Changes to Tesco Delivery Plan - Is There A Catch?

Ms_Chocaholic

A friend who has a current plan with Tesco for £7.99 has received an email (see below) and is suspicious of the new deals as some are considerably cheaper than what she is paying:  She wonders whether there's a catch, does anyone know.

We wanted to let you know that we're making a few changes to our Delivery Saver plans. You'll now be able to choose from 3 new plans:
You can choose from the following plans:

Anytime Delivery from £6.99/month Includes same-day delivery anytime, plus same-day Click+Collect Off-Peak Delivery from £3.99/month Get deliveries after 3pm each day, plus same-day Click+Collect Anytime Click+Collect just £2.49/month Enjoy same-day collections

Thanks Ms Choc

pumpkin89

Have a look at this page - the £6.99 and £3.99 are a £1/month discount if you sign up for 12 months at a time.  Presumably Tesco want to "lock in" their customers for a longer period of time.

https://www.tesco.com/deliverysaver

Also, online grocery sales have reduced significantly since last year as many people are less worried about COVID and there are more ways to save money in-store (yellow stickers, spreading your purchases across different shops to get the best deals at each, etc.)  Tesco invested heavily in online infrastructure (lots more delivery vans etc.) a couple of years ago so they will want to tempt shoppers back to using .com in order to get a return on that investment.

Mnoee

The old 'off-peak' was anytime Tuesday-Thursday and cost £3.49 a month (6 month term). It included priority access to Easter and Christmas slots. They stopped taking new customers to that deal because of Covid. It's a small increase to their previous cheapest deal - along with very different terms, plus a small decrease to the anytime deal. 

Vegastare

I have since onset covid had Tesco plan and just looking I assume it is the anytime plan, I pay around £46 per six months....I am a wee bit off on actual price as have always used my club points - which are worth triple against the delivery plan.

Couple things seem different - the max grocery basket is £40 and I have never seen same day delivery, as it would have really helped if limit was £25 per basket with a mid week order when I have been ill.

One other thing - neighbour mentioned he had free delivery as over 65.....anyone enlighten me!!

jon81uk

Vegastare said:

I have since onset covid had Tesco plan and just looking I assume it is the anytime plan, I pay around £46 per six months....I am a wee bit off on actual price as have always used my club points - which are worth triple against the delivery plan.

Couple things seem different - the max grocery basket is £40 and I have never seen same day delivery, as it would have really helped if limit was £25 per basket with a mid week order when I have been ill.

One other thing - neighbour mentioned he had free delivery as over 65.....anyone enlighten me!!

Its possible the neighbour was getting it due to being on the shielding list during lockdown?

The £25 minimum order is for click and collect, for delivery it is £40 minimum.