Are you penalised for your loyalty? This is Money Christmas podcast special with posh vs budget supermarket taste test

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4.1 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Happy Christmas and welcome to the last This is Money podcast of 2018. Today, we cover the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

For the ghost of Christmas past, we look at what has gone wrong for high street retailers and if that is spilling over to online firms.

Ghost of Christmas present… or presents, we give five reasons why you should think twice about giving gift cards this festive period.

And for the ghost of Christmas future, how you can give friends and family a gift that will last through 2019 - avoiding the loyalty penalty.

As part of our campaign, we reveal the companies stiffing customers and what you can do to combat the problem.

Elsewhere, assistant editor Lee Boyce takes the reigns for the infamous This is Money Christmas taste test – with editor Simon Lambert and host Georgie Frost tucking into mince pies, crisps and more, then having to guess whether it is from a posh supermarket, or budget one.

And like post-Brexit Britain, there are no Brussel(s) in sight.

Georgie also throws a bonus fiendish Christmas quiz into the mix – how many can you get right?

Thanks for listening in 2018 - we hope you enjoy the podcast as much as we do making it. See you next year!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to This Is Money podcast in partnership with NS&I.
0:11.1	I'm your host Georgie Frost and alongside editor Simon Lambert and I today is assistant editor
0:16.3	Lee Boyce for our fifth, yes our fifth annual Christmas taste test. We have been going for that long.
0:23.1	But for a very special treat this year, mainly for my neighbours, I haven't stunk out my home,
0:28.1	boiling pots of sprouts. No, Lee has gifted me a break and taken up the mantle himself. Well done
0:34.0	Lee. So whenever you feel appropriate, you jump in, you hit us with your budget,
0:37.9	your upmarket offerings and we will pick our favourites. But this isn't going to be such as
0:41.3	munching through festive goodies, don't worry. And we will be visited by three ghosts. Now,
0:46.0	bear with me on this one. The Ghost of Christmas past. We look at what's gone wrong on the
0:51.0	High Street in 2018. The Ghost of Christmas present. Presents. Why you should
0:57.5	think twice about giving gift cards and the ghost. I appreciate him scraping the barrel somewhere here,
1:03.1	but the ghost of Christmas future, how you can give your friends and family a gift that will last
1:07.8	through 2019 by avoiding the loyalty penalty. Plus we have a bonus
1:12.5	Christmas money quiz as in it's a quiz about Christmas and money as in you don't actually win
1:17.7	any money. It'll be fun nonetheless only. Don't forget you to stay up today with all the latest
1:22.3	breaking money news just go to this ismoney.co.uk or download the app. This is Money, brought to you in partnership with Ennis and I.
1:30.2	For a gift, your little ones will appreciate even when they're not so little.
1:33.4	Give them premium bonds at NS&I.com.
1:36.3	But before we get cracking, Lee, thank you very much.
1:40.5	My neighbours, my family, thank you very much for not stinking out the apartment block with, I mean, tons of Brussels sprouts.
1:49.3	Every year I've done it, I've not done it this year. What have you got for us?
1:53.3	You are more than welcome, Georgie. I thought about you slaving away boiling those Brussels and remembering which Brussels was from which supermarket.
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