Sainsbury's shoppers furious after feeling 'conned' by Nectar Card update

Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has infuriated customers with its latest change to Nectar Cards. The retailer has been accused of sending out a 'misleading' email to shoppers, and people aren't happy.

Some shoppers are now claiming they feel 'conned' by the supermarket. It comes after an an email sent to shoppers, where Sainsbury's announced it would be running a new Big Points Swap offer. The offer works like so:

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However, some people have been left annoyed by the offer, and feel like it has replaced the popular Double Points promotion which we are used to seeing every year. However, Nectar confirmed that this offer would be coming to an end back in 2021.

At the time, a Nectar spokesperson said, "Fewer customers have been using Double Up over the last few years and so it’s only benefitted a small minority of our customers. We know some people will be disappointed to see it go, but we hope more customers will be able to take advantage of our new My Nectar Prices offer. This gives customers access to lower prices and personalised offers year-round."

This hasn't stopped some people from taking to social media to slam both Nectar and Sainsbury's. On Twitter, @Matthew36906162 said: "@sainsburys @nectar @GlosTSS Your new BIG points swap is a BIG Con and hugely misleading, the email sent to me showed i would get double the value, in the app im being offered only 50%, you cant get anymore misleading than this!!!"

On the Extreme Couponing and Bargains Facebook group, shopper Becka Harris wrote: "Don’t know if it’s been posted but Sainsbury’s are doing the big points swap instead of double up this year."

Darshika Mehta Agrawal replied: "Please be careful when