My Waitrose

WHAT!!!!! Free sweeties - I didn't get any, outrageous! I got sent the card out of the blue and had/have no clue what it's for. What am I missing - apart from the liquorice allsorts that is.

Nor me!

I live in a corner of my local Waitrose and I've never heard of the card!

I have one. Apparently I signed up for it when I was ill in January and had a delivery from Waitrose. I'm not sure what privileges it gives me!

I hate liquorice - so if I ever get some, you can toss up for them jeni and nanban.

I love Liquorice too Annobel! I've never heard of the card either and I am a loyal (sometimes) customer!

Perhaps we should moan to waitrose! Grannies being liquorice deprived by major supermarket chain!

I love liquorice.I'm a regular customer of our new Waitrose in Nailsea.Never been offered a card or free sweeties.I'll be in there tomorrow!

At the self-billing checkout there is a little flier above the card-reader saying Do NOtForget to Show your My Waitrose Card before you pay. I picked up the form there, decided to join on-line but no success. Liquorice lovers - does anyone know where you can get decent liquorice, chewy and not too treacly or aniseedy? Julian Graves have stopped selling the stuff I liked.

BarbaraAbbs have you tried Lakeland - it is from Oz and is rather tasty!

Holland and Barrett do very nice liquorice

It two a couple of weeks before I got my card, but didn't get any sweeties with it. I gather, from a member of staff, they send you coupons about twice a year and you can also go on their site and see recipes etc. which I never do. Thats about it, nothing to get too excited about. I was under the incorrect illusion that I would get freebies etc.

I seem to get a penny - yes, a whole penny - off my bill every time I show my card at the till!

Does anyone else think that their £50 minimum free delivery is a bit steep? -especially for older people living alone - those who most need free delivery.

I've only taken a delivery once - when I was too ill to go out - and made sure I was ordering just over the £50, and enough to last me two or three weeks. I don't think it's the only store to have a minimum free delivery charge.

maniac The £50.00 minimum does seem a bit steep but you know what they will say,that the cost of petrol,drivers,product pickers will all have to be costed in.I think if it was not as successful and popular as the delivery service is they would soon reduce the limit down to say? £35.00.Do they deliver for orders under £50.00 but charge for the delivery ? we do not have a Waitrose near us so I don't know.

I get emails from Waitrose and Ocado, and I wait until I get a voucher offering 25% off my shopping before I do an online shop. If I spend about £60, the 25% off covers more than the difference compared with other supermarkets and the delivery charge, so it works well for me. The trick is to wait a few weeks and they start trying to tempt you back. If they send one that only offers 25% off the Ocado range, I ignore it because it doesn't cover every item. It needs to be off the whole shop.

Yes, that's what they do, glamma. But as I say, I don't think Waitrose is unique in this policy. I have looked at the Tesco web site, and, although I am sure they do have a delivery charge, they seem to be coy about mentioning it.

I think it's quite amazing that Waitrose do a free delivery at all. Are there any other supermarkets that do this?

If you use Ocado to get Waitrose goods, the minimum spend is £40, but there is a delivery charge. It's a very reasonable charge if you sign up for a year though. I pay £9.99 a month. I have regular Saturday morning deliveries for that, usually £6 a go. Would pay more for petrol than that. Can't manage it all by bike these days!

Am I the only person who is not in their delivery area ? I went out for lunch yesterday and visited a Waitrose whilst out.

Noticed today whilst buying a new tumble dryer [on top of having no heating, being in trouble at work and having sciatica] due to my bodged job on the old one no longer doing the trick that, if you buy things online at John Lewis they will deliver to your nearest waitrose for collection if you prefer to collect from there.No good to me as I've no idea where there is a Waitrose but, as John Lewis are a really good store to deal with and will do a price match as well, it's worth knowing. I'm now cold, miserable and my clothes are starting to develop that frousty smell that one associates with male students at rock concerts.

Somerfield did free delivery over £25.They've now been replaced by Waitrose in my nearby town.
I think Iceland do free delivery -very good range of frozen foods.

Somerfields have turned into Co-ops now haven't they?

The thing is, I don't think any of this is free delivery - it's just hidden in the price of the goods. As the saying goes, 'it's business'. Having said that, I wouldn't mind a delivery here from any supermarket!