Tesco has further slashed the benefits of its Price Check guarantee by only paying shoppers the difference if they find something cheaper at Asda, rather than double the difference.
Tesco Clubcard customers can double the value of their reward vouchers to spend on items including furniture, clothes and toys at the supermarket from Monday.
A running enthusiast has found an extreme way to raise money for charity – by rummaging in bins for old Asda and Tesco receipts and exploiting a loophole in the pair's price guarantees.
Tesco has changed the conditions of its price match guarantee against rival Asda in an attempt prevent shoppers using a loophole by buying items simply to get money back, which made some customers hundreds of pounds each.
Tesco Clubcard holders have complained in their droves that the supermarket's website crashed over the weekend as the deadline loomed to exchange vouchers before rewards were cut by 25%.
Tesco Clubcard customers can double the value of their rewards to spend on some non-food items at the supermarket for the next four weeks, under a scheme that launches on Monday 8 November.
2 November 2010
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