Millions of Tesco customers are set to see a big win with huge changes coming to Clubcard. Those charging their electric cars at the supermarket will now earn loyalty points.
For every £1 spent at a Pod Point Vauxhall-branded charger, Clubcard members will earn one point. They could also get 2,500 Clubcard points by subscribing to Pod Point’s all-inclusive home charging plan. These charging points are available at over 600 Tesco car parks across the UK. Shama Wilson, Tesco’s group membership and loyalty director, said: “You can now park at your local Tesco and top up your electric vehicle while you shop, in the knowledge that you are collecting Clubcard points towards a future Tesco shop or to exchange with one of our reward partners.”
“We’re thrilled to deepen our long-standing partnership with Tesco and provide an incentive for Clubcard members to make the switch to an EV and join over a quarter of a million customers that trust Pod with their changing needs,” Pod CEO Melanie Lane added.
Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, welcomed the announcement, saying: “As we accelerate towards a cleaner and greener transport future, it’s great to see one of Britain’s most iconic household names leading the way with electric vehicle chargepoints.
“In the time it takes to pick up the groceries, drivers up and down the country can now quickly and easily charge their cars and with £2.5bn of Government support to encourage their take-up, there has never been a better time to switch to an EV.”
Tesco’s Pod Point chargers have been most popular at the Tesco Extra in Slough, where sockets have been used over 10,000 times. Supermarkets in Stourbridge, Crawley, Altrincham, and Bromley by Bow also join it in the top five.
Tony Hoggett, Tesco’s COO, said: “We are committed to reducing carbon emissions in all our operations and aim to be carbon neutral in the UK 2035. As part of this we want to encourage our customers to play their part with the rollout of free-to-use EV chargers to 600 of our stores.
“Providing customers with charging points offers them a sustainable choice and giving them the opportunity to charge their car for free while they shop is a little help to make this easier.”
