Updates to your HealthyFood benefit

The Vitality programme is constantly evolving to ensure that we continue to drive healthy engagement for our members.

The HealthyFood benefit will end at Pick n Pay stores and on-demand platforms on 31 August 2024. Pick n Pay has been a longstanding Vitality partner, and we will continue to collaborate in many ways, including the continuation of members spending their Ðiscovery Miles at Pick n pay and through the Vitality Mall.

You will earn rewards on qualifying purchases made until the end of the day on 31 August 2024. These rewards will be paid by 15 September 2024. Transactions made from 1 September 2024 onwards at Pick n Pay will not qualify for HealthyFood rewards.

There is nothing for you to do right now. Watch out for communication in September with more information.

If Woolworths is your primary partner at the end of the day on 31 August 2024, your benefit at Woolworths will continue as normal. Checkers and Checkers Sixty60 will automatically become your secondary partners on 1 September if you have a linked : Checkers Xtra Savings card to your profile and ID to receive your HealthyFood reward.

If Pick n Pay is your primary partner at the end of the day on 31 August 2024, you will need to set up your new HealthyFood benefit starting 1 September 2024 and choose your primary partners.

Yes, you can still spend your Ðiscovery Miles at Pick n Pay.
As a Vitality member, you can choose to redeem a Pick n Pay voucher in the Vitality Mall.
And if you have the Discovery Bank app, you can spend Ðiscovery Miles in-store at your personalised discount, depending what Discovery products you have.

Your HealthyFood rewards will be paid in Ðiscovery Miles, our rewards currency that is more valuable than cash. You'll receive 10 Ðiscovery Miles for every R1 earned.

Vitality members get more value by earning and spending Ðiscovery Miles, our rewards currency that's more valuable than cash. As a result, we receive many requests to create more Miles-earning opportunities.

Here are some things they are enjoying spending their Ðiscovery Miles on:

• A regular sized coffee for 200 Ðiscovery Miles (equivalent to R20 but worth up to R40)
• A smoothie for 300 Ðiscovery Miles (equivalent to R30 but worth up to R75)
• A small or regular popcorn from Ster-Kinekor for 250 Ðiscovery Miles (equivalent to R25 but worth up to R50)
• A Nando's side for 350 Ðiscovery Miles (equivalent to R35 but worth up to R47)
• An Exclusive Books voucher for as little as 2,125 Ðiscovery Miles, depending on what Discovery products you have (equivalent to R212.50 but worth R250)

If you have a Discovery Bank account - including the Ðiscovery account with zero monthly fees - you will be able to spend them directly at a wide range of partner stores, both online and in-store, purchase value added services, such as airtime or electricity and spend them on Vitality Travel on your next discounted trip. This flexibility ensures you can make the most of your Ðiscovery Miles, whether you prefer to use them for shopping, travel, or saving.

Read more about Ðiscovery Miles here.

Currently, Vitality HealthyFood members get up to 25% back on the first R2,000 they spend on HealthyFood as a single Vitality member and 25% back on the first R4,000 you spend on HealthyFood as a family. From 1 September, we're increasing this amount to R2,500 for single members and R5,000 for families.

Each adult on the policy with an active HealthyFood benefit contributes to the overall monthly cap. For example, if the principal member spends R3,000 at their HealthyFood partner on the 1st of the month, and the spouse spends R2,000 on the 13th of the month, reaching the monthly cap, any additional purchases made in the month by any other qualifying member will not contribute to rewards as the monthly limit would have already been reached.

Rewards are calculated individually, so members on the same policy may have different reward levels. Purchases are processed on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning with all the principal member's transactions, followed by the spouse, adult dependents, and then child dependents over 18 years old. Purchases per member role are prioritised in this order: primary in-store partner, primary online partner, secondary in-store partner, and secondary online partner.

