End of free newspaper at Waitrose 2 February 2022 at 7:40PM edited 3 February 2022 at 8:19AM in Food shopping & groceries 73 replies 5.9K views

Greatgimp

From 22nd February, shoppers with a Waitrose loyalty card will no longer get a free newspaper.

prixon

Just seen (by email from Waitrose) that the myWaitrose free newspaper offer (with £10 spend) is finally ending on 22nd Feb, which also means no more free Nectar points from back page of the Daily Mail.....
I  hope they remember to order in a lot less papers!
Apparently some new weekly personalised offers coming soon instead, we shall see....

Sunny_Saver

I’ve seen a few angry comments from customers on Twitter. I know a few people who only go there on weekends for the paper/TV pages - not anymore. 

emmajones1976

In the grand scheme of the state of the world its very much a middle class problem, isnt it?

People should get a grip. People have to make a choice whether to eat or heat given todays announcement by OFGEM.

sammyjammy

Sunny_Saver said:

I’ve seen a few angry comments from customers on Twitter. I know a few people who only go there on weekends for the paper/TV pages - not anymore. 

Sounds like a good reason for them cancelling it if a large percentage are doing this!

sarah1972

Sunny_Saver said:

I’ve seen a few angry comments from customers on Twitter. I know a few people who only go there on weekends for the paper/TV pages - not anymore. 

I would say that’s a good reason for them to stop if people actually do that.

General_Grant

sammyjammy said:

Sunny_Saver said:

I’ve seen a few angry comments from customers on Twitter. I know a few people who only go there on weekends for the paper/TV pages - not anymore. 

Sounds like a good reason for them cancelling it if a large percentage are doing this!

sarah1972 said:

Sunny_Saver said:

I’ve seen a few angry comments from customers on Twitter. I know a few people who only go there on weekends for the paper/TV pages - not anymore. 

I would say that’s a good reason for them to stop if people actually do that.

So if people are attracted by a money saving offer and cease to shop with the retailer if it isn't available, that (reduced footfall and sales) is a good thing for the retailer? 

MrsStepford

I've been a Waitrose customer since 2012 and haven't once had a free newspaper or coffee. I do get Waitrose Food magazine though. I get sent vouchers through the post periodically but don't use those either, they never seem to have money off things I actually buy. 

briskbeats

Why do people need newspapers still? They are depressing, full of adverts and expensive. £1 for the local rag

MysteryMe

Well I line the bottom of the parrot's cage with my newspapers so it was a useful offer for me. It was a childish pleasure of mine to try and line up the image of some headline grabbing waste of space underneath his usual drop zone.

However I'll survive without the free newspaper but I don't hold out much hope that the "personalised" offers will be any good. They promised the same after doing away with the pick your own offer and that was a waste of time.  The My Waitrose offers they run at the moment are almost entirely for niche items. If they change that and make it more like the Tesco clubcard offers where they often use popular lines to reduce it will be OK.

PennyForThem_2

Surprised the free newspaper offer on £10 spend has lasted so long!  Must admit I was one of those that sometimes spent my £10 there on Sunday to pick up the Observer.

Agree with MysteryMe that offers I have had are for pretty obscure items that I wouldn't buy and also for % off £60 spend when my normal spend is £20-30 ish if that.

Don't understand why MrsStepford never took advantage of any of the special offers ........