Albert Heijn will stop paying out stamps in cash. Customers can only choose to have the saved amount credited to their bank account or deducted from their groceries. About 1.5 million customers save sales stamps at Albert Heijn.
The digital payment of the purchasing stamp system has been tested in five stores and found positive, according to a spokesperson. “People have less and less cash in their pockets. This was a wish of many customers.” At the cash register you can now opt for ‘return debit card’, where the supermarket transfers the money via the debit card machine.
Albert Heijn previously stopped physical savings campaigns via booklets and stickers to save for pan sets, for example. Customers can only use the app for such savings promotions. Also with purchase stamps you can only save digitally. Customers can buy a 10 cent stamp for every euro. With a full booklet of 490 stamps, they get 52 euros back, a return of 6 percent.
According to Albert Heijn’s spokesperson, this method of saving is becoming increasingly popular. The interest rate at the major banks is now around 1.5 percent. Not all supermarkets have such a savings program, but at many supermarkets it is possible to earn extra pocket money by saving purchase stamps. But, experts say, it is mainly the more expensive supermarkets that offer savings programs.
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