You’ve been shopping at Asda all wrong – here’s how to grab your groceries and more for less

Asda is a great supermarket to stock up on all your budget needs, but what if there was a way to squeeze even better prices out of the store? We’ve come up with four ways to bag an even better bargain on your next weekly shop down at Asda. The cost of everything on the […]

Asda is a great supermarket to stock up on all your budget needs, but what if there was a way to squeeze even better prices out of the store?

We’ve come up with four ways to bag an even better bargain on your next weekly shop down at Asda.

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The cost of everything on the shelves is going up, and consumer’s wallets are being stretched further and further.

But you can be smart about which items you pop in your trolley, and take advantage of loyalty schemes, limited time discounts and more.

That way you’ll quickly lower your bill at the checkout.

Here’s how:

Shop Smart

Asda’s Smart Price range would be where most shoppers could pick up the best bargains.

It consists of products that are issued directly by the supermarket and they’re often a lot cheaper than bigger brand names you might find on the shelf.

You’ve got to be smart to find them though, as they’ll often be placed on the lowest shelves with more popular household names taking up the easiest to reach middle shelf.

Other stores stock similar ranges like, Morrisons‘ Savers range with over 250 products.

But the low priced own-brand products aren’t sticking around much longer, so you’ll have to cash-in while you can.

The store is actually planning on discontinuing the old basics range in favour of introducing 300 new products to stores.

It will have 50% more products than Smart Price but will still offer customers “the same great value”, Asda said.

The new value range will be in stores from May and will be rolled out across the summer.

And eventually the full range will be stocked in all 581 Asda stores as well as online.

Roll-back

The easiest way to spot a bargain at Asda is to look for the Rollback prices.

The store claims to reduce the price of thousands of its products with the pricing scheme.

You can get things from food to laundry and household products, plus pet stuff and kids items too, all slashed down in price.

It pays to check out online forums with like-minded shoppers too, as on hotukdeals, users reveal that Thursday’s are the day new Rollback prices are declared.

So you might find the best offers pop up toward the end of the week like the online bargain hunters claim.

One savvy Asda shopper claimed to have bagged £712 worth of goodies for just £60 during their most recent visit to the budget supermarket, byu snapping up items marked down on the shelf.

They shared images of a jam-packed trolley and the red-marked price tags of Lego items, toys, bedsheets and more, on Facebook page, B&M Bargains, Extreme Money Saving Deals and More.

They had claimed to snap up bargains from just £1 once they were scanned.

We checked and you can buy some of the Rollback Lego online at Asda, but the cheapest bargain available was a £7 Lego City stunt bike slashed to just £5.50.

That means you might not have the same luck as the savvy shopper unless you head in-store.

Even then you’re not guaranteed a bargain, as stock will be subject to availability and if it’s still scanning at low, low prices then it’ll be sure to quickly fly off the shelves.

But, it’s important to keep in mind that it’s only a bargain if you were planning on buying something anyway.

You shouldn’t splash out just because something has been marked down on the shelf- you won’t make a saving if you weren’t after anyway, and you could find yourself going over budget.

Stick ’em up

Another way to bag the cheapest groceries is with a yellow sticker bargain.

Supermarkets, including Asda, will often reduce the price of food nearing its use by date to shift stock and avoid food wastage.

The store will flag these discounts with yellow stickers.

You can often save up to 75% off products marked up in this way, so it’s worth keeping an eye out in the store.

Shoppers told MoneySavingExpert.com back in July 2017 that final reductions often start around 7pm at Asda – and most bargains have been snapped up by 9pm.

Thrifty parents Paul and June Stakes previously explained how they bagged a £50 shop for just £3 at ASDA using the trick.

Stay loyal

Plenty of supermarkets offer their own loyalty schemes that encourage you to shop more, and reap rewards – Tesco’s Clubcard is one, and even Lidl has its own app.

But Asda has extended its new loyalty card scheme to 48 stores, so there’s more opportunity for shoppers to snap up a deal.

The supermarket first launched its Asda Rewards loyalty app in October, trialling the scheme in just 16 stores.

It was the first time the grocer had offered a loyalty scheme in its 72-year history so it’s a fresh thing that you can take advantage of.

But how does it work?

You can get cash back on your shopping when you buy certain own-brand and big brand products.

Download the free app on your phone and then you’ll be able to see the rewards you earn pop up in your “cash pot” within the app.

Once you’ve built up cash, you redeem the money by creating a voucher in the app, which you scan at the checkout.

You can also add to your cash pot by completing “in-app missions”, the supermarket said.

These could include buying five fruit and veg items to get a “five-a-day badge”, for example.

And just last month for Mother’s Day  a flowers mission meant you’d get £1 cashback if you bought a £10 bunch of flowers.

Another simple way of reducing the cost of your supermarket spend is to simply have a shop around.

It might mean a bit more leg work to find bargains across different stores but you could find some products are cheaper elsewhere.

We’ve rounded up exactly how to find all the best bargains at Tesco for example, should you jump ship to try the competitor for your weekly shop.

And there’s secret ways to find every deal at Aldi too, once you know where to look.