Tesco customers should know the supermarket giant is making some big changes that will affect online shoppers.
From next week, the retailer is raising its minimum spend for home deliveries for the first time in eight years. At the same time, it is also boosting the charge for buyers that go below this amount. There will be no changes for click and collect orders, the Mirror reports.
In addition, Tesco Clubcard users will see their points' value drop from June onwards. The change will impact anyone who redeems theirs with a "Rewards Partner", which allows points to be used at other food and shopping outlets.
As of now, it costs £4 for Tesco delivery orders below £40. Next Tuesday, these figures are rising to £5 and £50 respectively, meaning you'll be charged a fiver if you order under £50 of groceries. Orders over this amount won't be charged extra.
Meanwhile, the £25 minimum spend for click and collect orders will stay the same.
A Tesco spokesperson said: “To ensure we can continue to serve our online customers as effectively as possible, from May 2 we are making some changes to our minimum basket threshold, the first change we are making in nearly eight years.
“For the vast majority of our customers, there will be no change to the way they shop.”
How does this compare to other supermarkets?
Sainsbury's shoppers have to spend a minimum of £40 and the fee for orders under this amount is £7.
Asda customers also have a minimum spend of £40 and they are charged £3 if they go under this. Morrisons shoppers need to spend £25 minimum and those below £40 are charged £3.
Iceland customers have a minimum spend of £40 and incur a £3 fee if they spend less than this.
Change to Clubcard points
This isn't the only big change Tesco is making over the next few weeks. Tesco shoppers will get less money for their Clubcard points when redeemed with a "Rewards Partner" from June 14.
Shoppers will only to double the value of their Clubcard points, rather than triple them as they currently do. For example, if you have 500 points, this would normally be worth £5 to spend in Tesco stores - but use them with a "Rewards Partner" and they'd be worth £15.
But after June 14, they'll only be worth double their original value, so £10 for 500 points. Tesco currently has over 100 "Rewards Partners" including brands like Pizza Express, Legoland, Alton Towers, Cineworld and Hotels.com.
The supermarket is also changing the amount of points you can get when you will up your car at its forecourts. Currently, drivers get one point for every £2 they spend on fuel - but from June 14, you'll get one point for every two litres of fuel you buy.
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