How best to use smartphone in supermarket?

maman

Whitefiver wrote: »

Sainsbury has started doing this in quite a few stores. Depending on your phone, I suppose, I found it worked very well when I tried it. Scanned almost as well as a hand held scanner for me.

Sainsbury's have an app which sends specific Nectar offers through to your phone every week. It's not very good IMO but that's probably because I don't buy much in Sainsbury's so rarely tempted to buy the products even with extra points. I'd rather save real money in Aldi!:D

I downloaded the app because it was the easiest way to double up on Nectar points in November.

I think checking mysupermarket at home like you do now is the best thing OP. I remember visiting a local branch of Sainsbury's a couple of months ago and the wifi signal was so poor that I had to go close to the wall and access Costa next door.:D

ouraggie

If I know I shall be going near a particular supermarket when out and about, I check My Supermarket the night before for offers and add those to my shopping list on the kitchen wall. I take a photo of my shopping list using my phone before I set off to the shops. I can then just head straight for those items when I arrive in store (via the reduced fridge, of course!).
Regarding non-food items eg small appliances, gadgets, etc I quite often see things i like in the shops but hesitate, wondering if it might be cheaper elsewhere. In these cases I take a photo of the item and have a look online when I get home. Nearly always find it cheaper. If not, I might ring the shop and ask them to keep one for me.
If I spot a likely massive bargain on a item I want ( like the air fryer I saw in Lidl the other week I tend to buy one, then find somewhere nearby with free wi-fi and quickly check prices online. I then either keep it or take it back. Otherwise they have sometimes sold out by the time you go back!
Am I dreadful? My OH hates shopping with me. I reckon he would be astounded if he knew how much money I have saved us over time! (I do try to tell him but he just says "yeah yeah yeah, hurry up, then").

Si_Clist

ouraggie wrote: »

... Am I dreadful?

Dunno about that, but I like your style

red_imps_2003

The MySupermarket app had a feature to scan the product's barcode so you can check whether what you are thinking of sticking in your basket is currently cheaper elsewhere. I certainly used it; perhaps others were too?

Mistral001

A bit like the OP, I just recently got a smartphone for the first time.  I have never used it in the supermarket.  Looking at recipes might be useful but I have a pay -as-you-go phone and I rarely have the mobile data on to keep costs down (I spend only a couple of pounds a month on my phone at the most).  

Do supermarkets have Wifi?  If they did I might be able to use my smart phone to look up the internet in the supermarket for free.

Farway

Mistral001 said:

Do supermarkets have Wifi?  If they did I might be able to use my smart phone to look up the internet in the supermarket for free.

Some do, but no such thing as a free lunch and although I don't use it I assume it is spam infested

richj

red_imps_2003 said:

The MySupermarket app had a feature to scan the product's barcode so you can check whether what you are thinking of sticking in your basket is currently cheaper elsewhere. I certainly used it; perhaps others were too?

I got an email over the weekend saying mysupermarket was closing this week - website and app. :-(