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Are the Edeka and Rewe bonus programs worthwhile?

Handelsblatt

Interest in the new Payback bonus programs from Edeka and Rewe Bonus is huge, as initial figures show. But are the discounts really worthwhile? An exclusive analysis provides answers.

Düsseldorf. The food retailers Edeka and Rewe have attracted customers from their respective competitors with their new bonus programs. This is shown by an analysis of more than 1.3 million receipts from the price comparison app Smhaggle, exclusively available to Handelsblatt.

Rabatte oft geringer als gedacht

Badische Neueste Nachrichten

Discount apps in Bretten: How much customers really save - and where the pitfalls lie

Supermarkets and discount stores in Bretten also entice customers with advantage programs and discounts - but real savings and customer loyalty are often very close together.

Discounts via the app: Seniors' Union has bad suspicions

Berliner Morgenpost

Berlin. Lidl, Rewe & Co. rely on their own apps for discount campaigns. To the detriment of senior citizens, fears an association. Retailers are defending themselves.

Leafing through newspapers and magazines to find small discount snippets, cutting them out and then taking them to the checkout - those days are over. Instead, supermarket chains rely on customer loyalty programs such as Payback or their own bonus systems. However, using discounts and collecting points often only works via an app on the customer's own smartphone. This is also a source of criticism.

Aldi, Lidl or Penny? These are the Germans' top discounters

Münchner Merkur

A recent survey reveals which discount stores Germans find particularly inexpensive. One retailer features several times in the top 10.

Munich - Rising prices for food, energy and insurance are an increasing burden for Germans and Austrians alike. In this tense situation, inexpensive shopping opportunities are particularly in demand. The Cologne-based analysis and consulting company ServiceValue, in cooperation with WirtschaftsWoche, has determined which providers offer the best value for money from the consumer's point of view.

Rewe & Edeka: Experts reveal what customers should never know

DER WESTEN

Since December 2024, it's time for a rethink in the supermarket jungle! Rewe and Penny say goodbye to Payback and launch their own bonus programs. Edeka, on the other hand, is entering into a new partnership with Payback.

But what does all this mean for consumers? Are there really great bargains behind the discount promises - or is it all a lie? Experts are now speaking out.

All supermarket offers at a glance: App shows the best price for each product

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Shopping is getting more and more expensive. If you want to save money at the supermarket or discount store, you have to be smart. With the free “smhaggle” app, you can cut out all advertising brochures and secure cashbacks.

Supermarket bargains have to be earned. Sometimes product X is very cheap in one store, but for product Y you have to go to another supermarket. To find out what's cheap and when, you have to rummage through advertising brochures in advance. With the smhaggle app, this is no longer necessary - it does it for you automatically.

“Transparent customer": focus on supermarket apps from Edeka and Rewe - experts express concerns

Münchner Merkur

Loyalty points and discounts: a tempting prospect? Price comparisons reveal that customers sometimes end up paying more. A trick could make all the difference.

Munich - Consumers are having to rethink their approach to supermarket loyalty programs. Since 28 December, Rewe and Penny have dispensed with Payback and introduced their own bonus program instead. At the same time, Edeka and Payback started working together. But how useful are the retailers' loyalty points and app offers really?

15 percent more for chocolate - what's behind the huge price hike

WELT

The price of chocolate is rising noticeably at the moment. Almost all manufacturers have made their products more expensive - at the expense of supermarket customers. The reasons for this are complex. Nobody is talking about an end to the price trend just yet.

The first chocolate Easter bunnies will soon be in the stores. Retailers usually put the seasonal products on the shelves seven to ten weeks before the festive season, which this year means in the first half of February.

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ZEIT ONLINE

“Lidl is the most expensive of all”

A column by Johannes Gernert

Is the discounter the cheapest? Not for a long time. Why the prices in German supermarkets are almost all the same. And how you can still save when shopping.

Price explosion in the supermarket

Prosieben

“Cheapflation": cheap products and own-brand products are becoming increasingly expensive

In recent years, the prices of supposedly cheap products and own-brand products marketed as cheap have risen more on average than those of branded products. A study is now getting to the bottom of this so-called “cheapflation”.