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Tesco's delivery saver scheme is a monthly subscription starting from £3.99 per month which gives shoppers free deliveries and priority access to prime slots. On Twitter, a spokesman said it 'rewards' its delivery saver customers with priority booking of Christmas slots because the slots are 'very popular'. TESCO shoppers are furious after the supermarket's website crashed this morning leaving them unable to book coveted Christmas delivery slots. Households hoping to have their festive food shop.

Sorry I didn't explain well I am a delivery saver customer, have been for 15 years but there is no benefit when it comes to Christmas being a long standing customer compared to someone who signs up 2 week before to delivery saver to get a slot.

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 😡

— Sonia Bradley (@50N1ABR4DL3Y) November 13, 2020

'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.'

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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

— SEN Resources Blog (@senresourceblog) November 13, 2020

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

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?

— annie (@annie6724) November 13, 2020

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.

26 November 2018, 15:43 | Updated: 26 November 2018, 17:01

What are the Christmas delivery and collection cut-off dates for 2018? Check major supermarkets Xmas closing times including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Asda.

Thinking of your Christmas delivery already? Worried you'll miss the cut off time? Well, many major supermarkets are already allowing customers to book their delivery slots for Christmas 2018.

Here are all the delivery and collection cut-off dates for Tesco, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Asda.

Sainsbury's Christmas delivery times

Sainsbury's will open its delivery slots on Wednesday 28th November, giving customers the opportunity to get everything sorted three weeks ahead of Christmas.

You are able to update your basket until 11pm the date before delivery, however there are no deliveries on the 24th, 25th or 26th December, or the 1st Jan.

Tesco's Christmas delivery times

Online delivery slots will open for the 20th December on the 30th November. However, you'll have to wait until 4th December if you're hoping for your goods to arrive on the 24th - and even then there are only selected areas eligible for the service.

The full times are as follows:

For Thursday 20th December 2018 delivery - book on Thursday 30th November

For Friday 21st December 2018 delivery - book on Friday 1st December

For Saturday 22nd December 2018 delivery - book on Saturday 2nd December

For Sunday 23rd December 2018 delivery - book on Sunday 3rd December

For Monday 24th December 2018 delivery - book on Monday 4 December (specific areas only).

Between the 19th December and 3rd January, same dame delivery is not an option.

Marks & Spencer's Christmas delivery times

Whilst M&S don't do a delivery service, you are already able to place a click and collect order for M&S already - although the 23rd and 24th December are filling up fast.

The last option to do this is 15th December.

Morrisons Christmas delivery times

Morrisons' Christmas delivery slots are already available to book for delivery between 20th - 24th December.

Delivery Pass customers can also claim up to two free deliveries in this period.

You are able to edit your order once it's been placed, but the cut off for doing this is 24 hours before the delivery slot.

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AsdaChristmas delivery times

Delivery and collection slots are already live.

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The cut off for Food to Order delivery is December 16th, whilst the collect option stays available until 23rd December.

You are able to amend your orders as many times as you like, providing it's all confirmed by midnight before your allotted date.