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Tesco's policy around prioritising online delivery for the vulnerable and elderly, matches that of Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, and other supermarket chains – which are rising to the challenge of serving the nation in unique circumstances. Check at different times throughout the day. I managed to book an ASDA slot for my PIL at 6:30 in the morning and I've seen tesco slots (both delivery and c&c) come up in the morning (8am ish) and the afternoon (4/5pm). Previously I'd tried night after night to get a slot at midnight and failed. Tesco has now announced that it is prioritising slots for vulnerable customers. The Government has given the company a list of 110,000 clinically vulnerable and isolated people, and Tesco has identified 75,000 existing customers who will now have home delivery slots created for them. On its website, it has provided details on this scheme. If you can't find a Tesco home delivery slot, you can still order your food through its click & collect service, which has a healthy number of available slots throughout the month. So that we can help as many customers as possible, our priority delivery slots will have an 8-hour delivery window – either from 10am-6pm or 2pm-10pm. If you're a vulnerable customer booking a priority slot, please make sure the mobile number in your account is correct.

Tesco customers have been left furious after having to wait hours in a virtual queue to secure a Christmas delivery slot.

This morning the supermarket released slots for the week starting 21 December - but only to their delivery saver customers who pay a subscription fee.

But after waking up to log on at 7am, many complained they had still not been given a slot after two-and-a-half hours of waiting.

One person posted on Twitter: 'What an absolute joke. Been a delivery customer for years, have delivery saver.

Almost two and a half hours waiting and still in the queue 😡

'Went on at 6.45am. Been in the queue for two hours and 20 minutes. What is happening? Should I just shop elsewhere this Christmas?'

Another user posted: 'Been waiting 2.5 hours now (since 6.59) in a queue for Christmas slot. What's happening? Am I lost in cyber hell somewhere?'

Customers were faced with a message that read: 'You are currently in a queue - we'll put you through as soon as we can.'

On its Twitter page, the supermarket posted: 'A lot of customers are using our website and app at the moment. So we're temporarily using a virtual waiting room to help manage the flow.

'We're sorry if things take a bit longer than usual.'

Anyone else still in the online Tesco queue for a Christmas slot?! #tescopic.twitter.com/f4qKOrng2l

While some were given slots after a long wait, others were unsuccessful and forced to shop for their Christmas dinner supplies elsewhere.

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Those who did manage to book complained festive essentials like turkeys were not yet available.

There was also no mention of people on the government's vulnerable list, who are entitled to priority delivery slots because of coronavirus.

@Tesco been waiting 2.5 hours now (since 6.59) in a queue for Christmas slot. What's happening? Am I lost in cyber hell somewhere?

A Tesco spokesman said: 'Demand for online slots over the festive period is high, and we have more slots this Christmas than ever before.

'We are experiencing high volumes of traffic to our website and groceries app and are temporarily limiting the number of customers using it.'

They apologised for the inconvenience and claimed home delivery and click and collect slots are still available for the Christmas period.

The UK's largest retailer, Tesco, has increased its home delivery and click & collect capacity to circa 780,000 a week, supported by more manpower and the operational changes it has made in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis.

This figure stood at 660,000 two weeks ago, and Tesco CEO Dave Lewis said the grocer has plans to increase online order capacity by another 100,000 in the coming weeks.

Lewis also revealed stores with an online grocery operation will now open their doors a little later – from 8am – to help Tesco pick more orders.

'The government has asked our industry to help people that they have identified as particularly vulnerable and who don't have their own support network,' Lewis explained.

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'We will prioritise orders for these people and we will be in touch with them by email, as we receive the list from the government.'

Tesco's policy around prioritising online delivery for the vulnerable and elderly, matches that of Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, and other supermarket chains – which are rising to the challenge of serving the nation in unique circumstances.

There have, of course, been several challenges – with the hike in demand causing logjams and long lead times online for many customers. In normal times, online represents around 10% of UK grocery sales, but the pandemic has created unprecedented pressure on its infrastructure.

'We want to help as many people as possible who truly need our delivery service, and so we have deliberately not restricted new online customers,' Lewis added.

'We hope our existing online customers understand our approach, in these challenging circumstances. But to make it work, we also need your support: please ‘think before you click' and shop in store, if you can do so safely.'

Lewis also revealed that in the last ten days, more than 35,000 new members of staff had joined Tesco, including pickers and drivers to support online. He called the response to new roles 'incredible', with one million people visiting the retailer's careers website.

Industry intelligence group, Kantar, said yesterday (31 March) that UK grocery sales reached £10.8 billion in the 12 weeks to 22 March, which was higher than even Christmas spending levels.

Kantar said grocery spend online was 13% up on the same period in 2019, and the average online basket size surged to £81.88 in March – over £6 more than the same month one year before.

Fraser McKevitt, head of retail & consumer insight at the Kantar Worldpanel UK, said year-on-year sales for the 12 weeks were up by 7.6% – but they were up by 20.6% in the most recent four-week period, making March the biggest month of grocery sales ever recorded.

