Slots booked for between December 20 and 25 will have a minimum spend of £90 instead of the usual £40. Christmas slots are being staggered, so when it's your turn, you'll get an email or text from Ocado. Ocado has started to notify customers about its Christmas delivery slots this week and is giving priority to its Smart Pass customers who signed up on or before September 1.

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Most shops let you make an unlimited number of changes to your order by certain deadlines, so it pays top secure a slot with a few items and adding to it later on, but remember to make the changes and remember to checkout again when you do.

Ocado, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's are all giving priority to regular shoppers who buy a pass to give them free delivery throughout the year. Customers who pay for a delivery pass often get early access. Supermarket Christmas slots are invariably snapped up very quickly once they are released so you'll need to know when to go online to secure one if you want your food for the holiday season delivered to your door. Tesco is an outlier as it doesn't open it's bookings until November, and Iceland customers are still waiting to find out when they can book. It might still be three months until the big day, but it's nearly time for the traditional scramble to secure a Christmas week grocery delivery slot if you are an online shopper.Īsda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's are all opening their delivery slots next month, and Ocado shoppers may have already been notified they can book their festive delivery now, as the online supermarket has this week started notifying customers who signed up to Smart Pass customers on or before September 1.

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