Tescos Online Grocery, minimum spend going up to 40 pounds

[gamezone07]

Just been announced that unless you spend 40 pounds minimum for your food delivery, you will have to pay 4 pounds for delivery. It used to be 25 pounds. This could affect a lot of disabled people, etc who rely on this service, though often you could spend 3 pounds if there were no cheaper slots and I suppose its cheaper than return taxis, etc,

 

but still think it will rankle with many.

[Happ Hazzard]

Surely they can just shop less often?

[gamezone07]

obviously you are not in a position where you can't get out, many people use the service to get regular basics like milk, bread, cheese, fruit.

[Happ Hazzard]

£25 worth of milk, bread, cheese, fruit?

[melthebell]

£25 worth of milk, bread, cheese, fruit?

sigh

 

NO!!

 

THE basics

 

Milk, Bread, Cheese, Fruit

 

 

 

 

cider, vodka, fags

[mossdog]

Lots of people are losing faith with Tesco for all sorts of reasons..........I avoid at all costs!

[Leah-Lacie]

I don't shop at Tesco very often online, but I do use Asda. I know their minimum order value is £25 but on top of that you've always had to pay somewhere between £2 and £4 for delivery, unless you buy a delivery pass which is £2 per month for unlimited deliveries, but then you have to spend a minimum of £40 to be able to use it, which I always do anyway.

[Vague_Boy]

Just been announced that unless you spend 40 pounds minimum for your food delivery, you will have to pay 4 pounds for delivery.

 

This is NOT a delivery charge, it's a minimum basket charge.

 

The minimum basket charge is a £4 charge that's added to all online orders where the basket value is under £25.

 

LINK

 

You still have to pay delivery costs on top of that (starting at £1).

 

You may be confusing this basket charge with the minimum spend required if a customer is signed up for Delivery Saver.

 

For £60 a year (or £30 if you had a voucher, like I did ) you get free deliveries for a year. One delivery per day maximum.

 

Previously you had to spend at least £25 to qualify for your free delivery but this is being raised to £40.

 

So if I put in one big order per week, I still save my normal £4 delivery costs, which comes to £208 per year. Minus the £30 cost of the scheme still leaves a saving of £178.

 

You can save money on deliveries with Tesco but they won't do it all for you.

[gamezone07]

wow, I didn't realise this, so from now on, if you say spend only 30 pounds, you will have to pay 4 pounds basket charge and delivery which can be 3 or four pounds.

 

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I don't shop at Tesco very often online, but I do use Asda. I know their minimum order value is £25 but on top of that you've always had to pay somewhere between £2 and £4 for delivery, unless you buy a delivery pass which is £2 per month for unlimited deliveries, but then you have to spend a minimum of £40 to be able to use it, which I always do anyway.

 

Would you say ASDA(walmart) is better than Tesco, quality, range, price, etc?

[mimic]

Worth every penny of a £2-4 delivery so I don't have to waste my free time and walk round one of those bloody awful supermarkets.

 

People enjoy it!! How?? Why??

 

 

I can see why there should be a minimum spend but also think £25 is plenty. Push the minimum spend up, push people away.