Many French supermarket loyalty card points expire soon – see dates here

Shoppers in France have just weeks left to use their points on certain supermarket loyalty cards before they expire.

Some 87% of people in France are signed up to at least one loyalty programme, with the average person being signed up to six, revealed a 2024 study by the Institut français d'opinion publique (Ifop) for marketing company Brevo.

Retail brands do not always clearly indicate the date by which points must be used, meaning that it is easy for shoppers to lose out on accumulated savings without realising. 

This could add up to “an average of fifty euros lost per year per consumer” Michaël Flacandji, senior lecturer and head of the Strategic Marketing Master's programme at the University of Bordeaux, told Le Figaro.

We look at key dates to be aware of for French supermarket loyalty cards. 

Supermarket loyalty points expiry dates in France

Casino – loyalty card points will expire on February 28.

Intermarché and Carrefour – loyalty card points earned in 2025 are set to disappear on March 1. 

Franprix – loyalty points are reset to zero on March 31.

Picard – the date has already passed for Picard points which expired on January 31. 

Auchan – the amount accumulated in the loyalty card fund between January 1 and October 31 of the current year can be used until January 31 of the following year.

Monoprix – points accumulated between January 1 and October 31 are valid until December 31 of the same year. Those collected from November 1 onwards can be used until December 31 of the following year.

Decathlon – gives you 12 months from the date the points were earned. 

‘Carte U’ – points on a ‘Carte U’ used in Super-U and other ‘U’ brand stores do not expire, however the card must be used at least once every 13 months in order to keep the card active.

E.Leclerc – similarly, holders of an E.Leclerc loyalty card must use it regularly otherwise points automatically expire after 14 months of inactivity.