• Asda Delivery Slots Available Now
• Asda Delivery Slots Availability Online

It's game on here - Asda has opened its delivery and collection slots for Christmas. The store says: 'Slots sell out fast at this busy time so make sure you book as soon as you can. Shoppers must spend a minimum of £40 when ordering online from Asda. The supermarket's website is currently showing online delivery slots up until November 17, with availability from November 13. British supermarket giant Asda has added hundreds of thousands of delivery slots to its online shopping site, it was confirmed. The supermarket was in full capacity online because shoppers were struggling to secure themselves very much, leaving many of them unable to order essential items from their homes.

The Covid-19 pandemic means more people than ever are relying on home delivery for their food shopping.

And with the news that up to three households will be allowed to gather over the festive period, many families are now preparing for their Christmas food shop.

Most supermarkets have already opened their Christmas delivery slots, allowing you to rest easy knowing your turkey is on the way.

Here are the latest updates for all the major chains…

Tesco

Tesco’s Christmas delivery slots opened on 13 November for people on its delivery saver scheme, and are now available to everyone.

Deliveries cost between £4.50 and £5.50, or you can choose to click and collect for £1.50.

There is a £4 surcharge for deliveries under £40 and click and collect orders worth less than £25.

Asda

Asda’s delivery slots are now online and available to book.

Some dates and times are fully booked, depending on your location, but if this is the case you should still be able to select the click and collect option.

Delivery costs between £3 and £5.50, depending on when you want your order to come.

There is a £3 surcharge for delivery orders of less than £40 and click and collect orders of less than £25.

Morrisons

Morrisons’ Christmas delivery slots opened on 25 November, and you can book for any date from 20-24 December, subject to availability.

Delivery costs between £2 and £7, depending on when you want your food to arrive.

Amazon Prime customers can get free delivery of they order their Morrisons shop through Amazon’s site.

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s schedule is as follows:

• For delivery on 20 December, slots can be booked from 29 November
• For delivery on 21 December, slots can be booked from 30 November
• For delivery on 22 December, slots can be booked from 1 December
• For delivery on 23 December, slots can be booked from 2 December

Sainsbury’s delivery pass holders will be given early access, which they should receive via email.

The supermarket charges £7 for delivery on orders under £40 and between 50p and £7 for orders over £40, depending on the slot.

There is a minimum order of £25. Click and collect is also available.

Waitrose

Waitrose’s Christmas delivery slots are now live on its website.

Delivery is free, but there is a minimum spend of £40. The same applies for click and collect orders.

There’s no doubt that getting a shopping delivery slot has been harder than usual since the UK went into lockdown eight weeks ago.

In an attempt to take some of the stress away, Martin Lewis’ MoneySavingExpert.com has compiled a list of top tips.

The list shows how far ahead each supermarket releases its slots and how you might get your hands on one, reports BirminghamLive.

The supermarket with the longest lead time appears to be Tesco with a massive 21 days, which assumes you know what you’ll want to eat three weeks in advance.

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Waitrose and Morrisons release their slots just three days ahead.

So you might know what you want to eat but will you then have enough time to get your order in before all of the slots are quickly taken?

Here’s how the supermarket giants are operating according to Moneysavingexpert.

Three days ahead

Waitrose - used to be in partnership with Ocado but not any more.

So it might well be looking to expand times in due course.

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For slots, it said it is 'advising customers to check each morning'.

Shoppers surveyed said they had success from 6am to 8am as well as randomly during the day.

Morrisons - shoppers top tip was to try just after midnight

Five days ahead

Co-op - told Martin Lewis that 'slots are launched every day, at around midnight'.

Seven days ahead

Iceland - the company said times were specific to stores, so Martin Lewis's 'Forumites' reported different results in tandem.

Sainsbury's - told Martin Lewis that 'when the slots are released will vary - there isn't a specific time and it doesn't depend on the store'.

One follower reported success every Monday.

Ocado - the online supermarket was a former partner with Waitrose but recently jumped into bed with M&S and is due start selling its products, as well as its own, from September.

It said there wasn't a fixed time when they were released, but priority customers were emailed about availability.

Once they've had a chance to book, non-priority customers are notified - via a message on the home page - and are then able to book any remaining slots.

14 days ahead

Asda - revealed that slots update as and when they become available in each area. Popular times to get a slot were typically 10pm or midnight, though some followers said between 2am and 4am.

21 days ahead

Tesco - Martin Lewis was told 'slots tend to be released at midnight for three weeks ahead' but that it's busy adding extra vans to create more slots.

Top tips include logging on ten minutes early and then trying to book after midnight.