The Irish Mail on Sunday

Shop around and ‘ Reep’ the best rewards

Have you noticed your shopping bill steadily creeping up each week? In these cash strapped times there are few of us who don’t attempt to get our groceries at the best possible price.

- By Erin Mccafferty

And it’s not just groceries. The same applies to electronic goods, food and beverages, and pharmaceut­ical products…

But it’s takes time to shop around. And sadly these days, time is a luxury that few of us have. Between juggling high-pressured jobs and the demands of families, our time has become increasing­ly limited.

A recently upgraded app for IOS and coming soon for Android phones may help. The Reep Rewards is designed for people who are not tech-savvy. It’s an applicatio­n that takes the hassle out of consumer spending by allowing you to shop around from the comfort of your home.

In other words, it keeps you to date on every single supermarke­t special offer going – from Coca Cola to cornflakes. It also applies to pharmaceut­ical products and electronic goods and is applicable to shops across Ireland, from small retailers to large stores.

It doesn’t matter where in Ireland you live, the app will adjust its informatio­n to your geographic­al location – informing you about offers in stores of all kinds that are located near to you and explaining the exact distance to the shop. The offers are updated in real time – in other words as soon as they happen.

Each time you log in, a grid of offers will be displayed. You simply tick the ones that interest you. This allows the app to build a profile of your shopping preference­s so that you’re kept up to date primarily about offers on your favourite products, as well as others. It also tells you how long the offer lasts.

On top of this, once you’ve ticked the offers that appeal to you, it shows exactly how much money you will save each week.

It has an additional benefit in that once you scan your shopping receipt you will receive cash back every time - all of which adds up. This sum can then be redeemed on a vast array of products. What’s more, the Reep Rewards app is free to download and free to use.

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 ??  ?? The new Reep Rewards app is available on iOS phones with an upgrade for Android to follow soon. The service is also available at www.reepreward­s.ie
The new Reep Rewards app is available on iOS phones with an upgrade for Android to follow soon. The service is also available at www.reepreward­s.ie

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