If your thoughts are turning to Christmas food - or if you just like to get organised for the festive season - booking your Christmas supermarket delivery slot is probably near the top of your to-do list.
Now Christmas is just six weeks away, the UK's biggest supermarket chain, Tesco, is the last to announce when its slots for home delivery and click and collect are available for both Delivery Pass holders and other customers
Slots do get snapped up very quickly once they are opened, so you'll need to know when to go online to secure one if you want your food for the holiday season delivered to your door. Tesco bookings start next week, which means that Ocado is the only retailer yet to announce when it will open the remaining slots for non Smart Pass customers.
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Most shops let you make an unlimited number of changes to your order by certain deadlines, so it pays top secure a slot with a few items and adding to it later on, but remember to make the changes and remember to checkout again when you do.
Here's what's on offer so far:
Asda
Slots open now for all customers. The days Asda will be delivering orders over the festive season has not been announced yet, but last year was up to and including 24 December.
Sainsbury's
Slots open now for all customers. Deliveries will be between 18-24 December.
Tesco
Slots open on November 15 for Anytime Delivery customers and November 22 for Anytime Click and Collect customers and all other non-delivery saver customers. Delivery days have yet to be confirmed.
Morrisons
Slots open now for all customers. Delivery dates have yet to be announced.
Co-Op
Open to bookings five days before delivery up to and including 24 December
Iceland
Open now for all customers, delivery dates up until December 24
Aldi
Does not offer a food home delivery service
Lidl
Does not offer a food home delivery service
Marks and Spencer
Only offers collection service - open now
Ocado
Open now for Smart Pass customers, but no confirmed date for non-Smart Pass customers. Deliveries between 20 - 24 December
Waitrose
Slots Open now for delivery between 20 - 24 December
If you miss out on a delivery slot, stores may have more availability on their click and collect slots, although again you would be advised to book as soon as you can.
Click and collect slots:
Asda
Bookings open for all customers now. The dates and times you can collect have not been released yet.
Sainsbury's
Bookings for click and collect open on 27 November and you can collect between 18 - 24 December
Tesco
Bookings open on November 15 for Anytime Delivery customers and November 22 for Anytime Click and Collect and all other non-delivery saver customers. Collection dates have not been announced yet.
Morrisons
Dates have not yet been announced
Marks and Spencer
Bookings open now for collection between 22 and 24 December
Waitrose
Bookings open now for collection between 20 and 24 December.
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