MSE News: Waitrose to scrap "confusing" offer

MysteryMe

Got some £10 off £50 shop today. I've received £X money off £X spend on a monthly basis. Still haven't bought anything since the PYO was ended though.

I've just bought from elsewhere and whereas before I would be thinking about what I can buy in Waitrose, I no longer do.

dlusman

dlusman wrote: »

Realistic vouchers for me today . save £2 when you spend £10 ( and four of them ) use by 7th October . This is the lowest min spend I have seen

Just got 6 more £2 off when you spend £10 vouchers.

jenniewb

MysteryMe wrote: »

Got some £10 off £50 shop today. I've received £X money off £X spend on a monthly basis. Still haven't bought anything since the PYO was ended though.

I've just bought from elsewhere and whereas before I would be thinking about what I can buy in Waitrose, I no longer do.

Be glad you got that! I was sent £5 off a £50 spend; I don't think I've spent £50 on food in one go ever anywhere let alone at Waitrose! It's an empty fridge day if I've had to spend £30- and I'm unlikely to do that at Waitrose. I wouldn't have minded if these were not upgrades on their last effort: £4 off a £40 spend. I didn't use any of those and don't plan on using any of the current batch either, still, at least I wasn't lured in to end up buying things I otherwise wouldn't.


Waitrose, if this was an attempt to get me in the doors, it failed.

Farway

jenniewb wrote: »

Be glad you got that! I was sent £5 off a £50 spend; I don't think I've spent £50 on food in one go ever anywhere let alone at Waitrose! It's an empty fridge day if I've had to spend £30- and I'm unlikely to do that at Waitrose. I wouldn't have minded if these were not upgrades on their last effort: £4 off a £40 spend. I didn't use any of those and don't plan on using any of the current batch either, still, at least I wasn't lured in to end up buying things I otherwise wouldn't.


Waitrose, if this was an attempt to get me in the doors, it failed.

Similar here regarding W/rose, but Sainsbugs have sent me 6p litre off fule if spending over £20.
Trouble for them is what I need to buy is cheaper elsewhere and any potential fuel saving is more than covered by spending less on groceries elsewhere

Not yet tempted

unrecordings

Four months later and they seem to have quietly abandoned the tailored voucher scheme that replaced PYO

MysteryMe

I still get the £10 off £50 spend in store vouchers. I went into Waitrose for the first time in months recently and used one of them as there were some good Mothers Day 1/3 off deals.

I did notice they have also removed many of the decent choices for the 3 for £10 meat/fish offers though.

Doc_N

unrecordings wrote: »

Four months later and they seem to have quietly abandoned the tailored voucher scheme that replaced PYO

They have indeed, though like MysteryMe I still get the £8 off £40 vouchers - their algorithms know it's the only way to get us in there!

Aldi and Lidl (primarily Aldi) are hitting them hard, and it's getting increasingly difficult for them to survive against prices which are often 50% lower than theirs - particularly when the quality and the suppliers are much the same.

Snakey

I got a bunch of 50p off vouchers this morning, all Easter-branded.

Bit of a mixed bag - one was for hot cross buns which I will use, another was for "table sauces and condiments" which I never buy as I don't like them (although this was "chosen for you" apparently!).

I'm not dancing around the room, but it's better than a poke in the eye.

Farway

Snakey wrote: »

I got a bunch of 50p off vouchers this morning, all Easter-branded.

Bit of a mixed bag - one was for hot cross buns which I will use, another was for "table sauces and condiments" which I never buy as I don't like them (although this was "chosen for you" apparently!).

I'm not dancing around the room, but it's better than a poke in the eye.

Ditto, but mine seem to be for what I've bought from there, loose tea & magazine [TV guide] + the hot X buns, they're on offer anyway so 50p off makes them a good buy, assuming you eat them of course, I do:D

NBLondon

Ditto. About half for things I might buy and half for things I wouldn't (or wouldn't buy in Waitrose). It's better but Sainsbury are still better at matching the offer to actual shopping habits.