• Asda Groceries Christmas Delivery Slots Online
• Asda Groceries Christmas Delivery Slots 2019

Tesco’s Christmas delivery slots opened on 13 November for people on its delivery saver scheme, and are now available to everyone. Deliveries cost between £4.50 and £5.50, or you can choose to. Tesco, Asda, M&S: Latest shopping rules and supermarket advice Most supermarket chains will offer delivery slots that can be booked weeks in advance. In the last few weeks, delivery slots have gone. Morrisons says: 'Please note we have very limited delivery slots available. If you want to edit an order already placed please wait. 'We are doing everything we can to increase the number of delivery slots and capacity we can accommodate.' The shop is also offering boxes of essentials, which cost £35 and can be ordered via next day delivery. Tesco, Asda and M&S have already warned about limited slots for Christmas supermarket deliveries, the Manchester Evening News reports. Tesco is experiencing high demand, while Asda has warned.

Every year in the run up to Christmas supermarkets are packed as people try to get their hands on a last-minute turkey and other essentials.

But with social-distancing in place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Aldi and more have outlined new rules for shopping during the Christmas period to avoid over-crowding.

Extended opening hours, new rules on shopping alone and heading to the stores earlier are just some of the latest guidelines from supermarkets.

There are also delivery options available, although they are filling up fast, and more click and collect services have been announced too in a bid to make Christmas shopping easier and safer.

New queuing systems are also available in some supermarkets in Wales as the weather gets colder.

We spoke to some of the big supermarket giants, here's what they have planned.

Sainsbury's

The supermarket is making moves to minimise time spent queuing and to help make customers' shopping experience smoother and quicker this December.

It has announced it will extend its trading times over the festive period but is asking customers to shop early and alone in order to reduce queues.

Most Sainsbury's supermarkets will open from 6am until midnight from December 21 to 23. You can find out more about the supermarket's opening hours here.

Retail and Digital Director at Sainsbury's, Clodagh Moriarty said: 'In a year like no other, we want to do everything we can to help our customers celebrate Christmas, making sure they have everything they need to make the festive season as special as possible.

'We also want to make sure customers and colleagues are kept safe, which is why we're opening our stores for longer and encouraging people to shop early and asking them to shop alone, where possible, this Christmas.

'This will help customers get in and out of shops quickly and safely and make sure everyone has what they need in plenty of time for the big day.'

Most Sainsbury's stores will open 6am to 7pm on Christmas Eve. Stores will remain closed on Christmas Day.

For more on specific store opening hours, use the store finder. And for delivery and click and collect options head to the website.

Aldi

Asda Groceries Christmas Delivery Slots Online

In the run up to Christmas, Aldi is also extending its opening hours, ensuring customers can shop safely in store, follow social distancing guidelines and provide more time to pick up last-minute food and gifts before the big day.

Stores will also be opening until 6pm on Christmas Eve, but Aldi has warned customers will need to check local store details online to avoid disappointment. See here for more on Aldi's Christmas opening hours 2020.

Aldi has also announced its click and collect service will be available across 25 stores in Wales before Christmas, this means shoppers can order their food online, book a time slot to collect it and have it brought to them upon arrival, meaning they'll avoid crowds.

To find out which stores are taking part, click here.

Tesco

The supermarket made more delivery slots available in anticipation of high-demand for online services this year.

However, it was forced to issue a warning recently after they filled up fast.

A statement on their website read: 'We're really sorry but we now have very few slots left for 20–24 December. We're experiencing high demand for slots around Christmas.

'We're sorry if you're not able to book your preferred slot. Take a look at the following tips to help you manage your Christmas shopping with Tesco.'

Another option for Tesco shoppers is click and collect, which will allow you to pre-order your Christmas food and pick it up in store. You can read Tesco's top tips for a stress-free festive shop here.

And although Tesco is yet to reveal its Christmas 2020 opening times, according to Retail Weekly the store is planning to keep over 300 of its largest-format branches open for 24 hours over the festive period.

These extended hours will reportedly be implemented from December 14 until Christmas Eve, with smaller stores having their trading times increased by an hour.

Asda

The supermarket has not unveiled its Christmas hours yet.

It has confirmed, however, it will be delivering Christmas groceries between December 21 and 23. Slots are available to book now with delivery costing £3 on orders less than £40.

As with Tesco though, many of these slots are already full but customers can use click and collect to avoid entering the branch or queuing at checkout.

The supermarket is also trialling a new queuing system for the winter months, although so far this has only been rolled out to two Welsh stores.

To access it, shoppers will have to download an app which will allow them to queue virtually from their cars.

It's another option for customers if there is a long queue at the front of the store and they would rather wait in their car.

In Wales the new queuing system is available in Blackwood, Newport and Asda's Caerphilly store. You can find out more here.

Morrisons

The supermarket has released its Christmas Food to Order 2020 option.

Collection slots are now available to book through the retailer's website.

There are hundreds of tasty dishes and treats to choose from in the Morrisons Christmas Food to Order range. All you have to do is choose what you want, pick a store and a date to collect and pay a £20 deposit. You can read more here.

While Morrisons has said it will keep its customers updated on Christmas delivery slots, it does now have a new Christmas Dinner for Two Box service available.