Once you activate the Vitality HealthyFood benefit and select a primary in-store and primary online partner, you will receive 10% back at your primary partners. To maximise this and get 25% back at your primary partners, you need to find out your Vitality Age and do a Vitality Health Check within the past 12 months. Boosting your individual HealthyFood percentages are based on you completing your own Vitality Age and Vitality Health Check, and not based on additional members on the policy completing their assessments.

The Virtual Vitality Health Check-in was introduced during lockdown to help members manage their health risks and limit their exposure to COVID-19. However, starting from 1 September, members will no longer be able to maximise their HealthyFood benefit and other rewards with the Virtual Vitality Health Check-in. These rewards will only be maximised with a physical Vitality Health Check and an online Vitality Age assessment. If you can't get to an accredited clinic, you can book your Vitality Health Check at home here.

As a special introductory offer, between 1 September 2024 and 31 December 2024, any adult on the policy will be able to activate the HealthyFood benefit and will be able to choose their primary partners. From 1 January 2025 onwards, only the principal member on the policy can change the primary partners. This can only be done once every rolling 12-months.

From 1 September, you can earn more HealthyFood rewards by having the choice of a different online and in-store primary partner at which you will earn up to 25% back in Vitality Health rewards on qualifying HealthyFood purchases.

You will be able to select a different primary partner for your online (Checkers Sixty60 and Woolworths online, Woolies app and Woolies Dash) and in-store purchases (Checkers and Woolworths).

Make sure to have your Checkers Xtra Savings and Woolworths WRewards cards activated linked to your HealthyFood profile.

Changes to your primary partners will be effective from the start of the following month. For example, if you change your primary in-store HealthyFood partner on 4 September from Woolworths to Checkers, you'll earn your maximum rewards for the month of September at Woolworths. And then starting 1 October, you will earn maximum rewards from Checkers as your new primary partner. And if both your Vitality Age and Vitality Health Checks are valid, you will continue to receive 10% back at your secondary partners, until the change becomes effective.

If you have concerns or want to learn more about your options, contact us through Ask Discovery on the website, Discovery app, or WhatsApp. Look for the pink chat icon and tap to start chatting to us 24/7.

For more details on the options available to you from 1 September 2024. This preview of the HealthyFood benefit guide for Vitality Health members is provided to demonstrate how the HealthyFood benefit will work starting on that date. Visit the relevant guides:

• HealthyFood for members with Vitality Premium
• HealthyFood for members with Vitality Active
• HealthyFood for members with Vitality Premium and Vitality Money
• HealthyFood for members with Vitality Active and Vitality Money
• HealthyFood for members with Vitality Money
• Vitality Main Rules for all Vitality members

Please be aware that we have updated the Vitality Main Rules which will come into effect 1 September 2024.

The new HealthyFood benefit has been designed to help you maximise your rewards at our partners. If you are not comfortable with the way the benefit operates, or to manage your information sharing setting with our partners, please contact us to deactivate your HealthyFood benefit.

From 1 September, you will earn Vitality Health rewards when buying qualifying HealthyFood items from your primary in-store and online partner. Vitality Active members will no longer have secondary partners within the HealthyFood benefit. The benefit cap will be adjusted to R1,250 for single members and R2,500 for families, with rewards increasing from up to 20% back to up to 25% back at your primary partners. Rewards will be calculated based on the first R1,250 you spend on HealthyFood items as a single Vitality member or the first R2,500 you spend on HealthyFood items as a family.

Each adult with an active HealthyFood benefit on the policy will contribute to the overall monthly cap. Reward levels are determined individually, meaning members on the same policy may have different reward levels. Purchases are processed on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning with all the principal member's transactions, and followed by the spouse, adult dependants, and child dependants over the age of 18 years old. Purchases per member role will be prioritised in this order: primary in-store partner and primary online partner.

For example, if the principal member spends R1,500 at their HealthyFood partner on the 1st of the month, and the spouse spends R1,000 on the 13th of the month, reaching the monthly cap, any additional purchases made in the month by any other qualifying member will not contribute to rewards as the monthly limit would have already been reached.