Wine At Sainsburys

[jaynethepain]

I've heard that you don't get nectar points on wine at sainsburys any more, is this true?

[rockyracoon]

From Sainsburys website, no mention of wine.

Points cannot be collected on:
Savings stamps
Spirits and liqueurs
Car park tickets
Vending machines
Cashback
Postage stamps
Sainsbury's gift vouchers/cards
First stage baby milk products
National Lottery products and related
Tobacco and related products
Prescriptions and pharmacy counter products
Mobile phone cards/vouchers
Concessions

[gingejbee]

No, not true. Only spirits and liqueurs not included.

[Hopkirk]

If you read this thread it appears to be true.

Near the end it seems that Sainsbury's admit that the wording 'spirits and liqueurs' is incorrect and that all alcohol is excluded now.

It is to do with complying with a new law not to sell alcohol at below cost.
Presumably giving Nectar points risks dragging cheap booze below the limits.

[Hopkirk]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question1343366.html

[rockyracoon]

I just checked Tesco Clubcard exclusions and alcohol is not mentioned at all.

Points will not be awarded for non-qualifying products, including tobacco or tobacco related products, lottery, stamps, prescription medicines, infant formulae milk, Tesco Gift Cards, saving stamps, in store concessions, Paypoint payments or for purchases of some Tesco Bank products. Other products may also be excluded from the scheme at the discretion of Tesco.

[ubasses]

Strange as they have just given me a voucher for 400 bonus points if I spend £20 on wine.

[gingejbee]

....that's because only spirits and liqueurs are excluded !

[Obiter]

Only one way to find out for sure; tomorrow I shall go to Sainsbuyr's, buy a bottle of wine, present my Nectar card and report back.

[Tilly2]

I get most of my Nectar points from my wine purchases. If they stop it, I will not buy my wine from there.

[Hopkirk]

How much do you buy Tilly?

[Tilly2]

Too much, Hopkirk!

[saintpeter48]

If you are given a discount voucher from Sainsbury, ie, spend £30 get £6 off, you CANNOT include wine in your purchase! I found out a few weeks ago when trying to take advantage of their voucher offer and made to look a fool at the till. I emailed head office after reading small print and complained that 'beers, liquers and spirits' does not include wines, after an exchange of more emails they credited my account with £6. Why dont they make it simple and state that 'alcohol' is not included in any offer, its so easy its unreal, but they choose to be awkward about it!!!

[237SJ]

I`ve got a Sainsburys receipt here. It included a bottle of Bordeaux. Total bill was £17.25 and points were earned on £17.25.

[gingejbee]

237SJ: thankyou....you've just confirmed what I said 50 minutes ago!

[jno]

sounds like left hands don't know what right hands are doing

[losgigs]

There is definitely inconsistency between stores here. In contrast to saintpeter's experience, I used a £4 off £40 voucher last week and had a bottle of wine in the trolley. However, this was after trying to buy a bottle of brandy and being told this wasn't included in the terms (I hadn't read the micro-print!). Luckily OH was with me so he made a quick dash back to the wine aisle to exchange the brandy for wine, while I waited at the checkout.
PS I was awarded Nectar points on everything, including wine.