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Tesco's policy around prioritising online delivery for the vulnerable and elderly, matches that of Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, and other supermarket chains – which are rising to the challenge of serving the nation in unique circumstances. Check at different times throughout the day. I managed to book an ASDA slot for my PIL at 6:30 in the morning and I've seen tesco slots (both delivery and c&c) come up in the morning (8am ish) and the afternoon (4/5pm). Previously I'd tried night after night to get a slot at midnight and failed. Tesco has now announced that it is prioritising slots for vulnerable customers. The Government has given the company a list of 110,000 clinically vulnerable and isolated people, and Tesco has identified 75,000 existing customers who will now have home delivery slots created for them. On its website, it has provided details on this scheme. If you can't find a Tesco home delivery slot, you can still order your food through its click & collect service, which has a healthy number of available slots throughout the month. So that we can help as many customers as possible, our priority delivery slots will have an 8-hour delivery window – either from 10am-6pm or 2pm-10pm. If you're a vulnerable customer booking a priority slot, please make sure the mobile number in your account is correct.

Tesco customers have been left furious after having to wait hours in a virtual queue to secure a Christmas delivery slot.

This morning the supermarket released slots for the week starting 21 December - but only to their delivery saver customers who pay a subscription fee.

But after waking up to log on at 7am, many complained they had still not been given a slot after two-and-a-half hours of waiting.

One person posted on Twitter: 'What an absolute joke. Been a delivery customer for years, have delivery saver.

Almost two and a half hours waiting and still in the queue 😡

'Went on at 6.45am. Been in the queue for two hours and 20 minutes. What is happening? Should I just shop elsewhere this Christmas?'

Another user posted: 'Been waiting 2.5 hours now (since 6.59) in a queue for Christmas slot. What's happening? Am I lost in cyber hell somewhere?'

Customers were faced with a message that read: 'You are currently in a queue - we'll put you through as soon as we can.'

On its Twitter page, the supermarket posted: 'A lot of customers are using our website and app at the moment. So we're temporarily using a virtual waiting room to help manage the flow.

'We're sorry if things take a bit longer than usual.'

Anyone else still in the online Tesco queue for a Christmas slot?! #tescopic.twitter.com/f4qKOrng2l

While some were given slots after a long wait, others were unsuccessful and forced to shop for their Christmas dinner supplies elsewhere.

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Those who did manage to book complained festive essentials like turkeys were not yet available.

There was also no mention of people on the government's vulnerable list, who are entitled to priority delivery slots because of coronavirus.

@Tesco been waiting 2.5 hours now (since 6.59) in a queue for Christmas slot. What's happening? Am I lost in cyber hell somewhere?

A Tesco spokesman said: 'Demand for online slots over the festive period is high, and we have more slots this Christmas than ever before.

'We are experiencing high volumes of traffic to our website and groceries app and are temporarily limiting the number of customers using it.'

They apologised for the inconvenience and claimed home delivery and click and collect slots are still available for the Christmas period.

The UK's largest retailer, Tesco, has increased its home delivery and click & collect capacity to circa 780,000 a week, supported by more manpower and the operational changes it has made in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis.

This figure stood at 660,000 two weeks ago, and Tesco CEO Dave Lewis said the grocer has plans to increase online order capacity by another 100,000 in the coming weeks.

Lewis also revealed stores with an online grocery operation will now open their doors a little later – from 8am – to help Tesco pick more orders.

'The government has asked our industry to help people that they have identified as particularly vulnerable and who don't have their own support network,' Lewis explained.

Tesco Delivery Slots For Vulnerable Person

'We will prioritise orders for these people and we will be in touch with them by email, as we receive the list from the government.'

Tesco's policy around prioritising online delivery for the vulnerable and elderly, matches that of Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, and other supermarket chains – which are rising to the challenge of serving the nation in unique circumstances.

There have, of course, been several challenges – with the hike in demand causing logjams and long lead times online for many customers. In normal times, online represents around 10% of UK grocery sales, but the pandemic has created unprecedented pressure on its infrastructure.

'We want to help as many people as possible who truly need our delivery service, and so we have deliberately not restricted new online customers,' Lewis added.

'We hope our existing online customers understand our approach, in these challenging circumstances. But to make it work, we also need your support: please ‘think before you click' and shop in store, if you can do so safely.'

Lewis also revealed that in the last ten days, more than 35,000 new members of staff had joined Tesco, including pickers and drivers to support online. He called the response to new roles 'incredible', with one million people visiting the retailer's careers website.

Industry intelligence group, Kantar, said yesterday (31 March) that UK grocery sales reached £10.8 billion in the 12 weeks to 22 March, which was higher than even Christmas spending levels.

Kantar said grocery spend online was 13% up on the same period in 2019, and the average online basket size surged to £81.88 in March – over £6 more than the same month one year before.

Fraser McKevitt, head of retail & consumer insight at the Kantar Worldpanel UK, said year-on-year sales for the 12 weeks were up by 7.6% – but they were up by 20.6% in the most recent four-week period, making March the biggest month of grocery sales ever recorded.

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Commenting on grocery eCommerce, he added: 'Government advice may have been to get groceries delivered if possible, but limited delivery slots meant that only 14.6% of households received an online delivery in the past four weeks, up from 13.8% in March 2019 but probably well below actual demand.'