Tesco Delivery Charges - you're avin a larf

unsung

I  was thinking of going back to Tesco for home deliveries until I saw the current delivery charges.

marcia_

unsung said:

I  was thinking of going back to Tesco for home deliveries until I saw the current delivery charges.

 Which are? 

comeandgo

I get a delivery for £3 which I regard as good value as it would cost me more in fuel if I went to the shop .

unsung

Oh. On Monday 4 to 5 pm, the slot I always use, Asda 3.50 Tesco 7.00!

Emmia

unsung said:

Oh. On Monday 4 to 5 pm, the slot I always use, Asda 3.50 Tesco 7.00!

It depends on how you price your time in terms of getting to the supermarket, going round getting all the items you want, paying and then going home.

£7 represents 35/40mins of someone on minimum wage, that doesn't factor in the driving, fuel, vehicle costs etc. if Tesco can charge it, then they will.

HampshireH

unsung said:

Oh. On Monday 4 to 5 pm, the slot I always use, Asda 3.50 Tesco 7.00!

Must depend where you live.

If I look at Tesco for 4-5pm on Monday it's showing at £5

I use flexi saver for an evening when I'm home and it's £1.50 for delivery which is a great price

molerat

There was recently an item on one of the news programmes about it.  It costs the supermarket way more than they charge you.  The cheaper slots are purely to keep the system running when few people want deliveries.  If one of the big names stopped doing it then they would all follow, it is one of those "who blinks first" situations - if one does something they all have to follow, if one stops they all will.

Mnoee

unsung said:

Oh. On Monday 4 to 5 pm, the slot I always use, Asda 3.50 Tesco 7.00!

Sounds like an off peak delivery saver (£30 for six months of deliveries, any day after 3pm) would be a fine investment, if that's the slot you like! Even cheaper per month if you commit to a year. 

Anyone who does regular online grocery shops without committing to a delivery pass is a bit mad. I can understand testing the waters for a bit, as some stores seem to have major issues, but in the long term paying £3+ per delivery is silly when you can pay under a quid a week. 

unsung

Thanks for suggestions. I have fortnightly rather than weekly deliveries, so 12 months of Asda’s standard deliveries would amount to 91.00 as opposed to 95.88 for Tesco anytime delivery saver. Tesco off peak would be better value at 59.88 pa but you have to weigh in the fact that you are then tied to that. You may not like the service and, in the past, I found Tesco Xmas time delivery provision poor. Swings and roundabouts I guess.

mjm3346

molerat said:

There was recently an item on one of the news programmes about it.  It costs the supermarket way more than they charge you.  The cheaper slots are purely to keep the system running when few people want deliveries.  If one of the big names stopped doing it then they would all follow, it is one of those "who blinks first" situations - if one does something they all have to follow, if one stops they all will.

Bet they wouldn't stop if one of them gave up as Ocado would certainly keep going and the others would not want to lose market share.

unsung

Can't see the point of Ocado or Waitrose when you can't even buy frozen minced beef!