Martin Lewis explains hack to get extra £50 in Tesco Clubcard points
Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert.com has revealed a way for Tesco shoppers to bag up to £50 in bonus Clubcard points. Tesco is testing out a new "Clubcard Challenges" promotion, where customers can earn extra points by completing certain tasks.
These could include spending £20 on the Summer barbecue range over six weeks or buying £10 worth of plant-based meals. If you're selected to participate, you'll be presented with 20 challenges - but you only need to complete 10 to secure the maximum £50 worth of additional Clubcard points.
The promotion kicks off on May 20 and lasts for six weeks. MSE advises shoppers to keep an eye on their emails and the Tesco app to see if they've been chosen.
The MSE team shared: "Tesco says the challenges will initially only be available to three million Clubcard holders who 'regularly engage with Tesco digitally' and who have opted in to receive marketing communications from it. If you're chosen to take part, you should receive an email to the address you signed up to Clubcard with though Tesco hasn't said when these emails are being sent.", reports the Mirror.
Tesco is also giving its customers a chance to double their extra Clubcard points to £100 when they spend them with one of Tesco's many reward partners. With a choice of over 100 partners, including big names like Cineworld, Chessington World of Adventures, Thorpe Park, and Zizzi, there's something for everyone.
Lizzie Reynolds, Tesco's group membership and loyalty director, shared her enthusiasm: "We are constantly looking for ways to make Clubcard work harder for our customers. With Clubcard Prices on around 8,000 products, it is saving customers up to £360 off the annual cost of their groceries."
Elsewhere, Martin has has issued a warning for those considering subbing out their traditional ovens for air fryers. Seen as a potential cheaper alternative to regular ovens, there has even been talk of some people planning to cook full roasts in in these chic compact cookers.
However, during a chat on This Morning, Martin expressed doubt about whether the assumed energy-saving benefits would actually stand up to scrutiny. Challenging the idea, he questioned: "I heard on the show someone mentioning they was gonna cook a Christmas dinner in an air fryer. Is that right?"
He added: "If that's being done for energy reasons, I would be somewhat sceptical whether that is a good idea." Expressing further concern, Martin explained: "If it's being done for taste, I don't want to get involved.
"I mean, the benefit of an oven is when you're cooking a lot for a lot of people, and you can fill all the racks and have it on consistently. Air fryers are good for small things that cook quickly. If you're gonna have to use your air fryer 15 different times for different items generally on energy usage, you'd be better off to use an oven. So it's an interesting thought."
Martin dived into the cost-saving tricks of cooking, revealing: "If you're doing a jacket potato for 10 minutes it's going to be far cheaper [in the microwave] than doing a single jacket potato in an oven and keeping it on for an hour and a half.
"However if you were doing a full roast dinner and you were cooking many of them, that is where it's probably cheaper than putting five or six jacket potatoes in a microwave because each additional object you put in a microwave, you need to keep it on longer because a microwave just heats the individual object."
