Morrisons More Card

[douglas9401]

I've clearly not been paying attention, again, but found out tonight that points aren't earned on a whole shop anymore but only on specific items.
I had wondered why my balance wasn't increasing and now I know.

Back to Tesco for me now I think.

[perseverer]

....and it is a pretty small proportion of what Morrisons sell which earns points

[Buenchico]

To counter that though, Morrisons have promotions several times per year where you need a certain minimum spend over so many weeks to get a hefty bonus back.

The most recent one was where card holders were required to spend at least £85 per week in any four weeks over a six week period. I always find it easy enough to meet the minimum spend by, for example, simply topping up my supplies of cat food or canned goods. (i.e. I don't buy anything at all which I wouldn't normally do but I might just buy it a bit earlier to achieve a minimum spend).

Spending that £85 per week (over 4 weeks) got £32 worth of points added to my card. As the system works in 'fivers', that's six lots of £5 (= £30) for me to use straight away and £2 worth of credit towards my next 'fiver'.

I get at least £100 of 'free money' per year that way, as well as getting loads of savings on things that I buy often (such as yogurt and cat food) through the personalised offers I get from my card.

Tesco's Clubcard, on the other hand, rarely seems to save me anything. Their prices are generally higher than those in Morrisons (or Asda) anyway and their 'Clubcard prices' are often only the same as the regular prices in other supermarkets. (e.g. I've seen wines in Tesco with what appear to be big discounts for people using their Clubcards. However the 'discounted' prices have been just the same as Morrisons and Asda charge at their regular prices).

In total, I save at least two hundred pounds per year through using my Morrisons More card but I regard Tesco's Clubcard as a total con.

[douglas9401]

You may have missed the Clubcard deals on the water of life. :-)

[perseverer]

I had to spend £55 over 4 out of 6 weeks to get £21 worth of points, and apart from that I have gathered a whole 1850 points since the scheme was revised. On the plus side the spend didn't have to be in one shopping trip in the week which it was on earlier occasions, on the minus side in Scotland all alcohol is excluded. An extra bottle or two of wine previously was an easy way of getting up to the required sum, and could be laid down for future use (or drunk that night!)

[wolf63]

Since moving home I now live across from a Tesco Express. Their range of food is pretty limited and stuff is more expensive than at the bigger stores.

Their clubcard isn't nearly as generous as it was. I get deliveries from Iceland/food warehouse these days.

[jno]

I've currently got several Waitrose voucherettes offering me £8 off every time I spend £50 this month, which seems quite generous. I get six or eight a month and I don't cash them all in, but it's basically a free bottle of wine each time I can rack up £50.