Saving Money On Your Online Food Shop
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When comes to saving money on your online food shop, there are plenty of things you can try.
In this post, I share my top tips for slashing the cost of your online grocery order.
Saving Money On Your Online Food Shop
I love a yellow sticker bargain but the reality is that not everyone can go hunting down bargains late at night or get to lots of different supermarkets to find the best deals.
Whether it’s due to illness, lack of transportation, working long hours, or simply convenience, doing an online food shop is a much better way to go.
There are some fantastic benefits to doing an online food shop and these include:
- Less likely to impulse buy
- More likely to stick to a list
- Can easily see how much you’ve spent
- No kids or partners to sneak extras into the trolley
- Shopping online can make meal planning much easier
- Easier to find own brand and economy products
- Find deals on brand favourites
While you may not be able to grab those yellow stickers there are still plenty of ways you can save on an online grocery shop.
9 Grocery Delivery Hacks To Save Money
1. Loyalty Doesn’t Pay – Shop Around For Groceries Online To Save Cash
The majority of supermarkets have pretty decent welcome discounts for placing a first online order.
Discounts vary between retailers but most offer around £15 off a first online shop costing £60/£80 pounds – just do a quick Google search for your chosen supermarket and ‘new customer offer’.
These discounts do come and go so there might not always be one available for the supermarket you need.
Some supermarkets will then offer further discounts to keep you coming back so keep an eye out for these too.
2. Add Your Loyalty Card To Your Online Groceries Account
It’s never worth shopping at a supermarket just for the loyalty points, but if you’re a regular online shopper it’s worth making sure your Asda/Tesco/Waitrose/Nectar card is set up to your online account.
3. Remember To Use Cashback Sites
Topcashback and Quidco are probably the two most well-known cashback sites and both have offers for a range of supermarkets.
It’s worth that remembering you can’t always combine cashback with voucher codes and typically money-off codes will save you more.
4. Shopping Apps Can Save You A Fortune
There are loads of apps which you can download onto your phone that will save money on your weekly shop.
While many of these are geared towards shopping in-store some features allow you to filter offers for online purchases too.
5. Double Check The Price Of Your Online Trolley
A lot of online supermarkets have a system whereby they save your main shopping items each week into a basket or trolley so they are ready and waiting for you when you log on.
While this is amazing for speed and convenience, it may not be quite so good for your wallet.
Like with shopping in-store, price online fluctuates greatly from week to week so it’s worth checking what you’re paying for these items against any price changes or special offers.
This is also a great opportunity to downgrade items to own brand if you’ve previously bought branded items because they were on offer.
6. Invest In Delivery Passes
One of the biggest pet hates people have about shopping online is the cost of delivery.
One way around this is to purchase a delivery pass if you know you’ll be using the same supermarket a lot.
If you work from home or are often home during the day you’re definitely at an advantage for saving – midweek middle of the slots nearly always come in cheapest, with weekends and evenings being much more expensive.
Investing in a delivery pass is a great way to get around this.
Below is an example of how a delivery pass might work.
Example: An Asda delivery pass costs £5 a month (when bought annually) and can be used for unlimited deliveries.
It means you won’t pay extra for those popular time slots such as weekends and evenings and you can book your preferred times well ahead of time.
There is also a money-back guarantee if the service fails to save you money.
7. Check Prices With Trolley
Trolley.co.uk is a website and app that allows you to compare prices across supermarkets so you can see where your weekly shop will be cheapest.
You can also seal the best deals at each of the big supermarkets.
Prices are taken directly from supermarket websites, meaning Trolley is more accurate price-wise for an online shop than if you’re checking prices in-store.
Hopefully, these hacks will help save you some cash next time you order groceries online!
Lots of handy tips here! I always shop online due to time restraints and limited supermarket choices close to home