The Countdown discount scheme has been with CSSC for four years now and, after a modest beginning, take-up has gone from strength to strength. In 2010, take-up of the main offers with national High Street stores more than doubled as compared to 2009 - a huge step forward.
Much of the growth was down to far more convenient ways of redeeming the discounts, such as reloadable shopping cards for brands like Sainsbury's and Asda and even gaining discounts for Comet via a simple text system.
The main thing about the scheme is that it never stands still. New merchants like Argos, Homebase, Toys R Us and Apple were added in late 2010 and big names are being added all the time. For example, the Morrisons supermarket chain has just been added to the many thousands of other local and national discounts.
Countdown is also working hard to make it easier to save money with no postage charged on shopping cards and vouchers, online voucher and shopping card ordering and even standing orders for those merchants members use on a regular basis.
As volunteers, do please remind members of the ever growing range of discounts available from Countdown. Particularly important is making sure that CSSC has the home address of all its members. Home addresses ensure we can send out annual membership cards and Countdown discount packs. Could we possibly double take-up again in 2011?
