Three major supermarkets reveal exact dates you can book Christmas delivery slots including Sainsbury’s
THREE major supermarkets have revealed the exact dates you can book Christmas delivery slots.
With the big day just 75 days away many households are keen to get preparations underway.
In the last few years, the demand for getting your festive food shop dropped at your door has surged.
Shoppers have gone wild for the service as it helps take the pressure off an already stressful time.
But many are aware that bagging a slot during the festive period is notoriously difficult.
So it is worth being aware of the key dates of your favourite grocer so you are not disappointed.
Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s has today confirmed when customers can book a slot for their Christmas shop to be delivered.
Loyal customers who have the supermarket’s “Delivery Pass” get first dips and will be allowed to book home delivery and click and collect from Wednesday, October 16.
Delivery Pass holders pay a flat rate to Sainsbury’s to get their orders for free at all times of the year.
Meanwhile, non-pass holders will be allowed to book slots from the following week, Ocotber 23.
Both can schedule deliveries for between December 18 – 24.
Christmas delivery slots open on October 16 for Delivery Pass customers and 23rd October for all customers.
Customers can amend their baskets until 11pm the day before their order is due.
Waitrose
The posh grocer has already allowed its customers to start booking slots for Christmas.
It costs £4 to book a slot and orders must be over £40.
But if shoppers are keen to get their Waitrose shop delivered to their home they should act fast.
Most of the slots from Sunday, December 22 to Tuesday, December 24 are fully booked.
Dates are still available for Friday, December 20 and Saturday, December 21.
What is a grocey delivery pass?
DELIVERY passes allow customers to pay a flat fee either monthly, yearly or six monthly, and then get their deliveries for free.
In some instances, you can also get first dips on booking your Christmas delivery slot.
You should only consider taking out a delivery pass if you order groceries online regularly and if you think it will save you money in the long term.
All major grocery stores offer the service but the price varies.
For example, Tesco’s anytime delivery plan costs £7.99 per month for 12 months or £47.88 if you don’t want to pay monthly.
You can also pay £47.88 if you don’t want to pay monthly.
Meanwhile, Sainsbury’s charges £7.50 per month for the service or £80.00 for a 12-month upfront payment.
Asda has passes starting from £3.95 per month or a 12-month payment of £69.50
Morrisons also offer the service with prices starting from £5
Asda
The UK’s third-largest grocer also announced today when shoppers could secure their booking.
Like Sainsbury’s Asda is giving its delivery pass customers a head start to book their slot.
Customers who pay for this feature can book their slots for Christmas from October 15.
Meanwhile, non-pass holders can book their slot from October 22.
The supermarket said that over one million home delivery and click-and-collect slots will be available in the week leading up to Christmas.
The minimum online spend at Asda is £40 for delivery and £25 for click and collect.
Shoppers can also make changes or additions to their basket up until 11pm the night before their delivery or collection.
When do other retailers’ slots open?
It’s not just Waitrose, Asda and Saisnbury’s which offer this service to their customers.
Tesco said this month that its annual delivery pass customers can book their slots from 6am on Tuesday, November 5.
This gives customers a one-week head start on regular shoppers, who will have to wait until November 12 to nab a slot.
But if you also want to get ahead of the game, you can still sign up to the delivery plan by Monday, November 4.
Meanwhile, Morrisons has already started taking bookings with slots open now.
The same goes for Ocado with the pure-play online retailers offering customers the chance to book slots from as early as September.
M&S also launched its food-to-order service and the end of September, with slots filling up immediately.
The service lets you book and pay for your Christmas dinner and other snacks ahead of time and then collect them closer to the big day.
Orders this year can be collected on December 22, 23 or 24 in your local M&S Food Hall.
For Iceland, shoppers will be able to book delivery slots from around the middle of December.
You can read more about how this works by clicking the link here.