The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread

[AGuyFromUpNorth]

But, most importantly, little old bits of Sainsbury’s design keep getting exposed as they refurbish things, including some lovely orange and white subway tiles that have been revealed when peeling back a fake wall. I’m sure they’ll be covered up again by some shelving in a couple of days, but nice to see some old stuff peek through.

This seems to be quite common with supermarkets - they hide things behind walls, freezers etc. I know some of the older Morrisons stores still have those tiles with the different fish on and false windows that were part of Market Street years ago hidden behind those false white walls. I assume it was probably just cheaper to cover them rather than to remove them.

Reminds me of that shopping centre in the US where they took down a false wall and found a fully intact 1980s Burger King. It probably happens way more often than you'd think, just not usually on that sort of scale.

[BBC TV Centre]

This seems to be quite common with supermarkets - they hide things behind walls, freezers etc. I know some of the older Morrisons stores still have those tiles with the different fish on and false windows that were part of Market Street years ago hidden behind those false white walls. I assume it was probably just cheaper to cover them rather than to remove them.

When our local Waitrose had a refurb, they removed some of the fridges and at the same time the fake boxing in panels round the columns. It revealed all of the mosaic tiling effect from years back they'd applied to it, and sadly all got covered up again once the works were finished.

I also noticed in our local Sainsbury's that had a massive refurb they'd also placed fake tile effect vinyl wallcovering in all of the toilets on the walls, as opposed to doing real tiles. Guess the accountants were in charge of that one.

[Martin Phillp]

Changes to My Nectar Prices at Sainsbury's from July 25th.

As you're an active Nectar Sainsbury's shopper we're informing you of changes to the way you access Your Nectar Prices. For your personalised discounts, which will be valid from 25th July 2025, this means:

• You'll need to ensure you're using version 11.8 of the Nectar app or later.

• You'll need to view and unlock Your Nectar Prices in the Nectar app each week before you shop. Your Nectar Prices will refresh every Friday, and you'll need to unlock them each week.

• If you'd like a regular reminder to unlock Your Nectar Prices when they refresh each week, please enable in-app push notifications in your Nectar app.

• From 25th July, you'll be able to use Your Nectar Prices at supermarket checkouts in any store. This is in addition to Smartshop and Sainsburys.co.uk.

[all new Phil]

Oh god can anyone be arsed with all that? Why have all these things become more complicated than ‘have some money off for being loyal’ or ‘here’s some vouchers for being loyal’?

[Jacket]

I'd say this is an improvement. You have to open the app to see what your offers are anyway so it's really no big deal to press an 'activate' button. And it's always sucked that you could only get the offers by using SmartShop, especially if you're just getting a couple of things in a Local, so being able to use any checkout is a bonus.

[Martin Phillp]

The biggest benefits will be for customers who use Locals as currently they have to use SmartShop and pay using a card which is linked to Apple/Google Pay rather than being able to pay at the self-service tills or the kiosk to get the discount.

Nectar app users already have to unlock their bonus points offers, so this will be no different, but for those who find SmartShop difficult to use, this is a major improvement.

[cdd]

Someone has clearly become incensed by the idea that people were getting discounts on things they'd buy anyway.

Years ago Somerfield (remember them?) launched a campaign that they had no loyalty scheme because their prices were low in the first place. It failed miserably because in 2008 or so loyalty schemes weren't that much hassle. Now they're becoming a nuisance we might see another supermarket try that angle.