Tesco fuel: 5p off per litre

wallace_3

Apologies if this has already been posted. (I did a search but didnt find anything).

Spend £50 or more instore at Tesco and get one voucher which is worth 5p off every litre of fuel, maximum of 100 litres.

Excludes purchases from Tesco onlines, or cafe, petrol station, lottery, cigarettes, gift vouchers, postage stamps, medicines, infant formulae, glass hire or nutricentre.

Coupon is not valid on Pay@Pump or at Tesco Express petrol stations.

darbooka

How do you get 100 liters into your car if you want to fully use the maximal benefit of the coupon?

owey

Take 2 cars :rotfl: .

Breynia

I noticed that Sainsburys also has the 5p a litre off and in my area their fuel is 1p cheaper than Tescos(90.9) What I find strange is that Tesco in Stevenage have diesel at 91.9 and another Tesco a few miles away in Baldock are selling it for 93.9. I have never been able to figure out how the same company sell the fuel at different prices.

PeteM

My local Tesco (Goodmayes) are selling UL @ 90.9 per litre, but I found the one in Colchester had it @ 88.9 - so I filled up and used my 5p off voucher on the way back from holiday.
So in real terms, I saved 7ppl off of my local store.
And spending £50 in store isn't too hard, as long as they have a good stock of Birds Eye Beef in Gravy!!

wallace_3

Last time I filled up, Tesco refunded the difference because Sainsburys was cheaper. They have a petrol price policy of always being cheaper, or the same price, as the competition.

See my other thread for more details:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=808235#post808235

ben500

Breynia wrote:

I noticed that Sainsburys also has the 5p a litre off and in my area their fuel is 1p cheaper than Tescos(90.9) What I find strange is that Tesco in Stevenage have diesel at 91.9 and another Tesco a few miles away in Baldock are selling it for 93.9. I have never been able to figure out how the same company sell the fuel at different prices.

This is because the price per litre is not solely based on profit margin but like all Tesco prices along with other supermarkets on the ability to pay due to demographic circumstances ie as much as they can possibly get away with without losing too much trade!

dawny10

I discovered last shop that as long as your original total was over £50, even if you use vouchers to reduce the total to below £50, you will still get the petrol discount. My total was £53, used £6 in vouchers so paid £47, but the petrol voucher still was issued.

The same seems to work for clubcard points - they are calculated on your original total, not the reduced total after coupons.

MarkyMarkD

Of course - because the coupons are as good as money to the supermarkets. They don't come out of their pockets, but the manufacturers'.

MarkyMarkD

ben500 wrote:

This is because the price per litre is not solely based on profit margin but like all Tesco prices along with other supermarkets on the ability to pay due to demographic circumstances ie as much as they can possibly get away with without losing too much trade!

I think you mean that they set prices to be competitive in each local area, ben! (Or at least, that's a far fairer way of seeing it).

ben500

MarkyMarkD wrote:

I think you mean that they set prices to be competitive in each local area, ben! (Or at least, that's a far fairer way of seeing it).

Aw and there's me thinking I was being fair by not singling out Tesco on their own!

They want your money that is their sole objective I just think we should at least struggle a little before parting with it or at least barter in any way we can to drop the price, these supermarkets browbeat their suppliers day in day out to increase productivity and reduce prices why shouldn't we fight back a little eh, many deprived areas in our cities have some of the highest supermarket prices just because someone built a marina or a multiplex on their doorstep and threw up a couple of dozen blocks of overpriced "self contained living modules" flat's to you and me!

Sorry off topic I know but just to qualify as a legitimate post take note you do not have to spend £50 to get the 5p off every Tesco entrance foyer and car park will be littered with the damn things, so don't alter your buying patterns just your eyeline!