smug middlers.

boliston

I had a sneaky thing like this when paying for a meal by credit card today - it was only asking for a few pence but was sort of unexpected so i clicked "no" as I felt slightly annoyed to be "ambushed" in this way.

Contessa

This has happened to me the last two times I've shopped in Tesco. Both times at the scan as you shop checkout-and both times pointed out by the assistant.

The first cost me an extra 2p and the second 3p. In my experience this is entirely voluntary, and pointed out if there is an assistant there, and if not, then the transaction will not proceed until the customer has ticked the yes or no box.

I realise I'm fortunate enough not to miss a couple of pennies here and there, and that many people do indeed need every penny they have.

I believe someone working in a bank years ago stole thousands of pounds from customers by rounding up the debits (into his own account) by 1 or 2 pennies a time. I don't think Tesco are stealing from customers, although I do think that people are more likely to agree to donate the extra if it is pointed out by an assistant.