Tesco is making changes to its online home delivery service in the hope of helping its most vulnerable customers.
In a new statement, shared with customers Tesco's CEO describes the country's current circumstances as "unthinkable" and the current time period as "difficult for everyone".
He then goes onto explain a number of key changes happening across its stores and warehouses including to its delivery slots.
During the last week Tesco has been given an initial list of 110,000 clinically vulnerable and isolated people by the Government.
From this list, Tesco has identified 75,000 existing customers who will now have home delivery slots created for them.
Tesco also says it is working through the list and as its teams receive more data from the Government, it will make even more slots available.
In the statement, CEO Dave Lewis, said: "Last Thursday, we were given an initial list of 110,000 clinically vulnerable and isolated people by the Government.
"From this list, we were able to match 75,000 existing customers – and we’ve already let them know we’re making home delivery slots available to them immediately.
"We’ll continue to work through this list, and, as we receive more data from the Government, we’ll make even more slots available.
"We’ve increased our online delivery slots by 145,000 (+20%) in the last two weeks, with thousands more becoming available every day.
"We know it’s still difficult to get an online delivery slot due to high demand, so we ask those who are able to safely come to stores to do so.
"This will help free up more slots for the more vulnerable – so please think before you click."
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