Sainsbury's making major change to Nectar loyalty scheme from today
Sainsbury's is making a major change to its Nectar loyalty scheme from today.
Your Nectar Prices is now available at checkouts nationwide - so this means it will be easier for supermarket shoppers to save money in store. Your Nectar Prices are personalised discounts based on your shopping habits.
You get up to ten discounts every week. Previously, shoppers could only access Your Nectar Prices through SmartShop, the Sainsbury's grocery app, or online. Sainsbury's claims these offers could save the average shopper £150.
Mark Given, chief marketing, data and sustainability officer at Sainsbury's, said: "We're leading the way by making loyalty personal. Shoppers want to feel recognised and rewarded and while Nectar Prices are for everyone, we know our customers love an offer that is made just for them.
"That's exactly what Your Nectar Prices delivers – it's about giving customers those extra savings on the products they love and buy most."
You get one Nectar point for every £1 you spend in stores, with one Nectar point worth 0.5p in return. This means if you earn one point from a purchase it's the equivalent of 0.5% cashback.
You also get Nectar points when you fill up in a Sainsbury's fuel station, or at other brands like eBay, Expedia and Just Eat.
It comes after Sainsbury's confirmed it has closed all its in-store changing rooms - meaning shoppers need to try on items from its TU clothing range at home.
One shopper said: 'Please put back changing rooms! At least one! I went into a Sainsbury's the other day & me & another lady were doin [sic] our best in front of a mirror on the shop floor. Couldn't try trousers on so didn't bother buying them.'
Another said: 'Why on earth do you have a clothing department but no changing rooms? A staff member has just told me they have been removed from all stores?'
A third person added: 'What is the point selling clothes if you shut the changing rooms. First Kingsgate and now Hamilton. What a waste of my time.' Another posted: 'Why have you got rid of changing rooms? I don't want to have to buy 6 pairs of jeans to have to return 5.'
Sainsbury's closed its remaining 61 in-store cafes in April. The supermarket had previously warned that tax increases from the October Budget would hit it with an extra £140million in costs and lead to higher prices for customers.
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