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oliver1948uk · 28-04-2018, 15:44

I used to shop at Tesco and have earned through the Clubcard scheme many free trips for family, saving hundreds of pounds. A few years ago, they seemed to be getting expensive so I shifted my main shopping to Asda. Here I have built up over £100 in free shopping using an Asda credit card. I hope they don't stop that with the merger as you get far more with that than you do with Sainsbury's Nectar card, especially with the recent proposed complicated changes. I find the Asda prices reasonable and the quality of their own brand good. My only complaint is the running down of the tills in favour of 'do it yourself' which I refuse to do. My local 24 hour Asda shuts all the tills at 9pm. If I need to shop after that I go to Tesco who have one till open I think until midnight. I think the prices at Tesco have come down recently. Sainsbury's I find on the whole more expensive.

On a few occasions I have had cause to use Customer Services at all three supermarkets. Every time I have been treated courteously and the problem sorted.

28-04-2018, 15:44	#9
oliver1948uk cf.geek Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mansfield Woodhouse NG19 Services: VM Mix TV, 200 internet, basic house phone. Also Virgin mobile phone Posts: 541	Re: Sainsbury's and Asda in talks about £10bn grocery merger I used to shop at Tesco and have earned through the Clubcard scheme many free trips for family, saving hundreds of pounds. A few years ago, they seemed to be getting expensive so I shifted my main shopping to Asda. Here I have built up over £100 in free shopping using an Asda credit card. I hope they don't stop that with the merger as you get far more with that than you do with Sainsbury's Nectar card, especially with the recent proposed complicated changes. I find the Asda prices reasonable and the quality of their own brand good. My only complaint is the running down of the tills in favour of 'do it yourself' which I refuse to do. My local 24 hour Asda shuts all the tills at 9pm. If I need to shop after that I go to Tesco who have one till open I think until midnight. I think the prices at Tesco have come down recently. Sainsbury's I find on the whole more expensive. On a few occasions I have had cause to use Customer Services at all three supermarkets. Every time I have been treated courteously and the problem sorted.