With hundreds of thousands of people across the UK ordering food online during the Covid-19 lockdown, securing a supermarket delivery slot has not been easy.
Major chains are understandably giving priority to vulnerable and elderly customers, encouraging people who are able to visit stores to do so.
Delivery slots were released weeks in advance before the lockdown was enforced, but to help manage demand many supermarkets such as Asda are now only releasing availability one week in advance.
However, there is a website which acts as a 'delivery slot finder' which will search and notify you when a delivery slot at any of the big supermarkets becomes available, reports Liverpool Echo.
Shopping Slot was founded by 22-year-old Jason Moore, who was later joined by 24-year-old Sabrina Stocker, who has previously appeared on BBC's The One Show and The Apprentice in 2018.
Their website currently searches across all main supermarkets and will soon cover local companies too.
Speaking about why he decided to design the website, Jason said: "I was spending hours online trying to reserve spaces, so I designed a website which automated the process.
"Initially, this was for my family and friends, but I thought it would be nationally beneficial for those elderly, vulnerable and isolating."
The searches are free for users and hopes to save them time continuously refreshing supermarket websites. Users need to enter their postcodes, press search and their results are instantly brought up.
If there are no current slot available, which we predict it to be the case across most stores at the moment, users have the option to upgrade to be emailed as soon as one becomes available.
Sabrina said: "My grandparents couldn’t leave the house and my family are isolating so we couldn’t deliver her food shop this week.
"Using Shopping Slot, I was able to book her a next day delivery slot from Iceland and was so grateful. I want Shopping Slot to become a national brand to help others in need."
Jason and Sabrina are hoping their website will help millions of vulnerable or elderly shoppers or anyone self isolating who is currently finding shopping online impossible.
You can visit the website here.
