The initiative, Nectar Prices, offers special deals for Nectar members - you'll just need to remember to swipe your card or app barcode when you shop in-store, or link your card to your online Sainsbury's account.
It works in a similar way to Tesco Clubcard Prices offer, whereby you have to sign up to the supermarket’s loyalty programme to get the price cuts.
Here, Which? outlines more details about how Nectar Prices works, what items you can make savings on, and where it doesn’t apply.
How does Sainsbury’s Nectar Prices scheme work?
on selected itemsIt currently covers more than 300 products, but this is set to expand to more products and categories in future.
Sainsbury's says the Nectar Prices available today are ‘just the start,’ with a spokesperson adding: 'We will keep refreshing Nectar Prices and increasing the variety of products on offer'.
Items that are part of the promotion will be clearly marked with a Nectar Price label, visible on the shelf edge in Sainsbury’s stores or next to the product on its website.
If you shop in a Sainsbury’s store using its self-scanning Smartshop system, you will also get further personalised discounts on some items. We have not yet been able to get confirmation from Sainsbury’s on what those products would be, or further information on how the additional discounts will work. We will update this article if we hear more.Find out more:How much could Nectar Prices save you?
Depending on your shopping habits, there are some big savings to be had with Nectar Prices - with some products more than half the price you'd pay if you didn't have a Nectar card.
For example, Nescafé Gold Blend Instant Coffee 200g would usually cost £8.10 without a Nectar card, but is £4 with Nectar Prices. Elsewhere, you could save £55 on Oral-B Pro 3 3500 Cross Action Black (with travel case), which would usually cost £100 but is reduced to £45 as part of Nectar Prices.
undefinedFind out more:Where Nectar Prices don’t apply
The price reductions offered through Nectar Prices are available at Sainsbury’s supermarkets, but they are not available at its branches in petrol stations, concessions or at any Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores.
As part of our research, we compared the prices of 69 groceries at a Sainsbury's supermarket and Sainsbury's Local stores, and found that you would have paid £477.93 more in 2022 if you only shopped in the convenience store, compared to a supermarket.
The scheme may also make it difficult for customers trying to use unit prices to compare products, as when we checked Sainsbury’s website, it didn’t compare the unit prices of items for shoppers with Nectar cards and those without. Unit pricing enables shoppers to compare value by the cost per unit (for example per 100g or 100ml) to help find the best deals, or work out savings per unit on promotions. Sue Davies, Which? Head of Food Policy, said:Which? Affordable Food for All campaign
Which? has launched a campaign calling on the big supermarkets to take action and make a real difference to communities across the UK struggling to access affordable food.
With the price of essential products soaring, supermarkets have a crucial role to play.
If you want your supermarket to take action, .How Sainsbury’s Nectar works
The Sainsbury's Nectar scheme allows you to earn a minimum of one point per £1 spent in store, online or on fuel at Sainsbury’s. This means if you earn 500 Nectar points, they are worth at least £2.50.
Alongside Nectar Prices, the 18 million Nectar cardholders will also continue to get personalised offers and Your Nectar Prices based on their shopping habits each week, and it will continue running its Aldi Price Match initiative. Nectar app customers can also get bonus points offers after they shop.
You can also earn Nectar points on products you buy with Sainsbury’s range of Nectar partners, including Argos, British Airways and eBay, and spend them with almost 300 brand partners, including with Vue Cinemas. Most partners will give you two points for every pound you spend, but some are more generous.
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