Christmas is fast approaching and grocery delivery or collection slots for the festive season are likely to get booked up quickly.
As dates and times for each slot differs across the UK’s supermarket giants, Grocery Gazette investigates…
Tesco
Available to book from November, the leading retailer will offer slots for home delivery, local store collections and superfast delivery.
Sainsbury’s
At Big 4 grocer Sainsbury’s, its Christmas delivery slots for 18 to 24 December will be open from Monday 14 October with new slots released each day until 27 October.
For its one-hour Click and Collect slots, from 27 November shoppers can book in for the same dates in December as its delivery slots, with free collections from Sunday to Wednesday.
Asda
At Asda, its Food to Order, Christmas delivery and collection slots will be open from tomorrow (18 October) for its Delivery Pass customers.
For all other shoppers who don’t own a Delivery Pass, bookings can be made from 25 October to 15 December.
The grocery retailer will be offering a home delivery service on Christmas eve for the first time available in all 633 of its stores, with the last slot between 3pm and 4pm.
A limited number of stores will also be operating services on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Morrisons
For Delivery Pass customers at Morrisons, priority access to its Christmas delivery slots will be available from 19 October, while it is yet to announce delivery slots for all other shoppers.
Aldi
Although discount grocer Aldi doesn’t offer home delivery services, it typically offers a one-hour Click and Collect time slot across the festive period, with dates for this yet to be released.
Waitrose
Delivery and collection slots are available now at Waitrose between 20 to 24 December and for both slot types, a £40 minimum spend is required.
For its home deliveries, a one-hour booking period can be chosen and for those collecting their Christmas groceries, all slots are free.
M&S
Slots for collection at M&S can be booked now for pick up between 22 to 24 December.
Each booking requires a £40 deposit, with the rest of the orders outstanding balanced to be paid on pick-up day.
Ocado
Smart Pass customers at the online grocery delivery service can book in a Christmas delivery slot now for 20 to 24 December, however this is not yet available for all other shoppers.
