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scottishtv wrote: Thu 17 Jul, 2025 19.47 That said, I'm not sure they really encourage loyalty now that it's so easy (and often economically sensible) to be a member of many of them.

That's because it's not about loyalty anymore. It's about data mining. They want to know what you're buying so they can build up a profile and sell personalised ads. That's where the big bucks are.

Left Hand Man wrote: Fri 25 Jul, 2025 15.39

scottishtv wrote: Thu 17 Jul, 2025 19.47 That said, I'm not sure they really encourage loyalty now that it's so easy (and often economically sensible) to be a member of many of them.

That's because it's not about loyalty anymore. It's about data mining. They want to know what you're buying so they can build up a profile and sell personalised ads. That's where the big bucks are.

To be fair, it's always been about data mining

I got a Your Nectar Price from the kiosk for the first time today. It comes up as YNP Promotion on the receipt.

I'm not sure if that happens when using SmartShop as it'd usually tell me the original price then the discount is applied underneath on the receipt.

If you do SmartShop (with a handset in a supermarket at least) you can enable Nectar prices on there now,