Tesco hikes free online delivery minimum spend and scraps Fuel Save

Supermarket makes changes to offer more discounts in store.

Tesco is making a series of changes that will impact loyal shoppers.   

The supermarket is hiking the minimum spend to avoid a surcharge on online grocery deliveries and scrapping its Clubcard Fuel Save discount scheme.

Minimum spend hike

Tesco normally applies a £4 surcharge for delivery on online grocery orders under £25.

But from Thursday 23rd July the supermarket will implement this extra £4 fee on all online grocery orders under £40.

This means shoppers will need to spend £15 more in order to save.

The surcharge applies to both free 'Click and collect' and home delivery orders, which currently cost between £1 and  £6 depending on the timeslot you choose for your shopping.

Shoppers using the ‘Delivery Saver’ scheme, where you can pay an annual charge to reduce the cost of delivery slots, will also be subject to the new minimum spend to avoid the surcharge. But you can cancel penalty-free if you’re unhappy with the change and get a pro-rata refund.

Tesco says any orders placed before 23rd July but delivered after this date will not be charged the £4 surcharge if their order value is between £25 and £40.

Read How to slash your supermarket delivery costs to see how you can save.

No more Clubcard Fuel Save

Separately the supermarket also announced it is scrapping its Clubcard Fuel Save scheme on 31st August.

The scheme, which launched in March 2014, allows Tesco Clubcard holders to get 2p off per litre of fuel when they spend £50, up to a maximum of 20p off per litre. Read Tesco launches Clubcard Fuel Save discount scheme for more.

The last day to redeem the savings will be Wednesday 30th September.

Tesco says while the scheme has been popular, many shoppers would prefer to see savings on their shopping instead and it now plans to focus on cutting prices in store.

Scaling back benefits

Tesco follows Sainsbury’s in scaling back benefits for loyal shoppers.

In October last year the supermarket announced it was halving the number of Nectar points shoppers could earn on their shopping. Read Sainsbury’s to cut Nectar points for shoppers.

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