- Celebrate Christmas with the help of with our mouthwatering ready-prepped Festive Food to Order range. Order easily online at Tesco for delivery or Click+Collect.
- Instead of a delivery charge on every order, you only pay an upfront monthly subscription starting at €7.50 a month. This means you can choose the delivery slot that suits you, regardless of price. Free delivery on your Tesco grocery shopping.Just meet the minimum basket spend across groceries. Our Delivery Saver guarantee.
Check out Festive Food to Order items by 14 December. Festive Food to Order items must be checked out by 11.45pm, 14 December. You won't be able to amend these items after this, but you can still amend other items that aren't part of Festive Food to Order, until 11.45pm on the day before your delivery.
With Christmas just around the corner many are busy organising their festive food shops.
But after a year like none other, Christmas shopping is set to look very different this year, with more people than ever trying to buy online.
In fact there's been such a high demand for Christmas delivery slots at supermarkets, Tesco has had to issue urgent advice to its customers.
Despite many stores expanding the number of slots available, Tesco's are filling up fast, reports Herts Live.
The supermarket has issued an update online, it reads: '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.'
© Tesco Tesco confirms Christmas delivery slot schedule for 2020Other options for Tesco include Click and Collect, which will allow you to pre-order your Christmas food and pick it up in store.
Or Tesco advises ordering as much Christmas stock as you like and booking a slot just week before Christmas.
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To help stressed out shoppers, Tesco has also shared its 'top tips' for an easier experience in the run up to Christmas.
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Their advice is as follows:
Booked a delivery slot but aren't ready to make your full order?
No problem, you can just add a couple of items and check out to secure your slot.
Then come back when you're ready to finish your order and check out again.
Just make sure you make your final amends and check out by 11.45pm on the day before your delivery.
'The only exception is for Festive Food to Order items, which you must check out by December 14.
Amend your order as many times as you like
There's no limit to the number of times you can amend your order.
The one thing to remember is, if you've made a change, you'll need to check out again (please see tip below on Festive Food to Order).
Tesco only charges for the order on the day of delivery, so you don't have to worry about being charged every time you check out.
Check out Festive Food to Order items by December 14
If you have any Festive Food to Order items in your Christmas basket, you'll need to check them out by 11.45pm on December 14.
You can still amend other items that aren't part of Festive Food to Order until 11.45pm on the day before your delivery.
But you won't be able to amend a Festive Food to Order item unless you want to remove it completely.
Also, to make sure you get your order, please avoid changing your slot date.
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A Tesco Christmas delivery slot scramble has seen people stuck in queues for hours as customers line up to slam the retailer.
Tesco operates stores across Birmingham and throughout the Midlands - from city centre Express and Metro stores to larger superstores further afield, like in Ladywood and Hodge Hill.
The supermarket giant is Britain's biggest grocer.
The supermarket is rolling out slots for Delivery Saver customers from 13 November at 7am.
Non-delivery Saver customers can get them a week later, from November 20, at 7am.
Tesco also offers a click and collect service for those who want to avoid the store crowds.
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But people have been stuck in queues ever since, with some finding even more problem when they eventually reach the front.
© Birmingham Live / Graham Young Tesco introduces flat rate for delivery service for online ordersThe supermarket giant was forced to install an online queue system to help it manage the 'high volumes of traffic'.
Customers on social media complained about the delay, saying they were being made to wait for hours.
Tesco tweeted in response to apologise 'if things take a bit longer than usual'.
'A lot of customers are using our website and app at the moment,' it added.
A Tesco spokeswoman said: 'Demand for online slots over the festive period is high, and we have more slots this Christmas than ever before.
'We experienced high volumes of traffic to our website and groceries app this morning and temporarily limited the number of customers using it.
'We've now removed the waiting room and customers will be able to log straight on.
'We're sorry for any inconvenience this caused and would like to reassure customers that there are still slots available for home delivery and click and collect over the Christmas period.'
