Morrisons shopping tricks, tips and hacks to save money

As Morrisons extends its loyalty scheme offers to all purchases, we look at different ways you can save with the supermarket.

Earn loyalty points on every purchase

Morrisons is offering More loyalty card holders five extra points on every purchase from its supermarkets and convenience stores.

Prior to this announcement, shoppers could only earn discounts on selected items.

Launching yesterday (2 December), the points bonus also applies to online purchases and Morrisons items bought through Amazon.

When shoppers have accumulated 5,000 points, they will earn a Morrisons Fiver, redeemable on future purchases.

On top of this, More Card holders will bag extra points on selected products.

For example, products from The Best range qualify for an additional 50 points during December.

You’ll need to scan your More Card or app to receive the points.

As a loyalty card customer, you can also receive personalised offers based on your shopping habits through the ‘My Offers’ feature.

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Buy Morrisons Savers products

As with every supermarket, you can save a lot of money by picking up own-brand items.

In Morrisons' case, this is the Morrisons Savers range.

The Savers range has seen a major expansion in the past couple of years. You could save yourself a lot of money over time by opting for Savers products rather than branded items.

For example, Savers tea bags (pack of 80) cost 80p or 40p per 100g compared to £3 or £1.29 per 100g for PG Tips.

Prices for Morrisons Savers products can sometimes be more competitive than own-brand items at other supermarkets.

For example, the cost of dishwasher tablets is cheaper at Morrisons than at Tesco and Asda.

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Buy wonky veg

Traditionally thrown away, wonky fruit and veg is sold at a discount by Morrisons and other supermarkets.

The Wonky range stretches from potatoes and peppers to asparagus.

At the time of writing, a four-pack of Wonky apples is £1.19, while Wonky peppers are £2 for 750g.

Morrisons claims there is nothing wrong with the taste of its wonky vegetables; however, wonky products may have blemishes, be strangely shaped or sized or miss stems. 

Eating vegetables that would otherwise be thrown away also helps combat the problem of food waste – millions of tonnes of food are thrown away every year. 

Get a Morrisons Delivery Pass

If you shop online at Morrisons regularly, consider getting a Delivery Pass. Assuming you get one delivery a week costing nearly £4 each time, a delivery pass could save you as much as £167.

You can opt for an Anytime Pass which allows you to order as many deliveries as you like – but not more than one a day – seven days a week. Or you can choose a cheaper Midweek Pass, which means you are limited to deliveries from Tuesday to Thursday.

Below are your options:

• Anytime Pass - £70 for 12 months
• Anytime Pass - £45 for six months
• Anytime Pass - £8 per month
• Midweek Pass - £40 for 12 months
• Midweek Pass - £25 for six months
• Midweek Pass - £5 per month

If you work for the NHS and join the supermarket’s NHS Club, you’ll also receive a free Anytime Day Pass, offering one delivery per day between 5.30am and 12.30pm.

Shop at the right time

Visit your local Morrisons at the right time and you could save money by grabbing a load of items that have just been discounted.

Supermarket workers go around the store putting yellow stickers on products a couple of times a day, discounting items that are either damaged, close to their sell-by date or going out of season, such as advent calendars or Easter eggs.

These items tend to get snapped up quickly, but if you know what time the stores start dishing out the yellow labels, you can be there to grab the best of the bargains.

Morrisons generally discounts items twice a day. The first round of discounts is usually up to 75% off the normal price and these labels get stuck on at around 5pm. Then at 7pm or even 8pm, staff go around again, stickering items with even more discounts.

Generally, the later in the day you shop, the more likely you are to be able to pick up a bargain. 

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Join Baby Club

If you are a parent of a child under five or are expecting a baby, you can sign up for Baby Club.

Once you register, you'll be sent special offers and freebies exclusive to Baby Club members.

If you are expecting, then don't sign up immediately – it's better to wait and see if a special sign-up deal appears before you need to start shopping for baby things.

Use cashback websites

About to make your first online Morrisons shop? Shopping via a cashback website, including TopCashback and Quidco, could save you some extra cash.

Quidco regularly updates its Morrisons offers, including money off food boxes and home and garden essentials.

Time your fuel top-ups right

Sometimes Morrisons runs offers on petrol and diesel at its forecourts, so it can be worth trying to time your top-ups around these promotions.

Find out more on how to find the cheapest local petrol and diesel price offers.