It's been created to help ensure that self-isolating customers or those who cannot get to a supermarket get everything they need for a Christmas dinner.

Costing just £18.36, the box contains a British Turkey Breast joint, peeled potatoes, and all the Christmas trimmings including pigs in blankets, vegetables, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce. As well as a starter,dessert and two freshly-baked mince pies, two Christmas crackers and a selection of wine, reports Express.co.uk.

The box can be ordered via Morrisons' dedicated Doorstep Deliveries phone line. The service will be available until December 13 and orders will be delivered on a day between December 21 and December 23.

Morrisons Chief Executive, David Potts, said: 'Our telephone service is a lifeline for many vulnerable people.

'Thirty million British households will be shopping in the week up to Christmas and we do not want anyone to get left behind. Our Doorstep delivery service will ensure those who can’t leave their home to go shopping will still be able to enjoy their Christmas dinner.'

The Christmas Dinner for Two Box contains:

- Morrisons Savers Part Baked White Baguettes (two per pack)

- Morrisons Deli Counter Brussels Pate 50g

- Morrisons Basted Boneless Turkey Breast 465g

- Morrisons 12 Pigs in Blankets 300g (Frozen)

- One Loose Parsnip

- Morrisons Peeled Maris Piper Potatoes 600g

- Two Loose Carrots

- Eight Loose Brussel Sprouts

- Morrisons Sage & Onion Stuffing 85g

- Morrisons Cranberry Sauce 200g

- Morrisons Pure Clear Honey 227g

- Two Morrisons Christmas Puddings 100g

- Morrisons Ready To Serve Custard 400g

- Morrisons Chicken Gravy Granules 200g

- Two In Store Baked Mince Pies

- Two Red Wines, One White Wine (187ml)

- Two Individual Christmas Crackers

Customers will be able to place orders with Morrisons over the phone by calling 0345 611 6111 and selecting option 5.

Standard delivery charges of £4.50 apply, with student delivery costing £2 and an optional delivery contribution of £1.50 for elderly and vulnerable customers.

Morrisons is yet to reveal it's Christmas opening hours.

Marks and Spencer

M&S recently announced it's reversing its decision to open on Boxing Day.

It means the 200 stores that were planning to remain open on December 26 will now be closed to the public.

The change has been made so colleagues can spend more time with loved ones following the Government's plans to temporarily relax restrictions over Christmas. You can read more on this here.

In the run up to the festive season, however, M&S will still extend trading hours to help shoppers get ready for Christmas.

This year will mark the longest ever opening hours for the store, with around 400 of its owned stores open until midnight in the days prior to Christmas, from December 21 to 23.

M&S hopes this will help manage capacity and give customers and colleagues the space they need in the current pandemic.

M&S has put in place a number of new initiatives to help its customers shop with confidence too, including its new Sparks Book & Shop service allowing customers to reserve a shopping slot at time that suits them, and the accelerated rollout of its checkout-free Mobile Pay Go technology to all UK stores.

To check Christmas opening hours at your local M&S head to the store finder tool which should be updated to reflect the changes to trading hours.

There’s no doubt that getting a shopping delivery slot has been harder than usual since the UK went into lockdown eight weeks ago.

Asda Groceries Christmas Delivery Slots 2019

In an attempt to take some of the stress away, Martin Lewis’ MoneySavingExpert.com has compiled a list of top tips.

The list shows how far ahead each supermarket releases its slots and how you might get your hands on one, reports BirminghamLive.

The supermarket with the longest lead time appears to be Tesco with a massive 21 days, which assumes you know what you’ll want to eat three weeks in advance.

Waitrose and Morrisons release their slots just three days ahead.

So you might know what you want to eat but will you then have enough time to get your order in before all of the slots are quickly taken?

Here’s how the supermarket giants are operating according to Moneysavingexpert.

Three days ahead

Waitrose - used to be in partnership with Ocado but not any more.

So it might well be looking to expand times in due course.

For slots, it said it is 'advising customers to check each morning'.

Shoppers surveyed said they had success from 6am to 8am as well as randomly during the day.

Morrisons - shoppers top tip was to try just after midnight

Five days ahead

Co-op - told Martin Lewis that 'slots are launched every day, at around midnight'.

Seven days ahead

Iceland - the company said times were specific to stores, so Martin Lewis's 'Forumites' reported different results in tandem.

Sainsbury's - told Martin Lewis that 'when the slots are released will vary - there isn't a specific time and it doesn't depend on the store'.

One follower reported success every Monday.

Ocado - the online supermarket was a former partner with Waitrose but recently jumped into bed with M&S and is due start selling its products, as well as its own, from September.

It said there wasn't a fixed time when they were released, but priority customers were emailed about availability.

Once they've had a chance to book, non-priority customers are notified - via a message on the home page - and are then able to book any remaining slots.

14 days ahead

Asda - revealed that slots update as and when they become available in each area. Popular times to get a slot were typically 10pm or midnight, though some followers said between 2am and 4am.

21 days ahead

Tesco - Martin Lewis was told 'slots tend to be released at midnight for three weeks ahead' but that it's busy adding extra vans to create more slots.

Top tips include logging on ten minutes early and then trying to book after midnight.