You can have loyalty cards from as many shops as you want, so it’s not inherently anti-competitive. They’re not even particularly meant to encourage loyalty, they’re a way to track what individuals buy over multiple trips and then deliver targeted advertising. The non-loyalty-card prices are high to ensure that customers are incentivised to sign away their data.
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wewbull@feddit.uk 6 months ago
FFS the problem is the price disparity between standard prices and “loyalty card” prices. It’s anti-competitive.
How is that not obvious to politicians?
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Well, they used to encourage loyalty because it was feasible to collects points and convert them into tangible things (e.g. My parents used to get trips to theme parks etc). Points are almost worthless now so there’s no incentive to stick with one shop. I end up going to 3 or 4 different shops to get what I need due to price.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 6 months ago
Which shop does that other than Tesco?
I’ve not been in a Waitrose or a Sainsburys in a few years but I’ve not seen that problem in Morrisons, Co-op, Lidl, or Aldi.
Serious question, because Tesco take the piss.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 6 months ago
co op has members prices for sure www.coop.co.uk/products/deals/member-prices
Flamekebab@piefed.social 6 months ago
Huh, today I learned. I only tend to pop in for specific items but I’m still surprised I didn’t notice.
Tweak@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Sainsburys does it now, as do Morrisons I think. They don’t do it for all their offers but some offers require a loyalty card.