Well fuel vouchers are ending and what deals do you think coles and woollies will entice us with?? Personally I think they will go for the spend a certain amount of $ and get a certain amount of $ off your bill. I'd be happy with that
So what will come after the fuel vouchers??
TRENT86 on 21/12/2013 - 22:46
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Yes, but I always pay the lower price as I shop at both the majors and check the prices each week before making my purchases.
Sure, but you splitting your purchasing doesn't make them enough. What one of them wants to do is capture all your purchasing by price matching their competitor and offering you a voucher for your next shop.
Knowing that many vouchers are never redeemed, then they have captured and kept your higher spend.
Also, if they can capture a higher percentage (or 100% of your spend as opposed to 50%) they can get better volume purchasing from their suppliers.
The fuel voucher thing is only Round #1.
Most of us won't make it to round 2 because we can't afford to put fuel in the car to buy groceries.
I wonder whether this would be considered price fixing which is a whole separate issue.
Tesco in the UK does that…It was always a nice little surprise at the checkout esp if you haven't done your research…
My theory is that flybuys and everyday rewards will offer more bonus points on the grocery shopping. I also think they will offer more bonus points for shopping at each of their petrol outlets both for the fuel purchased and the instore purchases. I think that Coles Express will bring back some sort of extra fuel voucher if you make a purchase instore.
The big two could be really sneaky. They could offer bonus points per litre purchased at their fuel outlets if you spend a specific amount of money in one week or one transaction at their supermarkets. This could be seen as cross promotion/subsidising but there would be arguments as to what value the points have. It's not a cash discount that can be gained at the time but the points can be redeemed for discount at a later transaction at the supermarket or the participating partners in the relevant programs.
EXACTLY they are creative marketing souls these people….
Its very simple, they just do what they are doing now. If you got the recent buy $100 worth of groceries get 20c off type of deal OR you could get 500 points on your flybuys/QFF
Now it will be just the 500 points
The UK supermarkets are very big on loyalty programs and vouchers… the trick was to have 2 of each loyalty program… one you use often and one rarely…
If you are an adhoc shopper they always send you great vouchers to entice you back, with your normal membership you claim points to obtain discounts and gift vouchers…
I found the UK market usually sets an example for our market (branded fuel station, fuel discounts, car insurance) maybe there will be a push in this area?
Wish they would also bring the lunch deals they have in the UK here! 3quid for a sandwich/roll, drink and chips/fruit/cake = Awesome!
The multiple account strategy works here as well as overseas. Our family does it with both Flybuys and Everyday Rewards.
The 3 pounds Boots deals were awesome. Sandwich or salad, drink and snack. I would always choose the dearest options like Vitamin water, and Ferrero chocolates for later. You would save heaps and get Boots points in the bargain. Plus every fifth meal was free from memory.
The thing I like in UK supermarkets (Asda are best) is the whole Indian meal in a carrier bag - 2 curries, 2 basmati rice, naan bread, samosas that sort of thing - a complete meal for two that you heat up yourself all for less than $10.
They have the Indian meal in a bag at Coles but I think it's more like $30 LOL
Well fuel vouchers are ending
Not exactly, they can offer more than 4c if you purchase anything at the servo, so be prepared for a lot more of these types of offers…
The reason these deals all look like UK deals is because they are. Ian McLeod is from the UK and just about every position they fill in the category department is from the UK.
The funny thing is they are marketing this hype to us in their presentations like it's some kind of new brilliant ideas but they are just rehashing the old Shit for overseas. Clearly it's working. Personally I'm glad these mega discounts are gone, I wish they would ban the lot.
I love how the ACCC wants us to pay more for fuel!
No, they want us to pay less for groceries.
I already pay less, I get all my 50% off specials from Ozbargain…
If you want to pay less then buy your basic groceries like flour, bread, washing up liquid, rice, fruit & veggies at Aldi. Then buy only your preferred branded stuff at the big two. Aldi have never done fuel discount vouchers.
No they don't. They want more competition in the market for fuel.
Think about it. If Coles and Woolworths can offer fuel 8 cents less than any other petrol station, then everyone would go to Coles or Woolworths for their fuel. By offering less of a discount, those other petrol stations/independents can now compete with Coles/Woolworths… more competition will bring a lower price, eventually.
The fuel vouchers aren't ending. The ACC only said that any voucher over 4c must be funded by the supermarket business itself- not, for example, cannibalizing profits from the hardware arm of the company, etc.
Anyway, if lowest price is your concern, you won't shop at Woolies or Coles anyway. Independent servos still offer non-e10 fuel at the same price which gives better fuel economy than E10 anyway. So you don't get a $5 saving when you will up, but you get $10 worth of fuel economy. But most ppl don't get it and so they fall for the 4c thing…
That is true, but some cars suggested to run on 98+ you can run on 95 E10 but its clearly not happy and knocking on 91. So its a 20% saving in fuel price but only a 5-10% hit in performance/power depending on your car.
the 95 at Shell/Coles Express doesn't have Ethanol..
Pretty sure you can only get 98/95/91/91+E10 in Australia at most of the major servos. I didn't think you could even have anything higher than 91 as E10…
maybe mobile phone credits?
One thing is for sure, they will come up with a new trick.
I don't worry about these things any more, I just use BP Ultimate and drive on. The car runs noticeably better on it, much better than the grocery premium stuff.
Have never forgiven BP after the oil spill myself.
Its already started,now I'm getting emails from coles to select either fuel discount or flybuy points with promotions. Which points out in future we get points only instead . but that doesn't look bad after all (I guess) . You get points which you can turn in to money, also cheap fuel because of competition
I find that I can save more money using the petrol discount voucher than the points value. If I'm only offered points, I'm happy to take them but they'll have to increase the amount of points after the high value fuel discount vouchers disappear in order to make it worthwhile to keep my shopping at their shop each week. I jump between the two depending on price and loyalty bonuses.
Latest I hear involves one major Supermarket price cross-matching each item against their major competitor and on paying the receipt you receive gives you a voucher for that gap amount against your next purchase.