Sainsbury's

[MakeDamnSure]

My local sainsburys had a cat in it today! Ignore the pizza on the floor that was my 2 year old trying to feed the cat

 

[kev1974]

My local sainsburys had a cat in it today! Ignore the pizza on the floor that was my 2 year old trying to feed the cat

Mine had a cat for years until someone accidentally ran him over in the car park

They did books about him and all sorts

Ely Cathedral eulogy to Sainsbury's cat Garfield

The ginger cat Garfield, dubbed "Mr Sainsbury's", was "a pet to all", a cathedral service is told.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[WilmaHun]

I've never had food from Sainsburys (don't live close to one) but I have ordered some of their "Tu" clothing range before and was quite impressed. Good quality and some really nice bits!

 

[Nora Fenn]

Sainsburys is the only supermarket where I've seen the new Hazelnut Wispa Gold on sale ...

Not a supermarket as such but Home Bargains have them too. Wouldn’t bother though they’re a huge disappointment and taste like feet

 

[Yel]

Worth starting a thread even if it won't ever rival m&s or the Aldi / Lidl ones.

Recently downloaded the nectar app as I've noticed they are giving discounts on 8 products I regularly buy when you use the scan as you shop. This is the kind of shit that will get me going back even if it at best brings it inline with the budget shops

Also found out I have about a fiver in nectar refund vouchers whatever they are? Only bother to use my nectar card as it's needed for the scan as you shop. Worth checking if it's a few quid though.

 

[Cheddar Chalpupa]

I think the nectar prices thing is the only positive thing I can remember them doing in the last decade. I've noticed the nectar discounts sometimes don't work then a few hours later they issue a voucher for the amount they should have been. Bit annoying.

I wonder if they actually made money with buying Argos and habitat? It seems a bit outdated now with online.

I doubt it because at the weekend in Sainsbury's I bought some packs of Habitat metal straws reduced from £7 to 75p, a 25 pack of Habitat balloons reduced to 25p and a pack of Habitat candles for 25p.

They also had some lovely Habitat plates reduced to £1 but my child was with me and wouldn't let me look at them properly!

How many times can a person say Habitat!

 

[Yel]

Seems like they are trying to be like Tesco with the cardholder prices.

I think they've realised lots of people don't bother with these cards anymore and they need a more compelling reason to hand over data. I think the Waitrose one is a bit similar in terms of getting you personalised offers? or it was, I'm not a regular.

I think it’s off putting. Yes a card is available to anyone but why should you need one?

That's the deal you do with the devil! If you give them more data to mine you can save some money

 

[emmer_moans]

I'm currently using up vouchers from Tesco before going back to Sainsbury's for a bit. All my shopping is online for various reasons, particularly because I have no self restraint if I go into a physical store

I checked my Nectar points account and apparently I have about £63 in vouchers So wise ones, is it worth saving these up or using them against my weekly shop?

I tend to save mine for a week where I might be a little short, e.g near the end of a month where Ive also had to repair the car or something. Taking 5 or 10 off using vouchers makes things seem a little easier. Ive never manged to save them all year for Christmas like some do, that's also a good idea, because that time of year it feels like costs escalate.

I tried Tesco this week but the store was dingy and had harsh lighting that made me feel so on edge, so I think I might have to go back to the usual Sainsburies, because the one near me feels so much more relaxed. The prices weren't much different for the things I buy.

A friend keeps recommend ing Aldi so I went recently but when you have allergies like me I found I couldn't buy any of the cereal or chocolates and stuff because of the limited selection, so to me it feels like a wasted trip as I would still need to go to a bigger shop to get the things that are suitable.

I want to save money but I can't do it with just a smaller store like Aldi sadly.

 

[Warpaint]

All the Sainsbury's near me are express ones. There's never much choice and one of them just abandoned the freezer section. I think they've lost their edge over the last decade or so.

 

[Kellybobz]

Wishing my local Sainsburys the best of luck shifting Valentine’s meal deals when they’ve run out of all the wines

 

[Damagedtime]

I've never had food from Sainsburys (don't live close to one) but I have ordered some of their "Tu" clothing range before and was quite impressed. Good quality and some really nice bits!

Same here, got a gorgeous coat from there a few years back no-one believed me when I said Sainsburys

 

[Curlywurly24]

Every year around November they allow you triple the balance of your nectar points to spend in departments that aren’t grocery so we usually save ours up over the year, and get a load of homeware that we wouldn’t have otherwise bought.

 

[Lindylou]

Annoyingly our local store doesn’t have the scanners so they want you to use the app. But no wi-if in store and even if I could get on my data( only just get 3G in store) it would be to annoying having to unlock phone everytime I scan something!
Husband goes to the big store to do his mums shop and a smaller shop for us but won’t use the scanners as he can‘t multitask two shop loads

 

[Yel]

I think the best thing is the nectar prices seem to sometimes be on items already on promotion so you get a double discount. These Lolly's are £3.75 on ocado.

Some tea I get is usually £2 and currently on offer for £1.50 then the nectar price is £1 so is a bit of a bargain. I'm totally falling for this and often coming out having spent a fortune at Sainsbury's

 

[Cheddar Chalpupa]

I think they've realised lots of people don't bother with these cards anymore and they need a more compelling reason to hand over data. I think the Waitrose one is a bit similar in terms of getting you personalised offers? or it was, I'm not a regular.


That's the deal you do with the devil! If you give them more data to mine you can save some money

I don't even care about reward points anymore, they can have all my data, every single last bit of it in exchange for being able to scan my card to release the scanner handset. I haven't been to a normal checkout, either manned or self service in Sainsbury's or Tesco for about 2 years!

My absolute favourite thing in Sainsbury's is the honey mustard sauce they sell with their pizza meal deal. I grab handfuls every time!

 

[LaurieLaurie]

I think it’s off putting. Yes a card is available to anyone but why should you need one?
Not Sainsbury’s but Morrison’s have sky rocketed their prices the last couple of weeks.

 

[Noseyoldcow]

Really annoyed to read they’ve scrapped the double up scheme this year though?? Me and my hubby used to save all our points throughout the year and it used to really help with Christmas as we’d get tons of presents.

 

[emmer_moans]

Seems like they are trying to be like Tesco with the cardholder prices.

 

[Yel]

I think the good offers on the Sainsbury's nectar app have ended. They've been getting less generous and less of them.

Now the only offer I have is to save 15p on some potatos, which are still cheaper at Lidl/aldi anyway for the same variety.

It's useless that bit about extra nectar points where you have to go and save them each week for them to work. I don't care about 10 extra nectar points for buying a bag of kettle chios

 

[coconochanel]

I got Sainsburys extra special Christmas pudding and it was delicious.